FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
AND
EDUCATION
MONA
Year ending July 31, 2005
Professor Aggrey Brown, CD, BA Hamline, MA, PhD Princeton
– Dean
Dean’s Overview
Introduction
This annual report is written in the context of the changing sceneof higher education in Jamaica and the wider CARICOM as
well as in the context of the transformation of various practices
within the Faculty of Humanities and Education in keeping with the
overall transformational objectives of the Mona Campus. It is also
written against the background of sharp budgetary reductions to the
Mona Campus by the GOJ beginning in the 2002/03 academic year
and continuing through the year under review. This particular
constraint had the overall effect of limiting the capacity of the
Faculty to meet a number of its projected strategic objectives,
especially as it related to enhancing student services. It also had a
demoralizing effect on staff who were simultaneously asked to do
more with less.
Having over-reached the budget reduction target that had been set for
it in the 2003/04 academic year, the Faculty was unable to meet the
target set for it in 2004/05. Not surprisingly, the shortfall was the
equivalent to the amount over-reached in the previous year
indicating that the Faculty had indeed reached the limit of its ability
to cut its budget while simultaneously maintaining the standard of its
services.
Access and Student Centredness
The issues of access and student centredness turn on not only
increasing the intake of students wishing to pursue majors in the
disciplines offered by the Faculty but also doing so in a manner and in
a setting that meets the multidimensional developmental aspirations
of our students. While the Faculty increased its intake of students
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over the previous year by 13%, it was unable to expand the physical
infrastructure and other support services to satisfy their needs in
keeping with our own desires. So for example, the tutorial system on
which our pedagogical practices have traditionally relied is palpably
being threatened by lack of adequate classroom space in which to
hold tutorials. The increased size of tutorials has outgrown available
space in lecturers’ offices in which tutorials are normally held and
classroom space is unavailable. This was mitigated by the fact that
although more students were offered places than the previous year,
fewer took up the offer as a result of the deregistration that was itself
a consequence of the Campus’ budget crisis.
A proposal for finding alternative modes of conducting tutorials –
including use of ICTs – was overwhelmingly vetoed by students. In a
scientific survey conducted among students and faculty to determine
the desirability of continued use of tutorials as a means of instruction,
there was near unanimity for maintaining the tradition. The obvious
implication of this is that additional classrooms and seminar rooms
will have to be provided if the Faculty is to maintain its long held and
richly deserved reputation of teaching excellence. (The average mean
score of Faculty members on students’ evaluations for the year was a
healthy 4.1 on a 5 point scale).
Increasing use of ICTs in the departments of Educational Studies,
Carimac, Library and Information Studies and Language, Linguistics
and Philosophy in particular, for delivery of services has also led to
increasing demand by students for computer access. The desirable
ratio of a 10:1 use of computers by students remains a long way off
with a ratio of approximately 20:1 being the present Faculty norm.
At the post graduate level, given the strategic objective of becoming a
research driven institution, the Faculty was able to consolidate its
services to graduate students by converting the Director of the
School of Education’s suite of offices into a dedicated facility for post
graduate students. This includes a modest lounge (to be expanded in
the 2005/06 academic year) and offices for support staff dedicated to
serving post graduate students. For the first time as well, an open
forum was held for all post graduate students of the Faculty in the
Undercroft of the Senate building, that gave them an opportunity to
exchange their views openly with members of the Faculty and
administrators. The success of the forum has led to the decision to
make it an annual event.
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Unfortunately, at the undergraduate level there was far less success at
achieving dialogue. This was a direct result of the fluctuating quality
of student representatives elected annually by the Guild. Although
undergraduates were provided with an office for their use, it
remained closed for most of the academic year with the result that it
had to be repossessed and put to other use. Too, Guild representation
at Faculty Board meetings was virtually non-existent during the year.
Clearly, it is not enough to wish for greater student centredness if the
students themselves are not willing or are incapable of playing their
part to make it meaningful.
Enhancing Quality
Although curriculum review and development is a continuous
activity in the FHE, the process was heightened by budgetary
constraints. The campus-wide policy of limiting class sizes to no
fewer than 20 students had the salutary effect of Faculty-wide review
of curricula which, in turn, led in some instances to the consolidation
of undersubscribed sections of courses; restructuring of some and in a
number of instances the decision only to offer courses in alternate
years. This generally made for greater cost efficiency, although it
must be said that a certain amount of flexibility in enforcing the
policy must be exercised if the policy is not to become self-defeating
in some instances.
Individual department reports will address specifics but there are
some issues that cut across disciplines that are worthy of mention.
One of these is writing in the disciplines. The use of the English
Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) by the Faculty to identify
potential matriculants who have deficiencies in writing English and
to offer them a remedial writing course, was taken a step further by
the FHE during the year. As a result of budgetary constraints, the
remedial course UC010 is no longer offered as part of the normal
curriculum for students needing to do the course but is now offered
independently by the Writing Center which is run by the
Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy.
Recognizing the importance of writing for academic success, the
Faculty with the approval of Mona Academic Board and Board for
Undergraduate studies decided that as of the start of the 2005/06
academic year, every student of the Faculty will be required to do a
writing course at each of the three levels in order to fulfill
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requirements for the Bachelor’s degree. The year-long, 6 credit,
Foundation writing course UC120 will be discontinued and
redesigned to be offered as two separate 3-credit courses to be offered
one in each semester at the first level. Subsequent courses will be
done at levels two and three.
Another important curriculum development during the year was
approval of a new B.A. degree in Liberal Studies designed primarily
for students wishing to pursue studies in two or more disciplines
within the Faculty and/or across Faculties. In strategic terms, this
development moves the Faculty more in the direction of offering
students a broad liberal education rather than narrow specializations
at the undergraduate level. It is also intended to provide students
with wider exploratory intellectual options as well as a stronger
foundation on which to pursue post graduate studies and careers in
teaching. The degree will have its first students in the 2005/06
academic year.
Discussions between the Faculty and the Edna Manley College of the
Visual and Performing Arts on the articulation of both programmes,
were also brought to a successful conclusion with a recommendation
being made to the Board for Undergraduate Studies for ratification.
Similar discussions with the Teachers Colleges are also in progress in
keeping with both the University’s and Faculty’s strategic objectives.
At the request of the Minister of Education, Youth and culture,
following her presentation as guest speaker in one of our regular
Faculty Board meetings (see below), a team from the School of
Education developed a research agenda with senior colleagues at the
Ministry. The School has committed to undertaking research that
will inform policy decisions to be made by the Ministry in a number
of areas including violence in schools, which is already on the
research agenda of a number of Faculty members of the School. This
collaboration with the Ministry is consonant with a decision taken in
the Faculty Retreat of 2003/03 that the School of Education take a
more active role in leading the transformation of the Jamaican
educational system.
During the year the Library and Information Studies, and History
and Archaeology departments were formally reviewed. This periodic
exercise is welcomed by all departments which see in it an
opportunity not only for in depth self-critical reflection but also for
affirmation of serious efforts at innovation. The reviewers who also
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made valuable recommendations for changes in keeping with
stakeholder expectations as well as departmental and Faculty
aspirations commended both departments. However, it must also be
emphasized that both review teams underscored the need for greater
resource allocation in each instance if the departments concerned are
to remain viable and competitive.
Over the years, a legitimate criticism of the review process by all
departments has been the failure of the campus administration to
respond to recommendations for additional funding while insisting
on the implementation of “cherry-picked” recommendations. It is
the Faculty’s position that the process of strategic transformation
carries with it real costs and if the costs cannot be met the process
runs the risk of being stymied as well as engendering cynicism among
those who are expected to make it happen.
Institutional Strengthening
The Faculty’s annual Retreat for Heads of departments and
Coordinators continues to be the primary vehicle for critical review
of its activities as well as for forward planning. It provides the
opportunity for participants to focus in depth on issues and problems
affecting the whole and to come to collective decisions regarding the
way forward. While the Retreat is funded from the Faculty’s
consultancy fund, we believe that it is such an important activity and
“best practice” that it should be budgeted, and we so recommend.
A development that is also now recognized as having a positive
impact on the Faculty’s affairs is the delegation to a senior member of
the Faculty the role of Coordinator of Graduate Studies. Apart from
providing the particular individual with an opportunity to make a
substantial contribution to achieving the strategic objectives of the
Faculty and campus, and greater direct involvement in the Faculty’s
affairs, it also offers graduate students greater access to and
involvement in the administration of their own affairs since the
Coordinator is able to devote single-minded attention to performing
the role; the kind of attention that the Dean with all his/her other
responsibilities would find it impossible to do. Reference has already
been made to the graduate students’ forum as evidence of one of the
benefits of such an arrangement.
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The establishment of a Faculty Quality Control Committee in
2002/03, chaired by the Deputy Dean, to vet all new courses,
programmes and proposals before they are put to Faculty Board for
ratification, has also proved to be a successful innovation. Among
other things, it has ensured more careful and timely scrutiny of new
courses and offerings. With its membership drawn from all
departments, it also ensures a multidisciplinary approach to quality
control within the Faculty.
As an administrative innovation however, perhaps the Quality
Control Committee’s most significant impact has been on Faculty
Board meetings. Since no time is spent discussing details of new
courses etc. in Board meetings, this sub-committee of the Board has
allowed Faculty Board to devote an hour of its monthly, two-hour
meetings to the intellectual enrichment of its members. In the second
half of Faculty Board meetings a specific issue or topic is addressed by
a single speaker or members of a team, following which an open
discussion is held. So for example, in the year under review an
opportunity was provided to Dr. Sonja Stanley Niah, (October) and
Dr. Camille Bell Hutchinson (February) - two candidates who had
just received their PhDs, to make presentations on their research to
members of the Board. The Minister of Education, Youth and
Culture, the Hon. Maxine Henry Wilson, was also a guest of the
Faculty (May) and used the forum to address education reform.
In Summary
Departing somewhat from the traditional format of annual reports,
this report has sought to highlight some of the developments in the
year under review in the wider context of the strategic
transformation of the Mona Campus. Individual departmental
reports will deal with the specifics (research in progress, publications,
outreach etc.).
The Faculty sees transformation as a process; not an event. It is a
process that has short term, medium term and long term goals, all of
which are dependent on having in place the necessary physical,
technological, as well as administrative infrastructural supports to
make it possible. For that reason, we have sought to put in place
some of these supports in keeping with imposed budgetary
constraints. The latter have had and continue to have significant
impact on the Faculty’s efforts especially as they relate to student
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centredness. Limited classroom space, offices and obsolete computers
are just some of the factors that frustrate our efforts in this regard.
On the other hand the Faculty has had some success in its
responsiveness to the budgetary crisis, using it as an opportunity to
reflect on our modus operandi and to achieve greater efficiency in our
activities without at the same time diminishing the quality of service
and high standards provided our students. Collectively it is now
acknowledged that greater creativity and a willingness to innovate,
are the sine qua non of the transformation process, and as this report
demonstrates, that process is well under way in the Faculty of
Humanities and Education.
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CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE OF MEDIA AND
COMMUNICATION (CARIMAC)
Drs. Marjan de Bruin, University of Amsterdam – Director
The Academic Year 2004-2005 wasin many respects extremely
challenging. The Institute received no
funding for operational costs from the
University, and had to find $6.2M in
savings and/or (new) annual income.
In addition, it had to contribute $1.7M
to UWI’s funds. The Department
managed to cope with this unusual
situation by developing an additional
range of income earning activities.
This, however, put a temporary halt
to several development plans which
are urgently needed and can only be resumed in 2005/2006.
Staff and Director spent considerable time and energy in discussing
the planned expansion in plant and equipment which is long overdue.
The new plans to turn CARIMAC into a full fledged School of
Journalism and Communication were presented in February at the
Breakfast Meeting of Heads of Media in Jamaica to hear their
feedback
Currently, CARIMAC works at 65% of what its intake should be,
the demand is there but based on limitations in space the classes have
to be smaller than desirable. The Institute related its serious
challenges and constraints to the Dean, Principal, and Strategic
Transformation Team and produced the relevant documentation for
fundraising. The Vice Chancellor received information for
international fundraising and lobbying. The Institute is preparing a
Business Plan for presentation in the near future.
Students – intake and enrolment
In spite of these challenges, we increased our intake in Undergraduate
as well as Graduate programmes. Current Enrollment is:
Undergraduate degree: 250; Undergraduate Diploma programme: 12.
The MA in Communication Studies: 27. MA in Communication for
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Social and Behaviour Change: 27. Thirteen (13) candidates are
registered for MPhil and PhD programmes. Two PhD and one MPhil
student presented their final thesis successfully and will graduate in
November.
The total enrollment of all programmes is approximately 330
students. Compared to two years ago these figures represent a growth
of over 300%. UWI’s Strategic Plan speaks of a target growth of 6.2%
per annum.
New Courses and Programmes
In an effort to respond to the changing needs of our constituents we
developed and received approval for ten (10) new courses. We also
started discussions with Cave Hill Campus about developing a first
degree in Media and Communication to be offered at Cave Hill.
Discussions on the topic were held with the Chair of the University’s
Board of Undergraduate Studies, the Dean of the Faculty of
Humanities and Education in Cave Hill, the Tertiary Level Training
Institutions Unit at Cave Hill, and the Barbados Community College
– BCC. We plan to approach St. Augustine campus in the Academic
Year 2005-2006.
CARIMAC is preparing a new MA programme – in Strategic
Communication – in cooperation with the Department of Management
Studies and the Mona School of Business, to be submitted for
approval in late 2006. A second new programme – MA in Journalism –
is being discussed with the local and regional media and
communication industry.
Students graduating
In November 2004, 51 students received their first degree in Media
and Communication with almost 30 receiving First Class Honours.
Staff developments
Ms. Halthea Hill assisted the Graduate Programme Co-ordinator
with administrative duties. Ms. Pat Donald took over from her in
May, 2005. Mr. Patrick Prendergast’s one year contract as a Teaching
Assistant ended in June 2006. Dr. Dunn’s second year of secondment
with CPTC ended on July 31. Mr. Canute James replaced Dr. Dunn
for the second year as Radio Department Co-ordinator. Mr. Craig
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Duhaney has been helping out in CARIMAC’s technical staff, while
the Institute is trying to fill one of its vacancies.
CARIMAC organized a qualitative research workshop on the use of
software for qualitative research – Atlas.ti – in January 2005.
Interested members of staff were enabled to participate without
payment; outsiders paid an amount towards covering the costs.
Other participants were: MA students, several members of other
UWI departments and staff in the Office of the Prime Minister. This
pilot project was done in January 2005 and will be repeated, if the
demand justifies the costs, in October 2005.
Awards
Three graduates of the Institute received the MSI/CIVJAM/Carter
Centre Award for Investigative Journalism.
Print and Online Journalism student Ms. Kerry-Kay McCatty
received a scholarship from Jamaica Broilers to pursue a Master’s
Degree in Journalism at the University of Illinois. She is expected to
begin that programme in August, 2005. This was the first of what
Jamaica Broilers hopes will be an annual award.
CARIMAC staff, for the third time since the University established
its Faculty Award for ‘Project Attracting The Most Research Funds’,
received this Award again in January 2005.
Contributions
Jamaica National Building Society contributed to the new set up of
the Multimedia lab.
Training and Outreach
CARIMAC is very much aware of the fact that the advent of
globalization and agreements such as the WTO’s GATT and similar
provisions in the proposed FTAA agreement will open the gates for
strong competition from much better financed and bigger
competitors in the educational field. That’s one of the reasons why
the Institute created new programmes which we expect to have an
appeal in and beyond the region. One of those is the IABC
(International Association of Business Communicators) accredita-
tion programme for Public Relations professionals. This programme
was developed in partnership with the local and regional professional
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associations in this field and started in September 2004. The IABC
accreditation is an extremely important qualification, supported by
our local professional associations and the highly respected
international umbrella organization IABC.
UWI 12 and other partners in the region
CARIMAC has been asked to develop a Regional Communication
Strategy for early childhood initiatives in the region (St. Lucia,
Grenada, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and
Tobago), sponsored by the Bernard Van Leer Foundation (BvLF) in
The Hague, The Netherlands. The Institute received a one year
development grant from BvLF. Partnership with this organization
also led to support by two members of staff through facilitating the
Regional/Community Radio Project workshops from the Caribbean
Support Initiative in Castries, St. Lucia, November 2004.
Nine member states of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OECS – Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St.
Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Anguilla
and the British Virgin Islands – requested training in advocacy and
social marketing from CARIMAC. Discussions with OECS in St.
Lucia and Antigua led to an agreement for a three month training
plan to be implemented in next Academic Year (2005 – 2006).
