The status and development of geography in the schools and colleges of Trinidad and Tobago
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1990
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Institute of Social and Economic Research, UWI
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This article reviews the status and development of geography education in primary and secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. It looks at the initiatives of teachers who played a significant role in curriculum development and reform. Two major post-independence curriculum reforms are discussed: 1) a change from geography to social studies at the primary, junior secondary, and teachers' college levels; and 2) a switch from an externally oriented and examined geography syllabus to one oriented to the needs of the Caribbean people and examined regionally