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Item A critique of practices in teacher education in Trinidad and Tobago(School of Education, UWI, 1979-01-30) Mark, PaulaThis paper attempts to critically examine existing trends in teacher education programmes in Trinidad and Tobago, with a view to presenting specific guidelines for the improvement of the practice. It begins with a historical brief on the development of teacher education in Trinidad, followed by an examination of the desirability of the characteristics of existing programmes in the teachers’ colleges.Item A critique of teacher education practices in Trinidad and Tobago(School of Education, UWI, 1979) Mark, Paula;This paper attempts to critically examine existing trends in teacher education programmes in Trinidad and Tobago, with a view to presenting specific guidelines for the improvement of the practice. It begins with a historical brief on the development of teacher education in Trinidad, followed by an examination of the desirability of the characteristics of existing programmes in the teachers' collegesItem Hemispheric Project: Responses to the challenge of improving the quality of recruitment and selection, initial formation, professional development and evaluation of teachers in the countries of the hemisphere.(Ministry of Education, 2007) Mark, PaulaThis booklet documents the results of the activities that resulted in the development of a harmonized teacher education policy framework for CARICOM countries in the four areas targeted by the Hemispheric Project on Teacher Education: Recruitment and selection, Pre-service teacher education, In-service teacher education, and Teacher evaluation.Item Introducing science as part of basic education: A case study in Trinidad and Tobago(International Council on Education for Teaching, 1982) Mark, Paula; International Council on Education for TeachingPrior to 1975, primary school science was taught as nature study and hygiene in accordance with the 1956 syllabus. Following a 1977 survey of teachers' attitudes to science and the identification of the cognitive development levels of primary school science, a science curriculum (SAPATT) was developed. At the junior secondary level, the WISCIP curriculum is taught almost exclusively; teachers in the five- to seven-year schools devise their own programmes. Three areas must be addressed to meet the demands of the new status accorded to science in the school curriculum--the science curriculum, the teachers, and physical facilities in schools. At the primary level all three are being addressed; efforts at the junior secondary level are thwarted by the general policy for the recruitment of teachers for the secondary level, and by the incohesiveness of the system at this levelItem Report on Conference on Educational Research in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago(The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, 1981) Gift, Edrick; Harvey, Claudia; Mark, Paula; Williams, GwendolineThe report contains all but two of the papers presented at the conference, and notes of the discussion following delivery of the papers. The report is organized into sections covering; 1) Research needs and problems; 2) Perspectives relevant to educational planning; 3) Approaches to research; and 4) The training of researchers, and capacity and facilities to support research. It also includes a comprehensive research agenda.Item Science education and development in the Caribbean: Desired directions(Dec. 1978) Mark, Paula;This article defines some goals of science education for the Caribbean and their implications for teaching. It reviews regional efforts at science curriculum development since the 1960s, and stresses the need for curriculum development for the primary levels, and for the development of textbooks and resource materials that reflect new approaches to science. It views the aims of higher education in science to be fostering and maintaining attitudes of scientific inquiry, the production of specialists, and the eradication of scientific illiteracyItem T&TUTA Newsletter: No.2(Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA), 1980-05-04) Mark, Paula; Farfan, Gerard; Seepersad, Frank B.; Taylor, Harold M.This issue of the Newsletter highlights: a) plans for the future by 1st Vice President Dr. Paula Mark in an article "Needs and Priorities: A Glimpse of the Future" for the professional and cultural advancement of our teachers. (b) an up to date account of the situation re. the amendments to the Education Act by 2nd Vice President. Fr. Gerard Farfan.Item Teacher educators orientation course: Handbook for participants(Ministry of Education, 2008-03) Mark, Paula; Trinidad and Tobago. Ministry of EducationThis handbook was developed to provide guidance for the orientation course for upgrading teacher educators in the Caribbean. The course was designed to initiate the upgrading process by sensitizing teacher educators to the role of the teacher educator in fulfilling the vision for teacher education and providing exposure to some evidence -based practices in the delivery of exemplary teacher education programmes.Item The identification of desirable teacher behaviours for the content of a programme for the preparation of secondary level science teachers in Trinidad and Tobago(1980) Mark, Paula;Phase 1 of the study sought to obtain general information about secondary level science teachers in Trinidad and Tobago to enable proper sampling of this group in the second phase. Phase 2 sought the opinions of practising science educators in the country on the importance of specific teacher behaviours for secondary level science teachers, and on the time in a teacher's career when these behaviours should be acquired. The 75 behaviours rated as important were used as the basis for specifying the content of a programme for preparing the secondary-level science teacher