Through the residential tutor of the British Virgin Islands we
received a request for training in Basic Journalism aimed at
government officers as well as the private sector in the BVI. In the
course of 2004/2005 we undertook a preliminary needs assessment
and further implementation of training plans is considered for the
Academic Year 2005/2006.
Other training in the region: Between March 30 and April 1, Canute
James, Senior Lecturer, was a facilitator at a seminar for newspaper
editors on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy. The seminar
was organised by the Barbados-based CSME office of the CARICOM
Secretariat.
Strengthening relationship with the media and communication
industry:
In cooperation with the Mona School of Business, CARIMAC
launched a draft Code of Ethics on May 3, 2005 for Jamaican
journalists and media organizations.
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The Institute organized five industry meetings with senior managers
and decision makers in the Jamaican media and communications
industries to receive their feedback on CARIMAC’s graduates’
performance and to be able to respond to unmet training and
education needs.
Internship
Students from Radio, TV, Print and Online Journalism, Public
Relations and Social Marketing did internships, locally and
regionally in Jamaica, in Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines and Trinidad &Tobago, Barbados and New
York. Organizations involved were: broadcasting companies, print
media organizations (Gleaner, Observer, Sunday Herald, Sky
Writings) Government Information Services, Bernard van Leer
Foundation’s Regional Radio Project, Hope for Children
Development, Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child, Woman
Inc., Jamaicans for Justice, Sistren Theatre Collective, Dispute
Resolution Foundation, Jamaica National Building Society, Jamaica
Public Service Company, APSIS, Women’s Media Watch, Jamalco,
COK, JAMPRO, Jamaica National Building Society, Summerfest
Productions, NCB.
The internship proved to be a tremendous learning experience as
most of the students were given meaningful projects to work on and
came back with a greater appreciation of what was involved in the
discipline.
The feedback received was mainly positive, and most of the students
were asked to stay on for a further period, some being employed for
the entire summer.
Research projects, completed
In its current Strategic Plan the University underlines the need to
become “research-active and produce output of the quality demanded
by leading academic journals.” In this Academic Year CARIMAC’s
small staff (six positions) undertook the following research projects,
mostly sponsored by staff commissioning agencies:
– Dr. Nancy Muturi received a research grant for focus
groups and interviews with ‘Faith Based Organizations and
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HIV/AIDS’ (currently in progress) – UWI grant
US$10,000.
– Dr. Muturi also received US$2,009 for desk research on
World Summit for Information Society (WSIS) Gender
Caucus research grant – Gender and ICT’s in the
Caribbean.
– Ms. Yvette Rowe completed a content analysis of popular
music video, commissioned by SIRHASC and sponsored
by the European Union US$4,000.
– Mr. Livingston White was supported by a small grant
(US$10,000) from the Caribbean Research Health Council
(CHRC) in Trinidad and Tobago to investigate
‘Communication Strategies to promote behaviour change
in HIV/AIDS/STI programmes: a case study of Jamaica
1998 – 2002’. (Completed)
– Mr. Livingston White also received a regional research
grant (US$14,000) from PAHO, Barbados to undertake a
content analysis on the coverage of health in media. of St.
Vincent ad the Grenadines
– Drs. Marjan de Bruin’s research on ‘Jamaican Adolescents
and Television watching,’ sponsored by Youth.now/
Futures International was completed in June 2005
(US$21,000).
– Drs. Marjan de Bruin coordinated three campus based
research projects, financed by HARP/SIRHASC
(US$103,000.00).
– Ms. Yvette Rowe has begun work on a project to produce a
documentary on the Early Childhood Learning project and
provide training in video production for the Hope for
Children Foundation. Funding of 30,000 U.S. Dollars, for
this has come from the Bernard Van Leer Foundation.
PRESENTATIONS
• Bruin de, Marjan April 28 - 30, 2005: ‘HIV/AIDS Campaigns
in the Caribbean; Media’s Positions and Roles.’ CBA
Regional Conference for Canada and the Caribbean
‘Broadcasting and Health’, Savannah Hotel, Barbados.
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• Bruin de, Marjan October 18 and 19, 2004: ‘Communication
and HIV/AIDS – the need to go beyond traditional media
coverage.’ Conference Building Bridges, Conference Centre,
Kingston, Jamaica. sponsored by USAID.
• Muturi, Nancy ‘Research, Teaching and Learning Com-
munication for Social and Environmental Change.’
Communication for Social and Environmental Change
Symposium, University of Guelph. September 14, 2004.
• Muturi, Nancy ‘Risk Perception and HIV/AIDS
Prevention: The Role of Faith-Based organization in the
Caribbean.’ UWIHARP annual Scientific Conference,
Barbados, May 6 - 8, 2005.
• Muturi, Nancy ‘Implications of sexual violence to women’s
repro- ductive health in Jamaica: A naturalistic inquiry.’
American Public Health Association (APHA), Washington,
DC. November 2004.
• Muturi, Nancy ‘Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in
Preventing Occupational Reproductive Hazards among the
Jamaican Men.’ Annual American Public Health
Association, Washington, DC. November 2004.
• Muturi, Nancy Crime, violence and Implications to
HIV/AIDS Prevention: Challenges for Behaviour Change
Communication for in Jamaica. annual Association of
Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), August 4 -
7, 2004, Toronto, Canada.
• James, Canute ‘Covering the Single market and Economy,’
Workshop for Newspaper Editors on the CARICOM Single
Market and Economy. Bridgetown, April 2005.
• James, Canute ‘Approaches to Investigative Reporting,’
Carter Centre Workshop on Investigative Journalism.
Runaway Bay, Jamaica, November 2004.
• Rowe, Yvette ‘Sexual Messages in Local Dancehall Music
Videos,’ at a meeting of Artistes Against Aids, in Kingston
on November 23, 2004 and at the National HIV/AIDS
Committee retreat in Sandals Runaway Bay December 10th
2004.
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• Prendergast, Patrick ‘Regional Communication as Impact
Tool for Rural Development,’ Toco Foundation Regional
Conference for Radio Broadcasters and Farmers, Toco,
Trinidad and Tobago, April 1 - 3, 2005.
• Barnes, Corinne and White, Livingston ‘From Killer Disease
to HIV/AIDS: A Comparative Analysis of the Reporting on
HIV/AIDS in two Jamaican Newspapers’ and ‘Com-
munication Strategies to Promote Behaviour Change in
HIV/AIDS/STI Programmes: A case study of Jamaica 1999-
2003’ at the working group on HIV/AIDS. International
Association of Media and Communication Research
(IAMCR) 2005 conference in Taipei, Taiwan, July 26 - 28,
PUBLICATIONS
Marjan de Bruin:
Books (refereed):
* Gender and Newsroom Cultures, Identities at Work,
(2004) Bruin de, Marjan and Karen Ross (Eds.), Hampton
Press, New Jersey (256 pages).
Book chapters refereed
* Bruin de, Marjan (2005), Gender and professional identity
among Caribbean journalists, in: Susanna Hornig Priest,
Impact – Designing Research That Matters. Rowman &
Littlefield Publishers, Oxford, Toronto. Pp. 69 - 83.
* Bruin de, Marjan (2004) and Karen Ross. Introduction:
Identities at Work, in: Bruin de, Marjan and Karen Ross
(Eds.), Gender and Newsroom Cultures, Identities at
Work, Hampton Press, New Jersey. (5 pages).
* Bruin de, Marjan (2004) Organizational, Professional and
Gender Identities – Overlapping, Coinciding and
Contradicting Realities, in: Bruin de, Marjan and Karen
Ross (Eds.), Gender and Newsroom Cultures, Identities at
Work, Hampton Press, New Jersey. (17 pages)
* Bruin de, Marjan (2004) ‘Gender Politics and Media
Production’, in: Gender in the 21st Century, Caribbean
Perspectives, Visions and Possibilities, by Barbara Bailey
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and Elsa Leo-Rhynie (Eds.) Ian Randle Publishers,
Kingston, Jamaica. Pp. 217 - 235.
Articles (refereed)
* Muturi, Nancy (2005). Culture considerations in
HIV/AIDS communication and prevention in Kenya.
Journal of Health Communications, Vol. 10 No. 1, Jan/Feb.
Unrefereed publication:
* Bruin de, Marjan, Robinson, Claude, Draft Code of
Practice in conjunction, presented to the Jamaica Press on
May 3, 2005.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Marjan de Bruin
– Member, organizing committee of CAPNET’s inter-
national conference on Caribbean Publisher Against
HIV/AIDS, May 2005.
– Member, Board of Women’s Media Watch.
– Member, International Council of the International
Association for Media and Communication Research
(IAMCR).
– Chair, 2005 National Awards of the Public Relations
Society of Jamaica (PRSJ)
– Member, International Editorial Board of Routledge’s
Academic Journal Feminist Media Studies.
– Member, Advisory Board of Critical Arts, Cultural and
Media Studies, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Livingston White
– Secretary, Fulbright Alumni Association of Jamaica (2003-
present).
– Member, Adjudication Panel for the ITI Actor Boy Awards
(2003-2004).
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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY &
ARCHAEOLOGY
Swithin Wilmot, BA UWI, DPhil Oxf – Head Of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Quality Assurance Review
Between March 14 and 17, 2005, theDepartment’s undergraduate and
taught Masters programmes were
reviewed by a team, under the auspices
of the Board for Undergraduate
Studies (BUS). The preparation of the
Self Assessment Report challenged the
Department to reflect on the content
and delivery of its programmes and
generally the Report of the Review
team was positive and encouraging and
the Department will devote particular
attention in the 2005/06 academic year
to the following issues: the restructuring of the undergraduate
programme, the design of a Double Major in History and Education,
the addition of courses on Jamaican and public history, the
preparation of courses for delivery by Distance and an assessment of
the taught Masters Programme.
Archaeology
Important international links were consolidated. In May 2005, the
Department formalized an agreement with the Thomas Jefferson
Foundation’s Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative
Slavery (DAACS), a web based archive located in Virginia, USA. The
agreement provides for the inclusion of the Montpelier Plantation
Collection on the DAACS website, for academic collaboration
between the Department and DAACS and for the training of
undergraduate students in the techniques of digitizing artifacts, field
records and maps in the Collection. Dr. Philip Allsworth-Jones
participated in a project headed by Dr. R. Housler, of the University
of Glasgow, to date middle paleolithic sites in Russia and the
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Ukraine. Fieldwork with the second year students was carried out at
Warminster, St Elizabeth, with the assistance of Dr J.H.N. Loubser
(New South Associates) and funding from the Reed Foundation and
the Mona Campus Committee for Research and Publications.
The Social History Project (SHP) launched its touring exhibition
programme at Liberty Hall-the Legacy of Marcus Garvey,
Downtown Kingston, with the opening of the exhibition- “Jamaica’s
Black Middle Class of the Later 19th and Early 20th Century”, on
October 31, 2004. The exhibition also showcased at the Devon
House Mansion in January, 2005 and then at the Museum of St. James
and Civic Centre, Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, where it opened
on February 6, 2005 and remained for the duration of February as the
Department’s outreach to the western part of the island during Black
History Month.. The Jamaica Library Service also hosted the
exhibition at the Manchester Parish Library in Mandeville during the
month of April and at the St. Thomas Parish Library in Morant Bay
in June. The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE)
Fund agreed to fund the publication in book and CD form of an
extended version of the exhibition. Oral testimonies from the
returnee migrant resident community in Jamaica were gathered by
undergraduate and graduate students, and the Downtown, Kingston
project involving Heritage Studies students, in collaboration with the
National Library of Jamaica, continued. The SHP, by way of funding
from the Graduate Studies and Research and Publications Fund
acquired much needed equipment for oral history research.
Staff
Professor Sir Roy Augier was honoured for his 50 years of service to
the University of the West Indies and to the Caribbean at the School
of Continuing Studies Conference in St Lucia in November 2004,
and by the University in June 2005. Aleric Josephs was awarded the
PhD and Patrick Bryan and Kathleen Monteith received the
Principal’s Research Award for Best Publications, book and journal
article, respectively, in the Faculty of Humanities and Education,
Research Day, 2005. Brian Moore resigned after 24 years of service to
the department.
Professional Outreach
The Department also maintained its public profile in supporting
significant events in Jamaica’s National Calendar, Black History
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Month, Emancipation Celebrations and National Heritage Week, as
members delivered public lectures, participated in media interviews
and panel discussions highlighting one or more of these events.
Members also gave other media interviews and/or conducted public
lectures, locally or internationally. Several members of the
Department conducted workshops for the two CAPE History Units
and for history teachers.
Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture
On April 6, 2005, Professor Alvin Thompson, Department of
History and Philosophy, UWI, Cave Hill, delivered the 21st Annual
Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture on the topic, “Maroon Struggles and
the Ideology of Freedom”.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Sultana Afroz
• “Dialogue of Global Civilizations: Muslim Cultures and
Western Cultures in Quest of a Just and Peaceful World”.
Internet Conferences on Inter-religious Engagement Project,
the World Council of Muslims for Interfaith Relations, and
the International Movement for a Just World, October 2004
and January 15 – February 2005, 26pp.
Philip Allsworth-Jones
• “Defining the Montego Bay style: a re-consideration of R.L.
Vanderwal’s work in Jamaica”. 21st Congress of The
International Association for Caribbean Archaeology
(IACA), UWI, Trinidad, July 24 - 30, 2005, 19 pp. [ with M.
Bogle-Douglas and K.W. Wesler]
• “Stewart Castle and Retreat, Jamaica: results of a new digital
mapping survey”. 21st Congress of The International
Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA), UWI,
Trinidad, July 24 - 30, 2005. Power Point presentation. [with
M. Kappers].
• “Seamans Valley Revisited”. 4th Annual Symposium,
Archaeological Society of Jamaica, UWI, Mona, April 7
2005. Power Point presentation [with K. Spence, R. Dalton
and H. Savery.]
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Fitzroy Baptiste
• “The Emergence of Eric Williams and the People’s National
Movement [PNM] in Trinidad and Tobago Politics As
Gleaned from US State Department Records, 1952 - 1956”,
37th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean
Historians, Cartagena, Colombia, May 9 - 13, 2005, 49pp.
• “The Emergence of Eric Williams and the PNM [People’s
National Movement] in Trinidad and Tobago Politics As
Gleaned from US State Department Records, 1952 -1956”,
4th Annual ‘Caribbean Reasonings’ Conference, “The
Thought of New World: The Quest for Decolonisation”,
June 16 - 18, 2005, 49 pp, UWI Mona, under the auspices of
The centre for Caribbean Thought, The UWI, Mona,
Jamaica and The Africana Studies department, Brown
University, USA.
Patrick Bryan
• “Anglican Identity in Today’s Caribbean”, 35th Triennial
Meeting of the Synod of the Anglican Church in the
Province of the West Indies, Belize, November 16, 2004.
Jonathan Dalby
• “A Special Kind of Criminal: Slaves, Crime, and the Courts
in Jamaica, c 1750 - 1834’. Department of History and
Archaeology Staff/Student Seminar, UWI Mona, March 4
2005, 34 pp.
Kathleen Monteith
• “Financing Agriculture and Trade: Barclays Bank
(Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) in the British West
Indies, 1926 - 1945”. 37th Annual Conference of the Associa-
tion of Caribbean Historians, Cartagena, Colombia, May 9 -
13, 2005.
James Robertson
• “Changing Landscapes Described: Jamaica 1655 - 1770” 4th
Annual Symposium, Archaeological Society of Jamaica,
UWI, Mona, April 7, 2005, 12 pp.
• “Incomprehension and Creole Architecture: or, on not
thinking about Spanish Town”. Department of History and
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Archaeology Staff/Post Graduate Seminar, UWI, Mona,
March 18, 2005, 23 pp.
• “‘butting and bounding, South on a Street in front of Sarah
Rodrigues Deleon’: Finding directions in Spanish Town,
Jamaica, 1757 – 1840”. Department of Geography and
Geology Seminar, U.W.I., Mona, March 3, 2005, 23 pp.
Veront Satchell
• “Slavery In The Americas: Overview”. UNESCO sponsored
Conference on Slavery, Emancipation and Reparation,
University of Technology, September 3, 2004, 24 pp.
• “Legacy of Slavery on Jamaica’s Political Economy.”
Symposium Sonkofa, The Impact of Slavery on
Contemporary Jamaica. Sponsored by Liberty Hall, in
collaboration with The African Caribbean Institute of
Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank, the Institute of Jamaica
Lecture Hall, February 25, 2005, 28 pp.
• “The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Jamaica”, Seminar entitled,
HIV/AIDS PLAY YOUR PART, Sponsored by the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew with the UWIHARP,
November 9, 2004, Church of the Ascension Hall, 18 pp.
