Browsing by Author "Mohammed, Patricia"

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    The construction of Caribbean masculinity: towards a resarch agenda
    (2010-06-07T13:10:57Z) Mohammed, Patricia
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    Educational attainment of women in Trinidad and Tobago, 1946-1980
    (Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI, 1982) Mohammed, Patricia; Massiah, Joycelin
    This paper analyses the educational achievements of women in the post-World War II era. It supports the view that ideologies influence the provision of education for women, but recognizes that education cannot be meaningfully analysed as a separate and autonomous social institution since it articulates with other structures of the society. Female school attendance (78.4 percent) is shown to have outstripped male (77.7 percent) most markedly in the 15-19 age group by 1970, after the introduction of free secondary education at last began to reflect the larger ratio of women to men in the population. Girls were found to perform better than boys on the Cambridge GCE O'Level examination and to be in the majority up to this level. The trend was, however, reversed for tertiary and higher education, where more males than females were enrolled. It was also found that at vocational and technical levels in 1976-77, the majority of women were enrolled in traditional courses. A positive correlation is shown between women's education and their labour force
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    OP62 - East Indian Family and Gender Relations
    (2010-07-08T16:50:08Z) Mohammed, Patricia; East Indian Family and Gender Relations
    This series of interviews was conducted by Patricia Mohammed as part of her doctoral research on the East Indian family and its changing gender relations (Mohammed, Patricia, "A Social History of Post-Migrant Indians in Trinidad from 1917 to 1947: A Gender Perspective," Ph.D. Institute of Development Studies, The Hague, [1994]). Over forty persons, from various parts of Trinidad, ranging in ages from early fifties to late eighties, were interviewed. One informant, aged approximately 100 years, was born in India. A list of the names of informants with their year of birth, place of residence and the date of the interview is available.
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    Studies in education and society: A review of educational research in Trinidad and Tobago
    (The Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, 1989-03) Mohammed, Patricia
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    Women and education in Trinidad and Tobago, 1838-1980
    (1987) Mohammed, Patricia;
    This study attempts to understand the dynamics of female participation in education and its relation to the workforce in Trinidad and Tobago over the period 1838-1980. It proposes that development in the education system, as seen through educational policy, have differentially affected both genders, and examines the reasons for this differential. It traces the development of the education system, as affected by the changing economic and political circumstances of the society, and appraises the status of the different ethnic groups of women as the social structure itself developed. It also looks at how education policy was formulated and why changes were introduced, and illustrates how these changes reflected the concerns of the church and the educationalists in particular, and the social perception of women's roles in general. The study also examines the differential labour force involvement of both men and women by occupation and industry, analysing closely how their status in the labour force is determined by educational attainment levels combined with competing demographic, social, and cultural factors. The analysis reveals that despite greater equality in educational policy between 1838 and 1980, and equal access to primary, secondary, and tertiary education for both genders, by 1980 there was still evidence of gender stereotyping with regards to subject choices between boys and girls, and a persistent sexual division of labour vis-a-vis occupational and industrial pursuits of men and women. The study reveals the paradoxical nature of women's position in education. While policy developments have given them equal access, their actual educational and occupational choices are influenced by other competing social, cultural, and economic factors, thus delimiting their equal participation in the education system and predetermining their roles in the economy
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    Women and education in Trinidad and Tobago, 1838-1980
    (2008-12-22T13:29:12Z) Mohammed, Patricia