Browsing by Author "Fergus, Howard A."

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    Educational development in some Eastern Caribbean countries: Perspective on current needs
    (Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI, 1996) Fergus, Howard A.; Craig, Dennis R.
    This paper, which deals mostly with the countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)--Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines--is organized in three sections. The first section examines some of the regional literature that demonstrates concern for educational change that has relevance for social transformation. The second section critically presents some of the innovations intended to give expression to the ideological pronouncements cited in the first section. In the third section, certain educational needs in the OECS are identified
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    Restructuring education in Montserrat and St. Kitts
    (Faculty of Education, UWI, 1987) Fergus, Howard A.; King, Ruby Hope
    This paper draws its rationale from statements made by some Caribbean political leaders and other thinkers on the need to relate education closely to economic development. More specifically, it has a base in two documents issued by the governments of Montserrat and St. Kitts-Nevis, which enunciated programmes of educational reform aimed at economic development. Economic trends in both islands are teased out from a short study of their economic activities; and educational ideals, either stated or normally associated with the trends, are listed. These ideals and activities are critically examined with a view to illustrating some of the problems involved in the kind of educational innovation envisaged. Finally, some tentative suggestions are made for a strategy that might be adopted in Montserrat and St. Kitts-Nevis, and perhaps in other Caribbean territories with similar economic backgrounds and similar educational philosophies
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    The challenge of educational reform in microstates: A case-study of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
    (1991) Fergus, Howard A.;
    This article deals mainly with the challenges of educational reform in the microstates of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)--Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines--and the strategies that might be used to deal with them. The first section establishes the rationale for reform; the second analyses reform projects; and the third section suggests a number of strategies for coping with change