Verene Shepherd
• “Bearing Witness to the Past: Retaining, Protecting and
Researching Church Records in the Caribbean”, First
Records Management Conference for all Churches in
Jamaica & the Caribbean, Jamaica Conference Centre, July
14, 2005. 10pp.
• “Knowledge Production in the Caribbean: Contemporary
Writings, the Construction of ‘Africa(n)’ and the Task of
Reconstruction”. Centre for African Renaissance Studies
Conference on “African Renaissance Studies: Multi-, Inter-
and Trans-Disciplinary Paradigms”, University of South
Africa, Pretoria, June 13 - 16, 2005. 25pp.
• “Coolitude: The Diasporic Indian’s Response to
Creolization, Negritude and the Ranking Game?”,
International Indian Diasporic Conference on “East Indians
in the Caribbean: Reflections on the Past, Charting the Way
Forward”, Trinidad, May 28 - 29, 2005. 12pp.
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• “The Other War Memorial: Honouring Anti-Slavery Heroes
and Heroines in Jamaica”. 37th Annual Conference of the
Association of Caribbean Historians, Cartagena, Colombia,
May 9 -13, 2005. 18pp.
• “Bearing Witness to the Past: Research Ethics in History” at
the Research Ethics Conference, UWI, Mona, April 28 - 29,
2005. 25pp.
• “From Contract Workers to Entrepreneurs: The Historical
Roots of Indian Settlement and Socio-Economic
Transformation in Jamaica”. Symposium on “Caribbean
Spirituality: The Contribution of Indian Religio/Cultural &
Spiritual Experience”, St. Michael’s Theological College,
Kingston, 18pp.
• “Narratives of Resistance”, Liberty Hall/Institute of Jamaica
Symposium, February 25, 2005. 12pp.
• “War Memorials for Anti-slavery rebels”. UNESCO
Reparation Symposium, UTECH, September 4, 2004. 12pp.
• ‘The Haitian Revolution and Security Fears in Jamaica:
evidence from Lady Nugent’s Journal”. The 4th TTC
Conference, Limon, Costa Rica, August 27, 2004. 15pp.
Matthew Smith
• “The Man Who Would Be President: Daniel Fignole and the
Struggle for Political Change Postoccupation Haiti”.
Caribbean Studies Association 30th Annual Meeting, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 31 – June 5, 2005, 20
pp.
• “An Island Among Islands: The Strange Relationship
Beween Haiti and the Caribbean Community”. 6th Annual
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute on Social and Economic Studies
Conference, Jamaica Pegasus, Kingston, March 17 - 18, 2005,
20 pp.
• “Two Hundred Year Old Mountains: Problems and Issues in
the Historiography of Haiti”. Conferene on Caribbean
Historiography: A Pan-Caribbean Perspective on the
Atlantic World, York University, Canada, October 16 -19,
2004.
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PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Fitzroy Baptiste
* Co-author with Dr. Allister Hinds of text for H23C course,
The State and Transformation in Africa, 1800 - 1900, For
the Web Delivery BEd. Secondary [Distance] Programme,
150 pp.
* READER, “Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi” [There Is
Always Something New Out of Africa], Pliny The Elder,
about 4th Century C.E.], 340 pp. for the course H13D,
“Africa in World Civilization from Human Origins to
1800’
Brian Moore
* Neither Led nor Driven: Contesting British Cultural
Imperialism in Jamaica, 1865 -1920, (Kingston: UWI Press,
2004), 475 pp.
James Robertson
* “Gone is the Ancient Glory”: Spanish Town, Jamaica,
1534-2000 (Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2005) 477 pp.
Verene Shepherd
* Liberties Lost Caribbean indigenous societies and slave
systems (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004),
239 pp. [with Hilary Beckles]
Refereed Journal Articles
Philip Allsworth –Jones
* “The Szeletian Revisited”. Anthropologie, XLII/3, 2004, 281-
296.
* “Experimental Archaeology in the Tropics: The
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan, the
Village of Adesina Oja, and Abandoned House No. 2”.
Azania, XXXIX, 2004, 125 -145.
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James Robertson
* “Cromwell and the Conquest of Jamaica” History Today, 55:5
(May, 2005) 15 - 22.
Verene Shepherd
* “Rebel Voices: Confessions, Testimonies and Trial
Transcripts from the 1831-32 Emancipation War in
Jamaica” Jamaica Journal Vol. 28: 2&3 (Dec.2004), 59 - 64.
[with Ahmed Reid].
* “The Ranking Game in Jamaica during Slavery,” The Arts
Journal, Vol. 1:2 (March 2005), 3 -15
* “Belonging and Unbelonging: The Impact of Migration on
Discourses of Identity in Jamaican History”, Journal of
Caribbean History, Vol. 39: 1 (June 2005), 1 -18
Waibinte Wariboko
* “Lineage Factionalism and Christianity in the Eastern
Niger Delta during the Nineteenth Century: The New
Calabar Example Reconsidered”, The Nigerian Academic Forum
Vol. 6. No. 5, pp 22 - 32
Other Peer Reviewed Publications
Sultana Afroz
* Islam: The Eternal Message. A Pictorial Presentation on the
fundamentals of Islam based on the The Holy Qur’an and
Ahadith, accompanied by a PowerPoint slide show on a CD-
ROM. (Dhaka: Bangladesh, 2004).
Aleric Josephs
* “The Atlantic World 1600 – 1800” [BEd Distance
(Secondary) Project U.W.I./M.O.E.C]
* “Conquest Colonization and Resistance in the Caribbean
1600 – to the End of Slavery” [BEd Distance (Secondary)
Project U.W.I./M.O.E.C]
Waibinte Wariboko
* “Ideological and Cultural Issues in the Implementation of
Christianity: The Example of New Calabar, 1865 -1900” in
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R. Goodridge (ed.), Perspectives on African History and
Culture Barbados: Dept. of History and Philosophy- Cave
Hill Campus 2004, pp 54-78.
* “Nigeria: Delta States in the 19th Century” in K.
Shellington (ed.), Encyclopedia of African History New
York: Routledge, 2004.
Non-Refereed:
Philip Allsworth-Jones
* “The James W. Lee Arawak Collection, UWI, Kingston,
Jamaica: Facts and Figures”. Proceedings of the 20th
Congress of The International Association for Caribbean
Archaeology (IACA), Santo Domingo, ed. Glenis Tavarez
Maria and Manuel Garcia Arevalo, Volume 1, 2005, 295-
305. [with Esther Rodriques]
James Robertson
* Correspondence, “Reply,” History Today 55:7 (July, 2005), 69
Matthew Smith
* “Vive 1804!: The Haitian Revolution and the Revolu-
tionary Generation of 1946,” Caribbean Quarterly, vol. 50, no.
4, December 2004.
* “Emperor , Exiles, and Intrigues: The Case of Nineteenth-
century Haitian Heads of State in Jamaica,” The Haiti-
Jamaica Connection (Kingston: Latin American-Caribbean
Centre, 2004).
Verene Shepherd
* ‘Emancipation and Immigration: A Pan-Caribbean Over-
view.’ (Orig. pub. 1998), Reprinted 2005, 52pp.
* (with Alvin Wint et. al) Strategic Challenges Confronting
the Mona Campus: An Analysis and Response (2004) 50 pp.
* (with Alvin Wint, et al) Stretegic Challenges Facing the
Mona Campus: an agenda for action (2005) 113 pp.
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PUBLIC SERVICE
Sultana Afroz
– Advisor, Institute of Medieval Muslim Scholars, Dallas,
Texas, USA.
– Regional Director, The Caribbean and South America
Region, World Council of Muslims for Interfaith
Relations.
– Member, Steering Committee, Encyclopedia for Women and
Islamic Cultures, Brill Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Philip Allsworth-Jones
– Member, Executive Committee of the Archaeological
Society of Jamaica.
– First Vice-President, Jamaica Historical Society.
– Member, Museums Advisory Board of the Institute of
Jamaica.
– Member, Board of Jamaican National Heritage Trust.
– Member, Steering Committee of the Thomas Jefferson
Foundation’s Digital Archaeological Archive of
Comparative Slavery, Virgina, USA
Roy Augier
– President, International Scientific Committee of the
UNESCO General History of the Caribbean.
– Vice Chairman, Teachers Services Commission ( Jamaiaca).
– Member, Schools Examination Committee, Caribbean
Examination Council.
– Member, Council, Caribbean Examination Council.
– Member, Council, Institute of Jamaica.
– Member, Board of Governors, St. Michael’s Theological
College.
Patrick Bryan
– Member, Council, Institute of Jamaica.
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– Chairman, Museums Advisory Board, Institute of Jamaica.
– Chief Examiner, Caribbean History (CSEC) for Caribbean
Examinations Council.
– President, Jamaican Historical Society.
– Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Caribbean History.
Carl Campbell
– Member, Executive Committee, Jamaica Historical
Society.
– Editor, Jamaican Historical Review.
– Reviews Editor, Journal of Caribbean History.
Jenny Jemmott
– Member, Board of Directors, Jamaica Cancer Society.
Aleric Josephs
– Board Member, Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre.
Brian L Moore
– Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Caribbean History.
James Robertson
– Member, National Archives Committee.
– Member, Board of the Archaeological Society of Jamaica.
– Jamaica Historical Society, Executive Committee
Veront Satchell
– Reviews Editor, Journal of Caribbean History
– Member, Education and Youth Board of the Anglican
Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
Matthew Smith
– Committee Member, Jamaica Music Foundation
– Member, Foundation for Higher Education (FHE), Florida
International University
– List Editor, H-Caribbean Website.
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– Member, review Committee for Jamaican Government
project on Jamaican Musical Revue.
Verene Shepherd
– Member, Board of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust.
– Second Vice President, Jamaica Historical Society.
– Vice President, Association of Caribbean Historians.
– Convenor, CAPE History Panel, Caribbean Examinations
Council
– Co-Director, Text and Testimony Collective.
– Member, Local Advisory Committee, UNESCO National
Commission
– Member, Academic Advisory Boards of the following
Journals: Arts Journal, Atlantic Studies, Jamaica Journal, Jamaica
Historical Review, Journal of Caribbean History, Social and Economic
Studies
Waibinte Wariboko
– Member, Advisory Board, African – Caribbean Institute/
Jamaica Memory Bank
Swithin Wilmot
– Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Caribbean History.
– Member, CAPE History Panel, Caribbean Examinations
Council.
– Member, Nominating Committee, Association of
Caribbean Historians
– Chief Examiner and Chairman of the Examining
Committee for CXC/CAPE History.
– Member, Advisory Board, Unit for Studies in Biography
and Autobiography, La Trobe University, Melbourne,
Australia.
– Member, Steering Committee of the Thomas Jefferson
Foundation’s Digital Archaeological Archive of Compara-
tive Slavery, Virgina, USA
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– Member, Board of Governors, Holy Trinity High School.
– Member, Board of Trustees, the Archbishop Samuel Carter
Educational Fund
Undergraduate:
Registered
BA – 504
Graduated
BA First Class – 4
Upper Second – 44
Lower Second – 42
Pass – 12
Graduates
Registered
MA – 34
MPhil – 14
PhD – 6
PRIZES AWARDED
Elsa Goveia Prize: Candice Watson
Gladwyn Turbutt Prize in Janine Rose
European History:
Gladwyn Turbutt Prize in Archaeology: Danielle Benjamin
Gladwyn Turbutt Prize in André Paul Duhaney
Atlantic History:
Gladwyn Turbutt in Historical Anna-Kaye Osbourne
Methodology:
The Asian World prior to 1600 Keritha McLeish
History of Modern China Jodie-Ann Miller
Modern Japan Janine Rose
History of the Middle East since 1915 Natallie Malcolm
Neville Hall Prize: Tishaun Chin
Walter Rodney Prize: Lawrence Doctor
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DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS
& PHILOSOPHY
Kathryn Shields Brodber, BA, PhD, Dip Ed UWI
– Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
During the 2004-2005 academicyear, the department has been
involved in a series of initiatives aimed
at increasing its impact on the students
it serves within the academy, as well as
extending its influence on the
upliftment of the wider community
beyond its walls. Unfortunately, if
not addressed immediately, the
requirement to do more with less,
which has been imposed on us
especially during the year under
review, and has resulted in the
increasing inadequacy of the teaching and physical resources the
UWI is able to afford at the undergraduate level, will have dire
consequences for the standards the department has set itself.
TEACHING SECTIONS
English Language
During the year, the English Language Section, coordinated by Mrs.
Caroline Dyche, continued as a strong, integrated team of effective
teachers. One member of the team, Dr. Janice Cools, Instructor,
gained her PhD. in Literature from the UWI.
For the third consecutive year, the section was responsible for setting
and marking the Communication paper of the University
scholarship examination. It also introduced innovations, especially
in the delivery of the level 1 English language Foundation courses.
The revision of the delivery of UC120, to incorporate the use of
technology, primarily film, in lectures, was led by Mrs. Viviene
Harding. Panels of professionals from within the academy as well as
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from the world of work, including attorneys, trade unionists and
public relations practitioners, also made interactive presentations at
lectures regarding the functions of writing in their disciplines, and
the processes involved.
FD14A, led by Dr. Monica Taylor was introduced for the first time,
in semester 1, as an alternative for students with a pass at grades 1 or 2
in CAPE Communication Studies. The course experienced teething
pains related to the computerised registration system, which resulted
in inconsistent and non – homogeneous groups including the
inclusion of students with passes at level 3, and a shortage of texts. A
thorough revision of this course has been undertaken for the 2005-6
period.
FD10A (face to face mode), also led by Dr. Taylor, was revised to
increase the tasks related to the development of the critical thinking
skills of its students.
During the year, Schontal Moore developed an online distance
FD10A course for BEd (distance) students, who engaged with the
course via OurVLE, a web-based learning system. Designing and
delivering FD10A by distance involved creating websites and
software programmes to impart course content to students as well as
teaching, assessing and communicating with students using a variety
of computer technologies and programs. The online version of
FD10A can be found at http://ourvle.mona.uwi.edu./)
Two new courses, Language and Ethics, offered at level 2 by a team
led by Dr. Paulette Ramsay, and The Art of Public Speaking offered
at level 3 by a team led by Mrs. Harding, were well received, with
Public Speaking being over-subscribed in relation to the technical
resources and small-group delivery required.
The post-graduate course, Advanced Academic English Language
Skills, developed by Mrs. Ingrid McLaren, was delivered by her to
students pursuing the MSc in Human Resource Development in the
Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, Faculty of
Social Sciences. Three cohorts of approximately 20 students each
participated during the semesters and summer period.
Linguistics
The section, coordinated by Ms. Alison Irvine, suffered from a lack
of adequate teaching and physical resources, especially for level 1
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courses which require students to develop linguistic thinking and
analytical skills to which they have not been exposed before. This
forced the abandonment of the additional laboratory hour which
had been made compulsory during the previous year, and a shift to
seminars from small-group tutorials, essential for the effective
development of these skills, with a resultant negative effect on pass
rates.
In spite of limitations in funding, students were able to attend local
and cross-campus field trips, thereby applying the theoretical
concepts learned to real-life linguistic data. In L331 and L32B, they
collected data first, and then read the relevant research on theories of
Creole origin and structure. The approach is geared at increasing the
levels of student motivation to read extensively.
The Section continued to participate in the delivery of the B Ed
(Distance) programme funded by the Government of Jamaica. Six
courses were offered via web delivery during the semesters and face to
face during the summer.
The post-graduate programme continued to grow, with Marsha
Forbes and Clive Forrester gaining registration upgrades to PhD.
Clive Forrester was also awarded overseas conference support to
Language & the Law conferences in New York and Cardiff. Joseph
Farquharson, was awarded a 2-year fellowship to the Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig), which will
provide him with the research resources, unavailable at UWI,
required for the completion of his thesis.
For the coming year, the Section will continue its efforts to
semesterise post-graduate courses. It will also need to address the
problem of inadequate permanent staffing from which it suffers at
present.
Philosophy
The Section, coordinated by Dr. Bewaji, continued to experience a
high subscription to undergraduate courses in Philosophy. Large
per-course numbers, especially at level 1 (over 300 students in some
cases), presented considerable constraints for the Section’s 3 fulltime
lecturers. The limited physical resources available forced a re-
configuration of tutorials as seminars – which did not provide the
small-group interaction ideal for the development of philosophical
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thinking, especially in level 1 students who are participating in this
activity for the first time. The urgent need for improved physical and
teaching resources was clearly underscored.
The 2003-4 Quality Assurance review of the section emphasised, as a
major recommendation, the urgent need for two additional lecturers
for the section. In light of the critical benefits which are to be
derived from exposure to philosophy, which is essential to the
development of the reflective capacity of rational, productive
citizens, this must be a UWI priority, as far as ensuring budgetary
provisions is concerned.
