Browsing by Author "Brown, Janet"

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    Final Report: Gender Socialization Project of the University of the West Indies
    (The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1995) Brown, Janet; Chevannes, Barry
    The project studied gender differentials in the socialization of working class children in three Caribbean countries—Jamaica, Dominica, and Guyana—in order to better understand the social behaviour of males in Caribbean society. Six communities were selected to reflect as much as possible, urban and rural, as well as the economic realities of the majority of Caribbean populations. In each community, a team comprising of an ethnographer, two animators, and a documentalist, was chosen to elicit and record all relevant behaviours and comments (verbal and non-verbal). The background section of the report describes the design of the qualitative methodology and the administrative structures that were put in place to direct and monitor the fieldwork processes. The body of the report is comprised of two sections of findings. In the first, the work of the six ethnographers forms the basis of profiles of the selected communities. The second section of the findings presents primarily the voices of community residents providing their views on the questions that the research sought to answer.
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    Men and their families: Contributions of Caribbean men to family life: A discussion guide for use by groups in church, school, community and other settings
    (School of Continuing Studies, UWI, 1994) Brown, Janet;
    The Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) conducted a two-year research project to provide a socio-historical perspective on roles of Caribbean men within the family, and to survey and describe attitudes and behaviours of a cross-section of men in Jamaica. An eight-week series of discussions, designed for a maximum of 15 men and 15 women, was organized to cover the topics of the research. Among the findings of the survey and discussions were that men contribute more to family life than is credited, and that being a father has strong personal meanings for men. A result of the research project, this discussion guide for groups concerning parenting skills is designed to help men and women become better parents; to shape children from infancy into valued and responsible adults. Although it focuses on men's roles, the guide is written for use by both men and women. The eight workshop sessions outlined are: 1) "The Families We Come From;" 2) "The Families We Create;" 3) "Domestic Roles within the Family;" 4) "Peer Influences on Family Roles;" 5) "Relationships with Our Children;" 6) "Factors which Influence Personality Development;" and 8) "Putting it all Together." Guidelines for workshop facilitators are included
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    Presentation at Jamaica Symposium on UWI's Gender Socialization Research Project
    (Caribbean Centre for Child Development, Mona, Jamaica, 1995-10-12) Brown, Janet
    The paper provides a brief description of the Caribbean Gender Socialization Project and discusses some of the preliminary findings of the project.