Broadening the vision of teacher educationin the Caribbean

Abstract

The volume explores several issues that are increasingly seen as being a part of the teacher education landscape not only in the Caribbean but throughout the world. Contents: “A Rationale for the Critical Reorientation of Jamaican Teacher Education,” by Carol Hordatt Gentles; “Changing the Education Programme in Teacher Education: The Challenges of Creating Constructivists Classrooms,” by Hyacinth Evans; “Making Changes: CETT as a Catalyst for Regional Reform of Teacher Education Policies and Pxractice,” by Errol Miller; “Examining Teacher Education through the Lens of Sustainability,” by Roselyn McKeown; “Rethinking Teacher Induction into the Profession: It’s Time to Get It Right,” by Phylicia Marshall; “ The Importance of Practice in Learning to Teach Physical Education: The Case for an Extended Practicum,” by Vilma Charlton; “Should Reading be Part of Math? Views and Practices of Barbadian Secondary Mathematics Teachers,” by Coreen J. Leacock and S. Joel Warrican; and “Violence in Jamaican Schools and the Implications for Teacher Education,” by Ceva McPherson-Kerr, Lorna Down, and Clement Lambert.