The Department hosted Philosophy Day on 18th November 2004,
under the sponsorship of UNESCO Caribbean. The theme was:
Philosophy, Poverty & Human Rights. Several members of the section made
presentations, and were well received by the participants. Professor
Barry Chevannes was the presenter in the plenary session, and
Professor Sunday Osaretin Iyare, Senior Lecturer in Economics on
the Cave Hill campus, presented the public lecture.
The taught MA in Philosophy commenced with 5 students, with one
withdrawing during the year, while M Phil registrations numbered 6.
An additional PhD Philosophy student was admitted in January
2005.
For the 2005-6 academic year, the Section will be experimenting with
offering first level courses with very large registrations in both
semesters, so as to reduce the pressure. It will need to have appointed
the two additional lecturers required so as to reduce the extremely
heavy load which is currently placed on the existing three lecturers.
SELF SUSTAINING / INCOME GENERATING UNITS
The English Language Proficiency Test Unit (ELPTU), the major
income-generating unit of the Department, has continued its testing
of the English language proficiency skills of all applicants to the
Mona campus of the UWI. During the year, there were two sittings
of the ELPT for applicants, in which 3014 applicants sat the test in
either February or March 2005, and two sittings of the ELPT for
students in which 1157 sat the May or August test.
The divestment of the Fundamentals of English course to the Unit
presented numerous challenges, in this its first year, for Ms. Donna
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Marie Reid, the Senior Administrative Assistant responsible for
administering the unit, and to Mrs. Caroline Dyche, its Academic
Advisor. The course, originally delivered on a 52-hour, year-long
basis, was reorganized for 39-hour, semester-long delivery, offered in
both semesters and in summer. Students identified as requiring
remedial assistance were encouraged to sit and pass the course in the
summer prior to their formal entry to UWI, or to seek alternative
tuition during summer, and re-sit the test at the end of that session.
A UWI policy decision taken during the year at the request of the
Guild of Students resulted in students not being compelled to take
the divested UC010, but being allowed to take the end-of-course
examination as a challenge. Students who sat the course did
significantly better than those who were registered for exams only,
leading to some concern in the Department that those who continue
to sit the examination without help in upgrading their skills will be
severely handicapped and unable to sit their level 1 Foundation
courses. The Department will continue to emphasise the imperative
for students to develop their English language skills, so as to derive
maximal benefit from academic pursuits and be confident in their
suitability for the world of work.
The Jamaican Language Unit, under the direction of Professor
Hubert Devonish, proceeded full steam on the Bilingual Education
project, with its aim of determining the most effective means of
encouraging full bilingualism for primary level pupils at grades 1-4 in
Jamaican (Creole) and Standard Jamaican English.
The pilot project, conducted during its first year at Hope Valley
Experimental and Bridgeport Primary schools, has involved 260
pupils and 6 teachers. Pupils have been taught in both languages,
using bilingual material in Language Arts, Science, Mathematics and
Social Studies, achieved by the translation, by the project team, of the
existing materials of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture,
its collaborator. Teachers have been trained, inter alia, in the use of the
Cassidy writing system for Jamaican and the grammatical structures
of Jamaican and English, as well as in ways of developing literacy
among their pupils. They have also been exposed to demonstration
classes and lesson planning for the delivery of their classes in
Jamaican.
An integral part of the success of the project, in this its first year, has
been the involvement and support of the parents of the pupils in the
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participating schools. Some of these parents have shown an interest
in learning the Cassidy writing system, and have responded
positively to the formal use of Jamaican in the education system. The
interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers from within the
Department, as well as from the Department of Sociology,
Psychology & Social Work, the School of Continuing Studies and St.
Josephs Teachers College / UWIDEC has also been invaluable. The
income-generating programme of the JLU is the MA in English
Language, which is scheduled to begin in full force in semester 1,
2005-6.
The Writing Centre, administered by Dr. Paulette Ramsay,
continued to provide services to the campus community, through
individual coaching and small-group consultation for students. For a
small annual registration fee, students had access to all the services of
the Centre, including the web site, for consultation of on-line writing
clinics and programmes and support with assignments. The
Linguistics, Lab, administered by Dr. Otelemate Harry, provided
technical support for undergraduate and postgraduate students in
Linguistics.
Writing Centre Day, held on March 17, 2005, was attended by faculty
members and students, from all the faculties on Campus, who
participated in discussions on the centrality of writing to learning in
all disciplines, and viewed the work of the Centre on the ground, and
through an interactive video produced by Dr. Harry. These activities
piqued interest in the Centre, and have led to arrangements being
made for post-graduate as well as undergraduate students across the
campus to have more structured access to the services and facilities of
the centre for upgrading their writing skills. During the year, modest
income-generating activities were created for the Centre. Classes in
the Fundamentals of English programme were held in the Centre,
and charged a fee for the use of its facilities. Three courses were also
offered, at a fee, to the wider public: The Art of Public Speaking;
Writing for the World of Work and Fundamentals of English.
Further and significant income-generating projects will be the focus
in the 2005-2006 period.
The Summer Programme continued to be well supported, with 313
registrations in the first-year foundation courses – FD10A and
UC120; 185 in UC010; 129 in Philosophy; and 33 in Linguistics.
Income and expenditure per unit are outlined below:
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LANGUAGE UNIT Income Expenditure Profit
FD10A & UC120 $4,009,500.00 $3,190,712.50 $ 818,787.50
$2,405,000.00 $2,120,725.00 $ 284,275.00
$6,414,500.00 $5,311,437.50 $1,103,062.50
LINGUISTICS UNIT Income Expenditure Profit
L14A, L28J & L37A $ 418,500.00 $ 334,687.50 $ 83,812.50
PHILOSOPHY UNIT Income Expenditure Profit
PH10A, PH10B, PH10C,
PH20B, PH20C & PH36B $1,714,500.00 $1,444,412.50 $ 297,087.50
PAPERS PRESENTED
Dr. Lawrence Ojo Bamikole
• “The dimensions of poverty.” UNESCO Philosophy Day on
Philosophy, Poverty and Human Rights, University of the
West Indies, November 18, 2004
• “African existentialism: Reflections on Chinua Achebe’s
Things Fall Apart. Uncovering Connection V1 (UCVI):
Cultural Endurance Between Africa, the Americas and the
Caribbean. Medgar Evers College of the City University of
New York, New York, March 3 - 5, 2005.
• “Philosophy as mirror of socio-cultural realities: a critique of
dancehall.” Department of History and Philosophy,
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
Symposium on (Caribbean) Philosophy, March 31 – April 1,
2005.
Dr. John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji
• “Toward a realistic understanding of the myths surrounding
gender, religion and science”. The Caribbean Philosophical
Association 2nd Conference “Shifting the Geographies of
Reasoning II” in Puerto Rico, June 1-5, 2005. pp. 25
• “Avoiding the errors of ontologies, meeting the challenges of
reflective existence”. Department of History and
Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
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Campus, Barbados Symposium on (Caribbean) Philosophy,
March 31 –April 1, 2005 pp. 20.
• “The nature and evolution of civil society – A Leadership
Perspective”. 2nd Faculty of Humanities Conference in
Honour of Professor John Olubi Sodipo, Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, March 7 - 10, 2005, pp.
25.
• “Culture, Poverty and Civil Society – A critical analysis of
aspects of African leadership”. 11th ISAPS Annual
Conference, Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, Nigeria,
March 10 - 12, 2005, pp. 25
• “Civil Society, Leadership and Poverty – an exploration of
logical and practical connections”. Mona Association of
Post-graduate Students 2nd Annual Conference, University
of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, February 17 - 18,
2005, pp. 22
Dr. Otelemate Harry
• “Review of H. Devonish (2002). Talking Rhythm Stressing
Tone: the role of Prominence in Anglo-West African
Creoles” Department of Language, Linguistics and
Philosophy Staff/Postgraduate Seminar, 2005
Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg
• “L1 transfer and the cut off point for L2 acquisition processes
in creole formation.” workshop Montréal Dialogues: Processes in
L2 Acquisition and in Creole Genesis. Université de Québec à
Montréal, August 2729, 2004 (pp. 9).
• “Creole formation and second language acquisition:
contentious issues.” e Département de langues et linguistique,
Université Laval, Québec, 5 November 2004 (pp. 11).
• “African language survivals in Jamaica and implications for
Jamaican cultural heritage.” Caribbean Studies Centre’s
Spring Term Seminar Series, University of Warwick, 1 March
2005.
• “The problem of multiple substrates: the case of Jamaican
Creole.” Conference Creole Language Structure Between Substrate and
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Superstrate, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology, Leipzig, June 3-6, 2005.
Ms. Schontal Moore
• “Bridging the Gap: Successfully Integrating Students’ Home
Languages in the College Composition Classroom”.
Conference on College Composition and Communication,
San Francisco, California, March 18, 2005 & Department of
Language, Linguistics and Philosophy (Language Unit) Staff
Seminar, Mona, June 1, 2005. pp. 10.
Dr. Paulette Ramsay
• “Cross-Cultural Poetics: Debating the Place of Afro-Mexican
Poetry in the Context of Caribbean Literary and Cultural
Aesthetics”. Beyond the Nation: Reading Hispanic Culture
in the 21st Century, University of Birmingham, June 1 - 4,
2005. 24 Pages.
Mrs. Vivette Milson-Whyte
• “Sideshadowing Teacher or Peer Response to Writing.”
Teacher Demonstration in the Summer Invitational Institute
of the Southern Arizona Writing Project. Tucson, Arizona.
June 9, 2005. pp. 18.
• “Responding to Student Writing: Way Beyond (?).”
University of Arizona Spring Conference. Tucson, Arizona.
March 5, 2005. Poster plus two-page handout.
Dr. Kathryn Shields Brodber
• “The case for an emergent Creole discourse in Jamaica”
Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, August
11 - 15, 2004: Curacao. pp 20.
PUBLICATIONS
Books & Monographs
* Dr. Lawrence Ojo Bamikole. “Metaphysics: Its nature and
Relationship to Other Disciplines” in Introduction to
Philosophy and Logic ed. By O. R. Adeniyi: Lagos,
Newsletters Ltd, 2004, 69 - 82.
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* Dr. Otelemate Harry. Aspects of the tonal system of
Kalabari-Ijo. Stanford, California: Stanford University.
2004: pp112
* Professor Hubert Devonish with Dr. Otelemate Harry
‘Jamaican Phonology’ A Handbook of Varieties of English:
Phonology ed. By E. Schneider et al. Berlin: Mouton De
Gruyter, 2004. 441 - 471.
* Carol Clarke and Schontal Moore. Students’ Book 1 –
Connect: Excellence in English for the Caribbean. Pearson
Longman Education Limited, London 2004.
* Carol Clarke and Schontal Moore. Teacher’s Guide 1 –
Connect: Excellence in English for the Caribbean. Pearson
Longman Education Limited, London 2005.
* P. Ramsay, E. Watson-Grant. “Chevere! Spanish for
Caribbean Secondary Schools Students” Book 2. A.
Bankay, I. Kemchand. Edingburgh Gate: Pearson Educa-
tional Ltd., 2005.
* P. Ramsay, E. Watson-Grant. “Chevere! Spanish for
Caribbean Secondary Schools Students” Book 1. A.
Bankay, I. Kemchand. Edingburgh Gate: Pearson Educa-
tional Ltd., 2005.
* P. Ramsay, “Writing a Research Paper”. CD-ROM.
Kingston, 2005.
Refereed Journal Articles
* Dr. Lawrence Ojo Bamikole. “Culture and Agency in
Yoruba Metaphysics: Implications for Cultural Retention
in Africa and Transmission in the Diaspora.” Journal of
Philosophy and Related Disciplines. 2, 2 (2004): 97 - 115.
* Dr. John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji. “Philosophical Explora-
tion of Leadership in Caribbean and Diaspora Polities”,
Journal on African Philosophy. An Electronic Journal of
International Society for African Philosophy and Studies.
(2005). At site: http://www.africanphilosophy.com/issue2/bewaji.html.
* Dr. John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji. “If my people must go,
they will have to find their way by themselves – Critical
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comments on Wim Van Binsbergen’s Ubuntu and the
Globalisation of Southern African Thought and Society” in South
African Journal of Philosophy. Volume 22, No 4, (2004), pp. 378 -
287.
* Dr. John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji. “Beyond ethno-
philosophical myopia – Critical comments on Mogobe B.
Ramose’s African Philosophy Through Ubuntu” in South African
Journal of Philosophy. Volume 22, No 4, (2004), pp. 388 - 401.
* Dr. O. G. Harry. “The Illustration of the IPA in Kalabari-
IJO”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association: Volume
33, Number 1 (2003): 113 - 120.
* Dr. O. G. Harry & Professor Hubert Devonish. “Phrasal
Reduplication and Triplication in Kalabari” in Four
Decades in the Study of Language and Linguistics in
Nigeria: A Festschrift for Kay Williamson, ed. By Ozo-
mekuri Ndimele. Aba, Nigeria: National Institute for
Nigerian Languages, 2003, 152 - 161.
* Dr. O. G. Harry & Professor Hubert Devonish. “Jamaican
Phonology”, in A Handbook of Varieties of English:
Phonology, ed. by E. Schnieder et al. Berlin: Mouton De
Gruyter, 2004, 441 - 471.
* Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg. “The grammatical function of
Papiamentu tone.” Journal of Portuguese Linguistics 3, 2 (2004):
55 - 69.
* Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg & Darlene LaCharité. “Echoes of
Africa. Reduplication in Caribbean Creole and Niger
congo Languages.” Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 19, 2
(2004): 285 - 331.
* Dr. Paulette Ramsay. “Cartas a las Sombra de tu Piel” by
Benito Pastoriza Iyodo. Mexico: Editorial Tierra Firme
2002, 80 pp. Caribbean Quarterly Vol. 51 June (2005): 100 -105.
* Dr. Paulette Ramsay. “The Eve/Hagar Paradigm in the
Fiction of Quince Duncan” by Dellita Martin Ogunsola.
Colombia: University of Missouri Press, 2004. 192pp.
PALARA No. 5 Fall (2005) 89 - 92.
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* Dr. Paulette Ramsay. “Nicolás Guillén: A Bilingual
Anthology. Selection, Translation, Introduction and
Notes” by Keith Ellis. Ciudad de La Habana: Editorial José
Martí, 2004, 551 pp. Afro-Hispanic Review Vol. 23: 2. Fall
(2004): :99 - 101.
* Dr. Paulette Ramsay. “Lo que teníamos que tener: raza y
revolución en Nicolás Guillén” Edited by Jerome Branche.
Insitututo Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana
2003, 275 pp. PALARA No. 8. Fall (2004): 107 -110.
Other peer reviewed publications
* Dr. John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji. “Philosophy in
History and History of Philosophy as Academic Politics”
in Liubava Moreva (ed.) UNESCO International Readings
on Theory, History and Philosophy of Culture. Number
18: Differentiation and Integration of World Views –
Philosophical and Religious Experience. Moscow: Eidos.
2004, Pp. 194 - 234.
* Dr. John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji, “Ethics and
Morality in Yoruba Culture” in Kwasi Wiredu (ed) A
Companion to African Philosophy, New York: Basil
Blackwell Press, 2004, pp. 396 - 403.
* Dr. O. G. Harry. “Kalabari in Xtone Project – Cross
Linguistic Tonal Database” (Web-based phonology
publication, University of California, Berkeley), 2004
* Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg & Darlene LaCharité. “Less is
more: Evidence from diminutive reduplication in
Caribbean Creole languages,” in Studies on Reduplication,
ed. by Bernard Hurch. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005,
533 - 545.
* Ms. Schontal Moore. “Writing for Academic Purposes.”
(An interactive CD ROM on essay writing and research
skills.) Published by Schontal Moore 2004.
* Ms. Schontal Moore. “Summaries for Academic Purposes.”
(A website which is used to teach effective summary
writing skills to FD10A students. The website is located at:
http://www.geocities.com/snmoore2002/Summary/Home_Page.htm)
Created and published by Schontal Moore, 2005.
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Non-refereed
* Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg. “Review of: The Syntax of Cape
Verdean Creole. The Sotavento Varieties [Linguistik
Aktuell/Linguistics Today, Vol. 54], by Marlyse Baptista.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2002.” Studies in Language 29, 1
(2005): 299 - 303.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr. Lawrence Ojo Bamikole
– Editor, Journal of Philosophy and Related Disciplines
Dr. John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji
– Co-editor, Journal on African Philosophy. Electronic
Journal. USA.
– Editorial Advisor, BOLESWA Journal of Theology,
Religions and Philosophy, Botswana
– Editorial Consultant, Africana Philosophy. USA.
– Editorial Consultant, Quest – An African Journal of
Philosophy. The Netherlands.
– Co-editor, Philosophical Discussion. University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria.
Dr. Otelemate Harry
– Member, Jamaican Fulbright/Humphrey Alumni Associa-
tion
– Member, Church of the Ascension Choir, Kingston,
Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg
– Coordinator, JUMP [Junior Undiscovered Maths
Prodigies] basic mathematics programme
Mrs. Vivette Milson-Whyte
– Judge, Annual Student Guide Essay Competition. Writing
Programme, University of Arizona. February 2005
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Ms. Schontal Moore
– Assistant Examiner for CXC English A. Caribbean
Examinations Council
– Judge for Annual Secondary and Tertiary Level Essay
Competition. Michael Manley Foundation Ltd.
Dr. Paulette Ramsay:
– Chief Examiner for CSEC Spanish
– Member CAPE Modern Languages panel
– External Examiner, Council of Community Colleges of
Jamaica – Spanish
Dr. Kathryn Shields Brodber
– Convenor, CAPE Communications Studies, Caribbean
Examinations Council
– Chairman, Board of Governors, The Queen’s Preparatory
School
– Member, International Linguistic Association
– Member, Society for Caribbean Linguistics
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate:
PROGRAMME Course Registration Percentage Majors
MAJORS Passes Graduating
Linguistics Level 1 593 78 0
Lang. Com. &
Society Level 2 796 97 0
Ling. & Lang. Ed.
Lang. & Ling. Level 3
239 90 43
Level 1 727 91 0
Philosophy
Level 2 530 98 0
Level 3 300 97 16
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First-Class Honours Awardees:
Language and Linguistics Major:
Kadian Nadeisha WALTERS
Linguistics: Tashney Avagale FRANCIS
Gayon Sophia WILLIAMS
Philosophy Major:
Kay-Anne Patricia DARLINGTON
Kristy Ingrid QUINTAL
Keino Tario St. Patrick SENIOR
Betty Delores WRIGHT
Postgraduate:
PROGRAMMES LINGUISTICS PHILOSOPHY
Registered Completing Registered Completing
Master of Arts (MA) 5 0 5 0
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) 10 0 4 0
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 5 0 2 0
Prizes Awarded:
Foundation Courses:
UC120 (Language: Exposition & Argument):
.. ... … Marsha Boyce
FD10A (English for Academic Purposes)
… … … Jerome Anderson
FD14A (Writing in the Disciplines) [3-way tie]
… … … Nadia Rose
Adave Chin
Jodi-Ann Brown
Linguistics:
Best Level-I Student … Marlon Marlon
Level-II Theory Prize … Ruby-Rose Demetrius
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Best Overall Student in Other Level-II Courses
… … … Yvette Haughton
Level-III Theory Prize … Lisa Barker
Best Overall Student in Other Level-III Courses
… … … Kadian Walters
John Reinecke Prize - Best Graduating Linguistics Student
... … ... Tasheney Francis
Philosophy:
Best Level-I Student Prize … Lij Sinclair
Best Level-II Student Prize … Joleen Grant
Best Level-III Student Prize … Kayon Darlington
Best Graduating Student … Keino Senior
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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION STUDIES
Professor Fay Durrant, MLS Syracuse, BLS Toronto, BA Spanish
Hons UWI – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Mission of the Department
“to provide university-level professional education for librarians and other
information professionals of the English-speaking Caribbean.”
During this year the Departmenthas sought to:
enhance the quality of its
offering and its operations;
introduce the first two courses
of a programme in records
management
upgrade its physical facility and
improve the facilities for the
students
Quality Assurance Review
With a view to enhancing the quality of the offering and operations,
the Department collaborated with the Quality Assurance Unit in the
implementation of a Quality Assurance Review which took place
between November 15-18, 2004.
The review team was composed of:
Prof. Joanne Gard Marshall, Chair, Distinguished Alumni
Professor School of Information and Library Service,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Margaret Rouse-Jones, University Librarian/Campus
Librarian, The Campus Libraries, The University of the West
Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Mrs. Winsome Hudson, National Librarian, National Library
of Jamaica
Meetings were held with students, teaching and administrative staff,
some graduates and employers.
Students were found by the review team to be enthusiastic and the
courses challenging on the whole. The assessment methods used for
courses were found to be varied enough to give students a range of
experiences, to encourage them to participate in class discussions, and
to develop their own ideas in projects and other assignments.
The report also indicated that the staff resources are too stretched to
permit all the teaching, research supervision and research that is
required of the teaching staff. The workload of six to seven courses
per academic year was also identified as having a negative impact on
the time available for research. At least one additional teaching staff
position was recommended to permit the recommendations to be
implemented.
Employers who participated in the review, were mainly from the
corporate sector. They expressed satisfaction with the performance
of our graduates, and indicated that in addition to qualifications in
librarianship, and the capability in using ICT applications, the ability
to define relevant records management policies and to organize and
manage the organization’s records was an important competence.
They all suggested that further development of a programme in
records management is necessary.
Major Recommendations of the Quality Assurance Review Team:
The Review Team recommended inter alia:
Combining of the MALIS and the MLIS into a single MLIS
programme with additional pre-requisites for undergraduate
courses as appropriate for individual students.
Increasing the proportion of students from the other
Caribbean countries
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Improving the degree completion or throughput rates
particularly at the Masters level.
Developing a PhD programme in selected areas of relevance
Developing a strategic plan for the Department
Identifying and implementing pre-requisites in terms of
computer literacy so that the course teaching on ICTs can be
dedicated to more advanced library computer applications.
Curriculum Review
The Department undertook its annual curriculum review in June and
staff proposed adjustments to courses as a result of their experience in
teaching, advances in the discipline, and recommendations of the
Quality Assurance Review.
Teaching staff benefited from two sessions organized by the
Instructional Development Unit (IDU). In the first Dr. Beryl Allen,
Head of the IDU provided guidance in incorporating active learning
techniques into the teaching process. In another session Miss Meta
Bogle, consultant to the IDU, provided guidance on developing
learning objectives. The learning objectives have been incorporated
into the revised course outlines.
Teaching and administrative staff participated in training in the use of
the Virtual Learning Environment (ourvle) as the basis for preparing
and mounting online courses.
Main Targets 2005/2006 and onwards
The following directions result from the recommendations of the
Review Team, and other areas identified by the Department from the
UWI report on strategic transformation.
Regional Advisory Committee 2005
The Department supports the recommendation on strategic
repositioning for an advisory committee. Given the regional nature
of the mandate the committee will include representatives from each
country in the English-speaking Caribbean. Electronic com-
munication will be used to facilitate ongoing discussion.
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Programme in Records Management 2006
The continued development of this programme will seek support
from the UWI and from CIDA for further development of the course
components into a programme, and for the expansion of the offering
outside of Jamaica.
PhD programme 2006
The establishment of a PhD programme is important for the
development of the research capacity of the staff and students of the
department. The Department will therefore begin the process of
establishing a PhD programme during the new academic year. The
Department will also seek assistance from other universities for the
development of the research component of a research paper.
Formalizing Field 2005
Fieldwork is an important component of the programmes of the
Department. Students work for three months in a library to fulfill
the departmental requirement. The Department has recognized the
value of including the Fieldwork programme as a credit component
of the course. This will be included in the review of courses which has
begun and will continue during the academic year 2005/2006.
Developing an Information Literacy Project 2006
The Department proposes to develop a project for promoting and
teaching information literacy. This would include the development
of a package which can be tested initially by students in the DLIS and
subsequently throughout the university.
Physical Facility Re-design of the Library and Information
Resource Centre 2005
The architect’s design for improving the facility has been
commissioned and completed. The planned modifications are to be
undertaken during the academic year. This is being done with a view
to demonstrating best practices in library layout and service to the
students and staff.
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Overall Teaching Achievement
Mean Semester 1 Mean Semester 2
Lecturers 4.4 4.4
Courses 4.1 4
Number of academic staff members: 1 Professor, 2 Senior Lecturers,
2 Lecturers, 1 Research Fellow, 1 Librarian, 12 Part-time lecturers.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Professor Fay Durrant
• ‘Conventional Media and New ICTs with special reference
to the Caribbean’. Regional Seminar on the Role of
Information and Communication Tools for Implementation
of Food and Nutrition Security Plans in the Caribbean,
Belize City, Belize, March 14 - 18, 2005.
• “Proposal writing” Workshop on Preservation organized by
the UWI Main Library and the Department of Library and
Information Studies, March 20 - 21, 2005.
• “Factors influencing access to information in the
Caribbean.” XXXV Conference of the Association of
Caribbean University Research and Institutional Libraries
(ACURIL) Trois Ilets, Martinique, June 5 - 11, 2005.
• “Digitization for access to cultural assets.” ICT4D Jamaica
Regional Workshop on Digitization of Caribbean Cultural
Heritage, Kingston, Jamaica, July 18 - 22, 2005.
• “The World Wide Web enhancing e-government in the
Caribbean.” World Library and Information Congress: 71st
IFLA General Conference and Council Libraries – A voyage
of discovery, August 14 - 18, 2005, Oslo, Norway.
Cherrell Shelley-Robinson
• “Finding a place in the Sun: Migration and the Search for
Identity in Caribbean Literature for Young People.”
International Board for Books for Young People (IBBY)
Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 4 -11,
2004.
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• “Islands in the Sun: Perspectives and Issues on Caribbean
Literature for Children.” Birmingham Library Theatre,
Birmingham, England, November 4, 2004
• “Indigenous Literature for Caribbean Children.” Aspire
College, Birmingham, England, November 5, 2004.
• “Caribbean Children’s Literature – Reading Myself.”
Independent Schools Annual Conference, Jamaica, April 19 -
22, 2005.
Ramnauth Sookraj
• “Using IT to enhance Faculty/Librarian collaboration,”
College Libraries Information Network (COLINET)
Symposium, Mandeville, Manchester, February 2005.
• “Multimedia training for Caribbean Librarians – cultural
imperative.” XXXV Conference of the Association of
Caribbean University Research and Institutional Libraries
(ACURIL) Trois Ilets, Martinique, June 5 - 11, 2005.
• “Preservation through Digitization,” The Workshop on
Preservation, organized by the UWI Main Library and the
Department of Library and Information Studies, March 20 -
21, 2005.
Paulette Stewart
• “The School, it’s Value and Function within the School
Community.” Jamaica Library Service Symposium on
School Librarianship. Kingston, Port Antonio, Black River
and Montego Bay, February to March, 2005.
Andrea Robins
• Poster Session on the Department of Library and
Information Studies. XXXV Conference of the Association
of Caribbean University Research and Institutional Libraries
(ACURIL) Trios Ilets, Martinique, June 5 - 11, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Professor Fay Durrant
* Library Software Published In Renwick, Sharmin and
Jaitree Kochlar eds. Electronic Information Resources in
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the Caribbean: Trends and Issues. Proceedings of the
ACURIL XXXV Conference, Port of Spain, 2004 p. 29-34.
Refereed Journal
Cherrell Shelley-Robinson
* “Finding a place in the sun: the immigrant experience in
Caribbean Youth Literature.” In: Children and Libraries 3 (1)
2005, 14 - 20, 62.
Ownali Mohamedali
* Adapting to Changes: “DLIS Experience in the Caribbean.”
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 45 (2) Spring
2004, 98 - 110.
INCOME GENERATION
CIDA project on Access to Information and Records Management
$42,000 (Canadian)
The project was implemented with the offering of two courses in
Semester II which were taught by Canadian professors.
LS38A Records Management: principles and practice – The
undergraduate course was taught over the Internet by two adjunct
faculty Mr. John McDonald and Mrs. Carole Compton-Smith, who
were identified by Prof. Wendy Duff of the University of Toronto.
The course was offered using the Intrafinity e-learning system.
Lessons were posted each week, and chat sessions facilitated
discussion between the instructors and the students.
LS67C Electronic Records Management used a combination of
videoconferencing and face to face techniques. The UWI students
met in a virtual class with students from the University of Toronto
and from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In one session on
Access to Information the Director of the Jamaican Access to
Information Unit gave a presentation on the local situation to the
combined class. This was considered to be very valuable.
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PUBLIC SERVICE
Professor Fay Durrant
– President, Library and Information Association of Jamaica
(LIAJA)
– Chair, Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO
Information for All Committee
– Member, Jamaica’s Preparatory Committee for the World
Summit on the Information Society
– Member, Jamaica Library Service Board of Management
– Member, National Library of Jamaica Board of
Management
– Member, Jamaica Sustainable Development Network
Board of Directors
Cherrell Shelley-Robinson
– Member, International Association of School Librarian-
ship
– Member, Institute of Jamaica Junior Centre Committee
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergradaute
Registration 2004/2005
Full-time Part-time Total
BA (LIS) Majors 68 57 134
BEd School Librarianship 22 0 22
TOTAL 156
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Degrees granted
Undergraduates
BA Library Studies
First Class 9
Upper Second 15
Lower Second 7
Pass 5
TOTAL 36
BEd (School Librarianship)
First Class 1
Upper Second 3
Lower Second 10
Pass 2
TOTAL 16
Postgraudate
Registration 2004/2005
Full-time Part-time Total
MA Library & Information Studies 5 26 31
MLIS 11 26 37
MPhil 1 1
TOTAL 69
Degrees Granted
1 with Distinction
MALIS 10
MLIS 13
TOTAL 23
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Prizes Awarded
Year I – Alumni Prize for Best Grade
Londa Brown
Year II – COMLA Prize for Best Second Year Student
Monique Forgie
Nicholas Graham
Dorothy Collings Prize for Best Grade
Undergraduate – Kishma Simpson
Postgraduate – Michelle Gill
Amy Robertson Prize – Best BEd Graduating Student
Michelle Wiggins
Daphne Douglas Prize for Personal & Professional Development
Gwendolyn Morris
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DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURES
IN ENGLISH
David Williams, BA, MA UWI – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department welcomed fournew members during this
academic year: Dr Anthea Morrison
(Senior Lecturer) and Dr Gregory
Stephens (Lecturer) in Semester I, and
Dr John Lennard (Professor) and Dr
Mawuena Logan (Lecturer) in
Semester II. They enhanced the
Department’s resources in the areas of
Comparative Caribbean literature and
theory, film and cultural studies,
modern British and American litera-
ture, Shakespeare studies, African/
Diaspora studies, and poetry. Prof Carolyn Cooper and Dr Victor
Chang returned from leave, and for the first time in many years the
Department was at something like full strength.
Between January 24th and 27th the Department was reviewed by a
team comprising Prof. Stephen Slemon (University of Alberta), Prof
Mark McWatt (U.W.I., Cave Hill), and Mr Louis Marriott
(Chairman, Norman Manley Foundation). The Department has
subsequently received the report produced by the team and has
incorporated its suggestions and recommendations into the vision of
strategic transformation outlined below.
The Department also hosted the writers Olive Senior and Nalo
Hopkinson during Semester II. Ms Senior, whose visit was jointly
organized with the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts,
delivered the annual Sir Philip Sherlock Memorial lecture on
February 27, did a public reading of her work on March 2, and met
with classes and student groups throughout the week of February 28
to March 4. Nalo Hopkinson visited the campus from March 11 to
March 18, met with undergraduate and graduate classes, did several
interviews, and gave a public reading on March 13 at the Philip
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Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts. The Department also
welcomed Prof Hortense Spillers, who on March 11 made a
presentation, in our Staff/Postgraduate seminar series, on
“Manifestations of Black Culture in Seven African Diasporan Sites”.
That seminar series, organized by Dr Victor Chang, resumed its
regular meetings on Friday at 3:00 p.m. On March 4, the Department
also witnessed a successful defense by Janice Cools of her doctoral
dissertation.
On Thursday, April 7, The Department staged “Life after an English
Degree” for its majors. A forum addressed by Mr Dennis Morrison,
Q.C., Ms Anne McMorris, Financial Institutions Relationships
Manager, NCB, and Ms Raquel Bremmer, Managing Director of
Educentres Information Services Limited, it was intended to give its
audience a sense of the range of options to which our degree gives
access.
Professor Carolyn Cooper launched her new book, Sound Clash:
Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large at the Undercroft on April 19,
2005. Guest speaker was the Honourable Edward Seaga, U.W.I.
Distinguished Fellow.
Dr Brendt Clavier, a representative of Malmö University, Sweden,
visited the Department from May 13 to May 19, 2005 in order to
explore the possibility of establishing an exchange programme. A
reciprocal visit was arranged for September 2005.
Dr Curdella Forbes’s From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon,
George Lamming and the Cultural Performance of Gender was
published by U.W.I. Press in July 2005.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Professor Carolyn Cooper
• “In Another Key: Discordant Female Voices in the
Caribbean Literary Canon.” University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa. March 2005
• “‘It’s a African Ting’: Rituals of Remembering in Jamaican
Dancehall Culture.” Panafrican Bookfair, African American
Research Center, Fort Lauderdale, April 2005
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• “‘A Whole Ton-Load a Lie’: Doing Ethical Research in the
Creole/anglophone Caribbean,” Ethics Conference, U.W.I.,
Mona. April 2005
• “‘I Shot the Sheriff:’ Gun Talk in Jamaican Popular Music.”
Caribbean Studies Association Conference. Santo Domingo,
May 2005
• “‘Self Searching for Substance’: The Politics of Style in
Lovelace’s A Brief Conversion and Other Stories.” 70th Birthday
Conference in honour of Earl Lovelace, U.W.I., St.
Augustine, July 2005
Dr Norval Edwards
• “What Does Hybridity Do?”, 23rd Annual Conference on
West Indian Literature, St Georges University, Grenada,
March 8-11, 2004.
Dr Curdella Forbes
• “X Press Publications: Pop Culture, ‘Pop Lit’ and Caribbean
Literary Criticism”, 24th Annual West Indian Literature
Conference, University of Puerto Rico, San Piedras, March
29 to April 2, 2005.
Prof John Lennard
• “Developments in Fairleigh Dickinson’s on-line pedagogy
after 9 - 11”. American Association for Higher Education
Annual Conference (Atlanta GA, 17-20 March 2005).
Dr Gregory Stephens
• “‘I Have Become Terribly Mexicanized’: Intercultural
Identification in Poniatowsha’s Querido Diego,” paper accepted
for “Minor Keys: Cultural Expression in the Anglophone
Caribbean,” University of Puerto Rico-Rico, San Piedras,
March 29 to April 2, 2005.
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PUBLICATIONS
Dr Michael Bucknor
Refereed Journal Articles
* “‘Voices Under the Window’ of Representation: Austin
Clarke’s Poetics of Body-memory in The Meeting Point.”
Journal of West Indian Literature 13.1 & 2 (April 2005): 141 - 175
Professor Carolyn Cooper
Refereed Book:
* Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture At Large. N.Y.:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 348 pp.
Refereed Book Chapters:
* “Dancehall Dress: Competing Codes of Decency in
Jamaica.” Carol Tulloch, ed. Black Style. London: V & A
Publications, 2004, 68 - 83.
* “Writing Oral History: Sistren Theatre Collective’s
Lionheart Gal.” Gaurav Desai and Supriya Nair, eds.
Postcolonialisms: An Anthology of Cultural Theory and
Criticism. Oxford: Berg, 2005, 169 - 177. Reprint of 1989
journal article.
* “Mix Up the Indian with All the Patwa: Rajamuffin Sounds
in ‘Cool’ Britannia.” Christine G.T. Ho & Keith Nurse
eds. Globalisation, Diaspora & Caribbean Popular Culture.
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2005, 119 - 140.
Republished in Sound Clash.
Conference Proceedings:
* “‘Meck West Indies Federate’: Celebrating the Arts of
Regional Integration in the Poetry of Louise Bennett.”
Kenneth Hall and Denis Benn, eds. Caribbean Imperatives:
Regional Governance and Integrated Development.
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2005, 31 - 51. Edited
version of a 1999 journal article.
Journal article:
* “Enslaved in Stereotype: Race and Representation in ‘Post-
colonial’ Jamaica. Small Axe No. 16 (September 2004) 154 -
169.
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Dr Norval Edwards
Refereed Journals
* “Conversations on Creoleness”, Review of Creolité and
Creolization: Documenta 11 Platform 3, edited by Okwui
Enwezor, Carlos Basualdo, Ute Meta Bauer, Susanne Ghez,
Sarat Maharaj, Mark Nash, and Octavio Zaya. Ostfildern-
Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2003, in Small Axe:
A Journal of Criticism 16 (September 2004): 222 - 228.
* Joint Review of Brian Meeks’ Paint the Town Red (Leeds:
Peepal Tree Press, 2003) and Garfield Ellis’ Such As I Have
(Oxford: Macmillan Caribbean Writers, 2003) in Jamaica
Journal 28. 2 - 3 (December 2004): 80 - 84.
* “Diaspora, Difference, and Black Internationalisms”, in
Small Axe 17 (March 2005): 220 - 228.
Dr Curdella Forbes
* From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George
Lamming and the Cultural Performance of Gender.
Kingston: University of the West Indies Press, 2005. 305 pp.
* “Selling that Caribbean Woman down the River: Travel
Narratives and the Global Economy.” Journal of West Indian
Literature 13.1. (April 2005): 1 - 27.
Prof John Lennard
Non-Refereed
* “Twin-Born with Greatness”, reviewing Derek Walcott,
The Prodigal, in The Liberal: Poetry, Politics, Culture
(February/March 2005), pp. 36 - 37
Dr Mawuena Logan
* Book chapters in Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature,
Vol. 1, New York and London: Oxford University Press,
2005
Articles
* “The Diasporic Griot: James Berry and His Fiction for the
Young.” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly (Fall 2005)
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Dr Gregory Stephens
Books and Monographs
* “Monolingualism and racialism as ‘Curable Diseases’:
Nuestra América in the Transnational South,” Globalization
with a Southern Face, ed James Peacock & Harry Watson
(University of North Carolina Press, 2005).
* “‘To Write my Own Pass’: Douglass’ Post-Narrative
Trajectory,” afterword to new edition of The Narrative of
the Life of Frederick Douglass (Signet Classics, 2005).
* “Frederick Douglass as Integrative Ancestor: The
Consequences of Interracial Co-Creation,” in The
Anthology of African American Social and Political
Thought, ed. William Banks (Oxford UP, 2005).
Mr David Williams
* (With Hazel Simmons-McDonald) A World of Prose (new
edition). Oxford: Heinemann, 2005.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr Michael Bucknor
– Chief Examiner, CAPE Literatures in English for the
Caribbean Examinations Council
– Member, Editorial Board, Pathways
– Editor, Postcolonial Text
– Editor, Journal of West Indian Literature
– Adjudicator, Mico Teachers’ College, Leslie Henriques
Speech Competition.
Dr Victor L. Chang
– Chairman, West Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and
Language Studies (WIACLAS)
– Editor, Pathways.
– Co-editor, JWIL.
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Dr Carolyn Cooper
– Member, Board of Directors, the Calabash Literary Festival
Dr Norval Edwards
– Associate Editor, Small Axe: A Journal of Criticism, 1996-
– Manuscript reader, The Press, UWI
Dr Curdella Forbes
– Assistant Chief Examiner, English B, Caribbean
Examinations Council.
– Editorial Advisor, Anthurium, online peer-reviewed journal
of original Caribbean works and critical studies of
Caribbean literature, film, art, and culture.
Mr David Williams
– Judge, poetry and short stories, Jamaica Cultural
Development Commission (JCDC) Literary Competition,
2005.
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate
Number Registered
Year I 850 (373 majors)
Year II 502 (377 majors)
Year III 385 (283 majors)
TOTAL: 1,737 (1,033 majors)
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Course Registrations
Semester I
Sat Pass %Pass
E10A Introduction to Poetry 120 101 84
E10B Introduction to Prose Fiction 93 33 65
E10C Introduction to Drama 105 75 71
E10G Reading & Writing About Literature 48 27 56
E20D Love, Death and Poetry 67 61 91
E21C Modern Prose Fiction 69 65 94
E22A Drama I 35 30 86
E23A Key Issues in Literary Criticism I 64 60 94
E25D The West Indian Novel 31 27 87
E25E West Indian Drama 67 63 94
E26C Creative Writing, Poetry 13 13 100
E31C The City in Fiction 56 52 93
E34B Classic American Prose Fiction 21 19 90
E35B West Indian Lit ‘Special Author’ Seminar 12 10 83
E35C Derek Walcott, Poet 28 26 93
E35D West Indian Lit. ‘Special Author’ Seminar 24 23 96
AR11A Introduction to Comparative Caribbean 39 39 100
Literature: Afro-Caribbean Poetry
SUB-TOTAL: 892 724
Semester II
E10A Introduction to Poetry 70 56 80
E10B Introduction to Prose Fiction 113 87 77
E10C Introduction to Drama 68 57 84
E10G: Reading and Writing About Literature 26 21 84
E21G African/Diaspora Women’s Narrative 54 53 98
E21H Modern American Literary Prose 29 22 76
E22B Drama II 44 44 100
E23D: Key Issues in Literary Criticism II 43 25 58
E25C West Indian Poetry 63 56 89
E26D Creative Writing, (Prose Fiction) 10 9 90
E32C: The Romance 53 46 87
E32D: Shakespeare I 48 45 94
E33S: The Sonnet 34 28 82
E37A African American Literature 64 64 100
E39K: Major Authors: Yeats 36 36 100
AR11B: Introduction to Comparative Caribbean 35 34 97
Literature II: Women’s Writing
Semester III
E10B Introduction to Prose Fiction 20 14 70
E26F: Creative Writing for Screen and Stage 11 11 100
SUB-TOTAL: 821 708
TOTAL: 1713 1432
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First Class Honours:
Dahlia Harris
Carol Pinnock
Postgraduate
Registration
PhD 5
MPhil. 14
MA 23
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DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
AND LITERATURES
Anthea Morrison, BA UWI, PhD Paris – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
This academic year was a year oftransition for the Department.
Dr. Claudette Williams resigned from
her position as Head with effect from
September 2004, after nearly a decade
of leadership of her discipline. Dr.
Anthea Morrison was appointed as
acting head.
At the end of the first semester, the
Department said farewell with regret,
to Dr. Hugues Peters, who resigned to
take up another teaching position in
Australia. Although it is understood that Dr. Peters will not be
replaced in the short run, it is hoped that an increase in registration in
the years ahead will make it possible to fill this post, since shrinking
staff numbers in the discipline of French make it increasingly
difficult to fulfill the section’s basic needs in terms of teaching and
research. Later in the year, the extremely competent Senior
Secretary, Mrs. Karleen Morgan, resigned with effect from April 11
in order to relocate to England. At the end of the academic year, Mrs.
Mireille Milfort-Ariza retired after anchoring the Spanish Language
section for nearly thirty-eight years.
On a happier note, the Department continues to benefit from
invaluable cooperation with foreign governments/institutions with
regard to the provision of assistance with teaching:
Miss Virginie Busetto, French Teaching Assistant, joined the UWI in
September, followed in late October by Mr. Manuel Romo,
Colombian Teaching Assistant. Under the auspices of the Japan
International Cooperation Agency, two Japanese Instructors have
taught this year, and it should be noted that there is continuing
enthusiasm for this linguistic option. Students have benefited
significantly from this cooperation: at present nine former students
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are in Colombia under the Teaching Assistantship Program, and
eight are similarly posted in France; several students went to Japan
under the JET Programme.
In November, Dr. Peters, Mrs. Preston and Dr. N’Zengou-Tayo
participated in a special session at Kingston College (involving several
other schools) intended to inform students doing CAPE in French of
prospects for study at the UWI. This initiative is seen as particularly
important at a time when it has been considered necessary to suspend
the Major in French (a double major and a minor continue to be
offered).
The Department represented the UWI at the “Touch of France”
Exhibition/Trade Fair, held at the Hilton Hotel from March 19-22;
the stand attracted favorable attention. The Acting Head, Dr.
Morrison, was one of the panelists at a “Forum on Education” on
March 21.
A student of the Department, majoring in French and Education,
traveled to Guadeloupe in November 2004, on a trip partly
sponsored by the French Embassy, in order to attend a course on
pedagogy. Students of French (directed by Mrs. Jean Small) won
three prizes at the “Tallawah” Drama Festival for Haiti Leve Kanpe!, a
presentation in honour of Haiti. The group was selected to
participate in an International Theatre Festival in Canada in
September 2005 but was unable to travel due to insufficient funding.
In May 2005, the Department hosted, for the second time, the annual
Intercampus Modern Languages Theatre Festival, and welcomed to
Mona some twenty-two students and four colleagues from Cave Hill
and St. Augustine. The festival was a great success and fostered
interaction between students from the three campuses. The
presentations were well attended by students from high schools
(including one rural school) as well as from Shortwood Teachers’
College. Students from the Japanese Club participated for the first
time by presenting a cultural item in Japanese at the end-of-festival
social gathering. Earlier this year, they had given a much-appreciated
performance at a reception marking the 25th anniversary of the Japan
International Cooperation Agency.
From June 23 –July 21, the annual Colombian Exchange Programme
took place. A group of ten Mona Students, accompanied by a staff
member, Fredy Patiño, attended the University of Atlantico in
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Barranquilla while a similar number of Colombian students pursued
a course in English at the Mona Campus. The group was smaller this
year but students enjoyed the experience despite the concerns caused
by Hurricane Dennis.
In the forthcoming year, focus will be on recruiting new Spanish staff
with a view to enhancing the research profile of the Department.
Course development for on-line delivery will be also another area for
action.
It is gratifying to note that teaching evaluation of staff revealed a
mean average of 4.4 for lecturers and 4.1 for courses on a scale of 5.
At present, the Department consists of six full-time members of staff,
one foreign instructor, and two foreign assistants. As a result, it relies
heavily on adjunct staff, which is a cause of concern. The
Department’s research output for the year, comprises five refereed
publications.
Income Generation and Grants
Courses offered in the language laboratory are usually the main
source of extra-income for the Department. However, this year, we
were unable to generate a surplus because of low registrations.
Sales of manuals continue to help generate income but not to a
significant extent since there is little or no margin of profit on sales.
A contribution was made to the Department Consultancy Fund for
Court Interpreting services carried out for the Ministry of Justice and
for research carried out for the UNESCO.
The Department notes with gratitude a financial contribution from
the French Embassy and from the Trustees of the Bridget Jones and
William Mailer Funds. These grants were used to finance the cost of
sending students to Guadeloupe and to provide financial assistance to
students in need.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Mr. Jason Allen, “Parody and the Grotesque in Daniel
Boukman’s Drama”. Departmental seminar presentation.
(34 pages)
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• Ms. Caroline Cousins, “Postcolonial Hybridity in Salman
Rushdie’s Shame and Zadie Smith’s White Teeth.”
Departmental seminar presentation. (35 pages) June.
• “From Mutisimos to Paisaje Célebre: The Evolution of
a Revolutionary Poet.” (May 2005)
• Mr. Lindy Jones, “From Mutisimos to Richard trajó su flauta: The
Ideological Foundations of Morejón’s Poetry” Conference,
Department of Hispanic Studies and the Department of West
African Studies at University of Birmingham, (June 3, 2005).
Dr. Marie-José N’Zengou-Tayo
• “La vérité sort-elle de la bouche des enfants? La voix narrative
dans les enfants des héros de Lyonel Trouillot.” 16th Annual
Conference of the Haitian Studies Association, San Juan,
Puerto Rico. School of Graduate Studies. October 2004.
• “Les écrivaines haitiennes et la Révolution de Saint-
Domingue” International Conference on Haiti, Berlin,
Ibero-American Institute. November 2004.
• “Caribbean Literature in French: An Overview of Issues and
Trends.” Conference of the Encyclopedia of African
Diaspora. Florida International University and Florida
Memorial University. Miami. May 2005.
• “Translating the Haitian Migrant workers’ experience in the
Dominican Republic: Mayra Montero’s Del Rojo de su sombra.”
Caribbean Studies 30th Annual Conference. Santo Domingo.
May – June 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed
* Marie-José N’Zengou-Tayo. “The End of the Committed
Intellectual in Contemporary Haitian Novels: the Case of
Lyonel Trouillot (Les fous de Saint-Antoine and Rue des Pas
Perdus).” In Kathleen Balutansky and Marie-Agnès Sourieau.
Écrire en pays assiégé – Haïti – Writing Under Siege. Part
II. Chap 6. Amsterdam/New York, NY Rodopi.
(Francopolyphonies 1), 2004, pp. 323 - 343.
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* ——-. “Bay kou blye, Pote mak sonje: Le Massacre de 1937
dans les romans haïtiens.” Christian Lerat (ed.). Le Monde
Caraïbe: Défis et Dynamiques: Visions identitaires,
diasporas, configurations culturelles. Tome 1. Actes du
Colloque “Caraïbe Plurielle,” 3-6 juin 2003. Bordeaux:
Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux – Maison des Sciences de
l’Homme d’Aquitaine, 2005, pp. 393 - 403.
* ——-. “The Tree that does not hide the forest: Raoul Peck’s
Aesthetical and Political Approach to Cinema.” In Caribbean
Quarterly. Vol. 50, No. 4, December 2004, pp. 63 - 71.
* Françoise Cévaër and Hugues Péters. “Stratégie de
politique éducative pour une meilleure intégration
régionale: Évaluation du nouvel examen de français des
pays anglophones de la Caraïbe, le CAPE.” Le Monde
Caraïbe: Défis et Dynamiques. Géopolitique, intégration
régionale, enjeux économiques. Tome 2. Actes du
Colloque “Caraïbe Plurielle,” 3-6 juin 2003. Bordeaux:
Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux - Maison des Sciences de
l’Homme d’Aquitaine, 2005, pp. 227 - 239
* Doreen Preston. “Adaptation or Translation?: Walcott’s
The Joker of Seville for a Caribbean Audience” in Palimpsestes.
16. Paris, Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, (Spring 2004),
45 - 58.
Non-refereed
* Marie-José N’Zengou-Tayo. “Review of Lyonel
Trouillot’s Street of the Lost Footsteps. Translated by Linda
Coverdale. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press,
2003. 115 pages.” Caribbean Quarterly. Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 80 -
82.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Françoise Cévaer.
– Member, Jamaica Association of French Teachers (JAFT).
Marie-José N’Zengou-Tayo:
– President, The Haitian Studies Association
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– Treasurer. The Jamaica Association of French Teachers
(JAFT).
– Secretary, The Japan Karate Association of Jamaica.
(JKAJ).
– Peer Reviewer for MaComère, Journal of Haitian Studies, ISER,
Caribbean Journal of Education.
– Reviewer, Caribbean Examinations Council, CAPE and
CSES Syllabii (French)
Hugues Péters
– Reviewer, Caribbean Examinations Council CAPE and
CSEC Syllabii (French)
– Member, Jamaica Association of French Teachers (JAFT)
Doreen Preston
– Assistant Chief Examiner, CAPE, Units I and II in French
– Reviewer, Caribbean Examinations Council CAPE and
CSEC Syllabii (French)
– Member, Jamaica Association of French Teachers (JAFT).
Claudette Williams
– Reviewer, Caribbean Quarterly.
– Reviewer, Caribbean Examinations Council CAPE and
CSEC Syllabii (Spanish).
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate:
Registration:
Preliminary Courses
French 133
Japanese 88
Spanish 483
Hospitality & Tourism Management
French 46
Spanish 262
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BA Programme
French 310
Spanish 869
Graduating Students
French 15
Spanish 35
First Class Honours
Sasha Bell (Spanish)
Tasmin Gordon (French and Spanish)
Warrick Lattibeaudière (French and Spanish)
Postgraduate:
Registration:
MPhil French 2
MPhil Spanish 4
PhD Spanish 1
Degree awarded:
MPhil Wendy-Ann Grant (French)
Prizes Awarded:
French:
Level I William Mailer Prize: Stefane Daley
Level II Prix Jambec: Tasmin Gordon
Warrick Lattibeaudière (Ex-aequo).
Level III Prix Gertrud Buscher: Soyini Ashby
Level III French Embassy Prize for overall achievement
over the three years: Amirh Venner.
William Mailer Scholarship: Tasmin Gordon.
Bridget Jones Memorial Award: Warrick Lattibeaudière.
Spanish
Gabriel Coulthard Prize: Sasha Bell
Paul Davis Prize: Michelle Gibson
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
Professor Zellynne Jennings-Craig, BA (Hons) Hull, MA Leeds,
MEd Birm, PhD UWI – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
During the 2004 - 2005 academicyear, the Department focused on
implementing strategies to achieve the
following strategic objectives: en-
hanced student centredness through a
student driven environment that is
supportive of learning and tech-
nologically enriched; the continued
strengthening of tertiary level institu-
tions; and enhanced graduate study
and research through additional
course offerings, improved graduate
facilities, support for doctoral research
of staff members and the dissemination of graduate level research.
In the area of student centredness, the Department’s achievements
during the year included an expanding mentorship programme,
meetings with students, workshops and classes designed to assist
students with their academic performance and emotional stability
and an expansion in the number of on-line courses and courses for
which on-line information was available. The Department continued
to strengthen tertiary level institutions through enhanced
collaboration and the implementation of new programmes. In
addition to the new collaborative bachelors degree programmes, the
department commenced the development of new graduate
programmes (MA Teaching, MA Higher Educational Administra-
tion, MA Student Personnel Administration), and a more structured
approach to the supervision of masters theses. The facilities of the
graduate computer room were also improved as a mechanism to meet
the strategic objective of developing graduate students and research.
This latter strategic objective was also addressed through the support
of doctoral research for two staff members, the holding of workshops
on approaches to mathematics teaching, an annual forum on
education and the presentation of the research of graduates to
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officials of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture.
During the upcoming academic year, the Department’s strategic
objectives include curriculum change, leading to additional
programme development at the undergraduate and graduate levels,
enhanced quality assurance and increasing the morale of staff
members through an improved working environment. The
programme development would incorporate the delivery during the
coming academic year of programmes currently under development
in addition to the revision of twenty new courses, the development of
a quality assurance manual and the implementation of a peer review
system.
No. of academic staff = 19 ( 1 on leave) Per Capita publication = 1.1
Table 1 Overall Teaching Achievement Mean S.D
Sem.1 Students’ Assessment of Lecturers 4.3 0.9
Students’ Assessment of Courses 4.1 1.1
(N=107)#
Sem 2 Students Assessment of Lecturers 4.4 0.8
Students’ Assessment of Courses 4.1 1.0
# includes streams for same course taught by different lecturers.
INCOME GENERATION
Helen Henningham Ja$ 30,000 from the American Women’s Group
to buy psycho-educational assessments.
Summer School Total number of students 57. Gross Income
J$769,500.After expenses J$207,900.
School of Education
MEd On-Line/summer J$1.8m.(after expenses, but not including
Summer session).
MEd Literacy Studies J$2,705,283.74 (Income less expenditure).
Surplus income to go towards the building of a Literacy Centre.
UWI/Univ. of Nottingham Teacher Mobility Study J$272,099.69
(balance remaining after expenses)
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UNICEF Early Childhood Transition Project: Research, Moni-
toring and evaluation US$18,000.00. Amount remaining after
expenditure = J$171,476.05.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Augustine Ezenne
• “Enhancing Learning through Technology Innovations:
Lessons Learned from Online and Face to Face Learning in
Postgraduate Education at the University of the West Indies
School of Education” 12th World Congress on Comparative
Education Societies, Havana, Cuba, October 25 - 29, 2004.
• “Accountability of Stakeholders in Secondary Education in
Jamaica” 60th Annual Conference and Exhibit Show of the
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
(ASCD), Orlando, Florida, April 2 - 4, 2005.
Dian McCallum
• “Strategies for Teaching History to Advanced Level Students
CAPE” Jamaica History Teachers Association Conference,
Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, January 20, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
* Anne-María Bankay, Ingrid Kemchand, Paulette Ramsay,
Elaine Watson-Grant. Chévere! Spanish for Caribbean
Schools. Students’ Book 1. London: Pearson Longman,
2005. [accompanied by: Activity Book, Teacher’s Guide
and Website]
* Anne-María Bankay, Ingid Kemchand, Paulette Ramsay,
Elaine Watson-Grant. ¡Chévere! Spanish for Caribbean
Schools. Students’ Book 2. London: Pearson Longman,
2005. [accompanied by: Activity Book, Teacher’s Guide
and Website]
* Anne-María Bankay. Grandpa’s St. Elizabeth Stories.
Growing up in Round Hill, Big Woods & Flagaman.
Kingston: Arawak Publications, 2005
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* Soyibo, K., Thomas-James, A., Lofters, P., Bucknor, C.,
Gayle, C. A., Blair-Walters, S. & Wilson, M. (2004). Research
Proposal and Research Report Writing for Education,
Medical and Social Sciences, 1st Ed. Kingston: JBTE
Foundation, University of the West Indies, Mona (84 pages)
* Soyibo, K., McKenzie-Briscoe, B. & McCulloch, S. (2004).
Essentials of Science Teaching, 2nd Ed. Kingston, Jamaica:
Joint Board of Teacher Education, UWI., Mona (179 pages)
Refereed Journal Articles
* J Meeks-Gardner, C Powell, H Baker-Henningham, S
Walker, T Cole, S Grantham-McGregor “Zinc supple-
mentation and psychosocial stimulation: Effects on the
development of undernourished children.” American Journal
of Clinical Nutrition 82, (2005): 399 - 405.
* McCallum, D. (with Vileitha Davis Morrison) (2005).
Educating for values, attitudes and character development:
Policy and practice in the formal curriculum in social
studies and history, In: Caribbean Journal of Education, Vol. 25,
No. 2. Sept. 2003, pp. 103 - 128.
* S. Blair-Walters, K. Soyibo. ”Correlations Among Five
Variables And The Biology Performance Of A Sample Of
Jamaican High School Students”. Journal of Science and
Mathematics in Southeast Asia 27, 1 (2004): 117 - 138.
* N. Ellis-Hall, K. Soyibo. “Relationships Among Four
Learner Variables And The Performance Of Selected
Jamaican 11th-Graders On Structured Questions On The
Mole Concept”. Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in
Southeast Asia 27, 2 (2004): 1 - 22.
* N. Stockhausen, K. Soyibo. “Relationships Among
Jamaican Ninth-Graders’ Variables And Performance In
Integrated Science”. Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
in Southeast Asia 27, 2 (2004): 62 - 80.
* L. Edwards, K. Soyibo. ”Relationships Among Selected
Jamaican Ninth-Graders’ Variables And Knowledge Of
Matter”. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
1, (2003): 259 - 281.
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Other Peer Reviewed Publications
* J Meeks-Gardner, A Henry-Lee, P Chevannes, J Thomas,
H Baker-Henningham, C Coore “Regional assessment.
Violence against children in the Caribbean region. A desk
review.” UNICEF, Jamaica / Report to the UN Secretary
General, 2005.
* H Baker-Henningham, S Grantham-McGregor “Nutri-
tion and child development”, in: Public Health Nutrition.
ed. by M Gibney, L Arab, B Margetts. Blackwell Publishing
and the Nutrition Society, 2004, 247 - 263.
* Palmer, Dorothy M “Electronic Information Resources:
Challenges of Collection Development for Small Academic
Libraries” pp 48 - 53 in Electronic Information Resources in
The Caribbean: Trends and Issues, Proceedings of the
ACURIL XXXIV Conference held in Trinidad and
Tobago, May 23 - 29, 2004. Edited by Shamin Renwick &
Jaishree Kochhar, St. Augustine, UWI, 2005.
Technical Reports
* H Baker-Henningham, S Walker, S Chang-Lopez “Interim
Report on Special Education Needs Study.” Primary
Education Support Project Office, Ministry of Education,
Youth and Culture, 2005.
* K. Soyibo. “UWI, Mona’s Faculty of Humanities and
Education Undergraduates’ Opinions About the Benefits
and Disadvantages of Tutorials, 2004-2005” (22p). Faculty
of Humanities and Education Board Meeting, May 26,
2005.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Camella Buddo
– Member, Committee at the Ministry of Education, Youth
& Culture working on the implementation of numeracy in
schools.
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Myrtle Harris
– External Examiner for Library Education, Joint Board of
Teacher Education
– Member, Library Association of Jamaica (LIAJA) and its
Ad Hoc Competency Standards Committee
– Member, Association of Caribbean University Research
and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL)
– Member, International Association of School Librarian-
ship
Helen Henningham
– Member, Committee to draft special education policy.
Zellynne Jennings-Craig
– Member, National Council of Education
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Bachelor of Education
Table 2: Class of degree of graduating class of 2005 (as at July 2005)
First Upper Lower Pass In- Total
Class Second Second complete
38 98 42 6 35 219
Post Graduate Diploma in Education
Fifty three (53) students registered for the Postgraduate Diploma in
Education during 2004-2005 academic year, but one withdrew.
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Table 3 : Overall performance of students in the 2004-2005 academic year
Theory Practice
Course D C P Inc D C P Inc WD LOA Total
History Education - 4 - 3 - 2 4 1 - 1 8
Language Education 1 6 - 4 1 4 6 - 1 - 11
Mathematics 2 4 - 1 - 5 2 - - - 7
Education
Science Education 1 7 1 2 5 5 1 - - - 11
Modern Foreign 1 6 - 1 2 3 2 1 - - 8
Language
Social Studies/ 1 5 - 1 2 2 3 - - - 7
Geography
Total 6 32 1 12 10 21 18 2 1 1 52
D - Distinction 
 C - Credit 
 P - Pass 
 Inc - Incomplete

 LOA - Leave of absence 
 WD - withdrew
Worthy of note are the students who obtained Distinctions in both
Theory and Practice.
Donna Graham Language Education
Kwanza Bailey Science Education
Alicia Bernard Modern Foreign Languages
Simone Lloyd Social Studies/Geography Education
MEd/MPhil/PhD
There were a total of 256 students reading for MEd degrees in Science
Education (16), Mathematics Education (14), Language Education
(34), Literacy Studies (30), Primary Education (15), Teacher
Education (face to face) (11), Geography/Social Studies (16),
Educational Psychology (24), Curriculum Development (37) and
Educational Administration (59). There were 120 students in the
MEd On-Line/Summer programme which offered Educational
Administration, Teacher Education and Leadership in Early
Childhood Development. Seventy three (73) students registered for
the MPhil/PhD programme.
Table 4: No. Graduates November 2004
MEd MPhil PhD
45 1 3
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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Joan Tucker, ARCM Lond, Dip Ed, MA UWI
– Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Institute of Educationcontinued to focus on the
institutional strengthening of colleges
educating teachers, research, graduate
studies and services to the education
sector. Targets were met regarding
provision of staff development
workshops for teachers colleges;
assessing the practicum in Jamaica,
Belize and the Bahamas; progress in
quality assurance and accreditation of
departments; and revising the
secondary syllabus for colleges.
IOE AND INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING OF
TEACHERS COLLEGES
St. John’s College, Belize, Associate Degree in Primary Education: A
Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE) team externally assessed
the first batch at the end of their teaching practice exercise, April 25 -
28, 2005. All 24 graduates were successful.
Turks & Caicos Islands Community College: Professional assistance
was given in developing an Associate Degree in Primary Education,
which began in August 2004.
JBTE majors of Biology, Chemistry and Physics: With assistance
from the Tertiary Level Institutions Unit, UWI, these majors were
evaluated and articulation arrangements formalized. JBTE diploma
holders specializing in these areas will qualify for exemption from
these UWI level 1 courses.
Professional development workshops for lecturers at teachers’
colleges and external examiners included:
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Teacher Education and National Development: Redefining
Our Philosophy – Keynote speaker was Professor Helen
Abadiano, Chair, Department of Reading and Language Arts,
Central Connecticut State University. August 2004.
Workshops on Quality Assurance and Department Accredita-
tion were held January 2005.
From Assessment of Learning to Assessment for Learning –
Keynote speaker: Mr. Anthony Perry, Senior Projects Officer,
Office of the Board for Undergraduate Studies, Mona, UWI.
February 2005.
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
Change from Within Project – Funded by the University’s New
Initiative Funding for Research Projects
Researchers: Dr. L. Down, Dr. C. Lambert and Mrs. C. McPherson-
Kerr. Change from Within project director: Mrs. P. Chevannes. The
findings – from 7 schools, 1093 students and 116 staff members on the
prevalence of violence in these schools and the effects of the Change
From Within intervention – were presented to the Prime Minister’s
Task Force on Education, the Board of the Faculty of Humanities
and Education, and students and staff of Bethlehem Moravian
College and Church Teachers’ College. Phase 2 begins in 2005–2006.
Funding to be obtained.
Survey: College Lecturers’ Needs for Further Education
Researchers: Professor H. Evans and Mrs. V. Davis-Morrison.
Findings on how lecturers are deployed in colleges, their perceptions
of UWI’s graduate programmes and how far these programmes meet
their needs will inform both workshops for teachers colleges and
graduate studies programme planning and implementation.
Early Childhood Education
Researchers: Dr. Rose Davies and Dr. Donna Chin Fatt in Jamaica,
March to July. Part of a larger international study in six countries –
Practicing Teachers Evaluate Their Training Retrospectively.
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PROJECTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training (CCETT),
2004 – 2005
Director, Prof. E. Miller. In seven Caribbean countries, 14 colleges
training primary school teachers and 142 primary schools with over
20,000 students in grades 1 - 3 participated. Trinidad and Tobago and
Barbados have since decided to join CCETT.
Student achievement in reading in the 68 project schools, measured
against the Caribbean Standards for Literacy for Grades 1 to 3 in June
2005, points to each child reading by the end of grade 3.
Brain research and cognitive science as applied to teaching reading:
two CCETT workshops, summer 2005, for college lecturers
responsible for reading in 22 colleges and universities training
primary teachers, and the Caribbean CETT reading specialists.
Caribbean CETT hosted the CETT Directors Hemispheric
Conference in Kingston, “Successes and Sustainability of the CETT
initiative in the Hemisphere.” Professor Nigel Harris, Vice-
Chancellor, UWI, gave the closing address. Support in cash or kind
came from Scholastic Inc., ALCOA, Microsoft, ProQuest, the
Academy for Educational Development, Cable and Wireless
Foundation, the Jamaica Constabulary Force, RJR Group of
Companies, and Digicel. Lecturers in the School of Education have
been invited to undertake funded research.
UWI/HARP/JBTE Global Fund Project
The project aims at strengthening the multi-sectoral national
response to prevent the spread of and address the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in Jamaica. It developed a wide range of educational
materials for teachers colleges and provided several workshops for
teachers college staff and students.
JBTE/IOE Global Fund Project
Directors: Mrs. V. Davis-Morrison and Mrs. M. Stewart. Continuing
the work of Phase 1 (UWI/HARP/JBTE Global Fund Project), the
three-year JBTE/IOE Global Fund Project aims to strengthen
HIV/AIDS education in colleges training teachers in Jamaica.
Training workshops and writing curriculum documents will utilize
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the surveys and materials produced in Phase 1. Health and Family
Life Curriculum Framework and the whole-school approach will be
used. The US$180,000 budget includes funded research.
Environmental Education Project
Director: Mrs. M. Collins-Figueroa. J$1 million grant from the
governments of Canada and Jamaica. The Sustainable Teacher
Environmental Education Project (STEEP) II continues STEEP I to
incorporate environmental education for sustainable development
(EESD) into the policies of JBTE and teachers’ colleges; spread a
whole-college approach to EESD; and develop an EESD course for
the primary programme.
Biodiversity Project
JBTE/IOE collaborates with the Jamaica Environment Trust to
implement a biodiversity education project in seven colleges, with
J$5.98 million from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica.
Information and Communication Technology
• An Institute committee led by Dr. Earl Brown continued to
direct the work in ICT.
• JBTE Information Technology Committee: Chairperson:
Dr. Halden Morris. Oversees recently negotiated contracts
and agreements with C&W Foundation and the Academy
for Educational Development for hardware, and Microsoft
Corporation for software, for concessionary rates for
facilities and services to JBTE institutions.
• The Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) subproject
within CCETT was launched. First phase: linkages extended
to several schools and teachers’ colleges, applying
videoconferencing, voice over IP, IPTV and video capture of
teaching episodes.
• JBTE building: preparing to expand ICT services to both
colleges and schools.
• Virtual-U system continued to be used in distance education
(MEd On-Line), project management (CCETT and PESP),
inter-college communications, and user training.
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Publications Unit
Two issues of the Caribbean Journal of Education, Vol. 25, No. 1 and No.
2, and EduVision: Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Partnership and
Technology Innovation, the first volume in the new Institute of Education
Publication Series, were published. Publications Officer was Sonia
Chin, and Production Assistant was Sherron Duffus.
Book Launch
Learning Outcomes for Early Childhood Development in the Caribbean: A
Curriculum Resource Guide, by Dr. Donna Chin Fatt and Dr. Rose
Davies, was launched at the UWI, Mona, Undercroft in May 2005.
The book is a product of the Child Focus II IDB Project directed by
the Caribbean Child Development Centre.
STAFF
Vilma Charlton was awarded the Order of Distinction, Officer Class,
for services to Physical Education and Sport in 2004.
Rose Davies was on sabbatical in 2004-2005. Donna Chin Fatt was
her replacement.
Hyacinth Evans served on the Research Advisory Committee of the
Comparative and International Education Society.
Errol Miller was awarded the Prime Minister’s Medal for Excellence
in Education.
Halden Morris received U.S. Patent #US6,757,986 B2 for invention
of a portable mini clothes and hair dryer in partnership with Rhona
Miller, USA, 2004.
Nadine Scott led the association CREATE in hosting a four-day
regional conference in Kingston: Visual Culture: A New Paradigm for
Caribbean Visual Arts Education, June 2005.
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PAPERS PRESENTED
Miss Vilma Charlton
• “The Role of the Track and Field Official,” Jamaica Amateur
Athletic Association Calendar Conference, Kingston, May 6
& 7, 2005.
Dr. Donna Chin Fatt
• “Using Portfolio Assessment as Summative Assessment,”
Seminar for Regional Education Officers, Kingston, April 1
& 6, 2005.
Mrs. Marceline Collins-Figueroa
• “Careers in Education,” Career Vibes, 2005 Seminar of the
Rotary Clubs of Kingston and St. Andrew with the Scientific
Research Council, Kingston, April 2005.
Mrs. Vileitha Davis-Morrison
• Towards the Effective Delivery of HIV/AIDS Education in
Health and Family Life Education in Teachers Colleges in
Jamaica. (with H. Ramsay, J. Mullings, M. Ruddock-Small,
B. Bain). Third Annual Scientific & Business Conference,
Towards a Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS Research in
the Caribbean, Barbados, May 2005.
• “The Place of HFLE in the Teacher Training Institutions:
The Jamaican Experience.” Review and Revision: Health and
Family Life Education Curriculum Seminar for Caribbean
Teachers Colleges, Barbados, April 18 - 22, 2005.
Dr. Lorna Down
• “Towards an Infusion Model – Literature and Education for
Sustainable Development.” North American Association for
Environmental Education 33rd Annual Conference, Biloxi,
Nov. 6 -10, 2004.
• “UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development –
Engaging Teacher Education Institutions,” with Charles
Hopkins and Rosalyn McKeown. United Nations, April 14,
2005.
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• “‘Writing Aids’ in Jamaica Kincaid’s My Brother,” 24th Annual
West Indian Literature Conference, University of Rio
Piedras, Puerto Rico, March 29 – April 1, 2005.
Prof. Hyacinth Evans
• “Quality in Education,” Browns Town Community College
Seminar, February 2005.
• Contrast between Views of Teachers and Students on
Teaching: Implications for Professional Development, CIES
conference, Stanford University, March 2005.
Dr. Carol Hordatt Gentles
• Qualitative Research Methods, University of Technology
Seminar, Kingston, Nov. 2004.
Dr. Clement Lambert
• “What Do UWI Joint Boards of Teacher Education (JBTE’s)
Examiners look for in classrooms? Caribbean Centre of
Excellence for Teacher Training Seminar, Trinidad &
Tobago, July 14, 2004.
• “Assessment of Emotional and Behavioral Problems,
Including Violence in Jamaican Adults: The Jamaican
Symptom Checklist,” (with Lambert, C.T.M., Douglas, K.,
An, J.S., Samms-Vaughan, M. E., Wright, E. Conference of
Caribbean Psychiatric Association, Kingston, Nov. 2004.
Prof. Errol Miller
• “The UWI and Tertiary Education in Jamaica,” Mona
Academic Conference, Aug. 29, 2004.
• “Global Citizens with a Caribbean Conscience,” Keynote
Address, Faculty of Humanities and Education Conference,
UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad, Oct. 14, 2004.
• “Teacher Education: The Future Is Now,” Board of
Undergraduate Studies Conference on Quality Assurance,
UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad, June 9, 2005.
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Dr. Halden Morris
• “Interaction with Industrial Organizations,” Bachelor of
Education Seminar Series, University of Technology,
Jamaica, May 2005.
• “The Engineer as an Educator,” Faculty of the Built
Environment, University of Technology, Jamaica, 2005.
• “Review of Public Policies for Education, Employment and
Training in Jamaica – to Determine Relevance of Data to
Inform Policies,” Seminar, HEART/NTA TVET Leader-
ship Development Programme, May 2005.
• “Reforming Technical/Vocational Education Curriculum
through Interaction with Industrial & Commercial Organi-
zations,” VTDI Staff Development Seminar, March 2005.
Dr. Nadine Scott
• “Developing a New Art and Design Examination for the
Caribbean: Processes, Challenges, and Successes,” 45th
Annual Convention of the National Art Education
Association (NAEA), Boston, March 4 - 8, 2005.
• “Using Accelerated Learning Techniques in the Teaching of
High School Students,” Staff Development Seminar, Merle
Grove High School, Kingston, January 2005.
• “Public Sculptures: Stories of Caribbean History and
Heritage,” 45th Annual Convention of the National Art
Education Association (NAEA), Boston, March 4 - 8, 2005.
• “ Enhancing the Quality of Teaching and Learning of Visual
Arts Content Through the Use of Brain-Compatible/
Accelerated LearningTechniques,” Fulbright Alumni
Education Seminar on Quality and Equity in Educational
Reform, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 14 -
18, 2005.
Mrs. Marcia Stewart
• “Tertiary Education Access Through Differentiation and
Partnership,” Inaugural Conference of the Caribbean Area
Network for Quality in Tertiary Education (CANQATE),
Montego Bay, November 2 - 4, 2004.
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• “Citizenship Education in Teacher Education in Jamaican
Teachers’ Colleges,” International Bureau of Education (IBE)
Seminar, Towards the Implementation of a Global Network
of Curriculum Developers, Geneva, July 6 - 8 2005.
Miss Joan Tucker
• “Toward Cultural Diversity in Music Education,” with
Anne Osborne, International Symposium of Arts Education,
UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, June 2005.
• “Institutional Leadership: Influencing Students to Respond
to the Changing Social, Cultural and Economic Paradigms of
Professional Training,” keynote address, Edna Manley
College Staff Seminar, September 2004.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
IOE Publication Series, Vol. 1.
* EduVision: Enhancing Teaching and Learning through
Partnership and Technology Innovation, edited, with an
introduction, by Errol Miller, Joan Tucker, and Halden
Morris. Kingston: Institute of Education, UWI, Mona,
2005. 173 pp.
Dr. Donna Chin Fatt
* Learning Outcomes for Early Childhood Development in
the Caribbean: A Curriculum Resource Guide.With Rose
Davies. Kingston: University of the West Indies, 2005. 179
pp.
Mrs. Marceline Collins-Figueroa
* First Steps in Science: Pupil’s Book – Year 4. With V.
McClenan, R. Pottinger. Kingston: Carlong Publishers
(Caribbean) Limited, 2005. 288 pp.
Dr. Lorna Down
* “Establishing Networks of Cooperation for Peace –
Reflections on the UNESCO/Mico/IOE Literature for
Sustainable Development Project.” With Karen Morgan. In
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EduVision, ed. Errol Miller, Joan Tucker, and Halden
Morris. IOE Publication Series, vol. 1, 2005. Pp. 84 - 97.
Dr. Clement Lambert
* “Teaching Teachers to Teach Reading: A State of the Art
Review.” In State of the Art Reading Reviews. Caribbean
Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training Monograph
Series 1, ed. Errol Miller.
Professor Errol Miller
* Teacher Education and Information and Communication
Technology. In EduVision, ed. Errol Miller, Joan Tucker,
and Halden Morris. IOE Publication Series, vol. 1, 2005.
Pp. 17 - 43.
* The University of the West Indies, Mona, and Tertiary
Education in Jamaica. In Revising Tertiary Education
Policy in Jamaica: Towards Personal Gain or Public Good,
ed. Rheima Holding and Olivene Burke. Kingston and
Miami: Ian Randle Publishers, 2005. Pp. 60 - 103.
Dr. Halden Morris
* How to Effectively Integrate Technology into Teacher
Education. In EduVision, ed. Errol Miller, Joan Tucker,
and Halden Morris. IOE Publication Series, vol. 1,128 - 37.
Dr. Nadine Scott
* The Professional Development Protocol. With Thompson,
B.; Buckle-Scott, L.; Walden, C.; Andrews, I.; and Wildeen,
M. In EduVision, ed. Errol Miller, Joan Tucker, and
Halden Morris. IOE Publication Series, vol. 1, 151 - 70.
Mrs. Marcia Stewart
* “Quality Assurance in Teacher Education: Rationalization
of Internal and External Interface.” In EduVision, ed. Errol
Miller, Joan Tucker, and Halden Morris. IOE Publication
Series, vol. 1, 138 - 50.
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Refereed Journal Articles
Mrs. Vileitha Davis-Morrison
* Educating for Values, Attitudes and Character Develop-
ment: Policy and Practice in the Formal Curriculum in
Social Studies and History. With D. McCallum. Caribbean
Journal of Education 25 (2).
Dr. Lorna Down
* “Literature – A Classroom Tool for Transformation and
Sustainability,” Caribbean Journal of Education 25 (2): 91 -102.
* Towards a Profile of the Jamaican Literacy Specialist. With
C. Lambert. Caribbean Journal of Education (25) 1: 64 - 88.
Prof. Hyacinth Evans
* “Pre-primary to Primary Transitions Pilot Project.” With
P. Ashby and M. Thorbourne. Caribbean Journal of Education
25 (2): 156 - 64.
Dr. Clement Lambert
* Towards a Profile of the Jamaican Literacy Specialist. With
L. Down. Caribbean Journal of Education (25) 1: 64 - 88.
Technical Reports
Dr. Earl Brown
* Survey of Employers’ Perceptions of Graduates of the
University of the West Indies (2004). With Marcia Stewart.
55 pp. For Board for Undergraduate Studies; undertaken at
the 3 campuses.
Mrs. Vileitha Davis-Morrison
* Report of College Lecturers’ Needs for Further Education
(with Hyacinth Evans). Institute of Education, UWI,
Mona, 24 pp. July 2005.
Prof. Hyacinth Evans
* Report on the Primary to Pre-primary Transitions Pilot
Project (with Penny Ashby and Marigold Thorburn).
Submitted to UNICEF November 2004. 40 pp.
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* Report of College Lecturers’ Needs for Further Education
(with V. Davis-Morrison). Institute of Education, UWI,
Mona, 24 pp. July 2005.
Dr. Lorna Down, Dr. Clement Lambert, and Mrs. Ceva
McPherson-Kerr
* Violence in Jamaican Schools and the Impact of the Change
from Within Project. 109 pp. 2005.
Moses Peart
* Computers in Schools for Learning Improvement: An
Evaluation of the National Housing Trust’s 25th Anniver-
sary Project – Phase I, 33 pp., 2003; Phase II, 31 pp., 2005.
* School Improvement Planning & Training Manual.
National Council on Education (NCE) New Horizons for
Schools Project; sponsored by USAID. Pp 1 - 9 & 1 - 24.
* Technology in the Classroom: A Report on the
Organization of American States (OAS)/Ministry of
Education, Grenada sponsored project – “Technology-rich
Planning & Software Evaluation for Classroom Uses” –
(Report & Materials). Pp. 1 - 24 & 1 - 32.
Mrs. Marcia Stewart
* Survey of Employers’ Perceptions of Graduates of the
University of the West Indies (2004). With Earl Brown. 55
pp. For Board for Undergraduate Studies; undertaken at
the 3 campuses.
* Survey of the Perceptions of the Final Year Students of the
University of the West Indies on Their Experience at the
University (2004). With Monica Brown. 54 pp. For Board
for Undergraduate Studies.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Miss Vilma Charlton
– 4th Vice President, Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association;
– Director, Carreras Sports Foundation;
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– Member, Jamaica Physical Education Association,
National Sports Council
– Representative, Women’s Committee – North America,
Central America and Caribbean Region;
– Jamaica Representative, World Olympic Association;
– IAAF Lecturer, Track & Field Officiating.
Mrs. Marceline Collins-Figueroa
– Commissioner, National Commission on Science and
Technology, Office of the Prime Minister;
– Member, Executive Committee, National Environmental
Education Committee
Mrs. Vileitha Davis-Morrrison
– Assistant Chief Examiner, Caribbean Examinations
Council (Social Studies);
– External Examiner, Community Council of Jamaica;
– Red Cross Volunteer;
– Member, Geography Teachers’ Association of Jamaica;
– Member, American Studies Association of Jamaica, Health
and Family Life Education: Tertiary Technical Working
Group (Caribbean).
Dr. Lorna Down
– Co-chair, Caribbean Regional Network, Sub-network of
UNESCO International Network for Reorienting Teacher
Education to Address Sustainability.
– Judge, JCDC Literary Arts Competition; Book Industry
Association of Jamaica Awards;
– Member, UNESCO International Network for
Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability;
– Member, Planning Committee, Global Higher Education
for Sustainability Online Toolkit/Resource Centre;
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– Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Teacher Education &
Training (Daugavpils University, Latvia); CXC English
Panel.
Dr. Carol Hordatt Gentles
– Consultant, Development of BFA Programme in Drama,
Edna Manley School of Drama
– Chairperson, Lowe River Primary and Junior High School
Board of Management.
Dr. Clement Lambert
– Member, Advisory Committee, Ministry of Education &
Culture Literacy Improvement Initiative Committee.
– Team leader, The development of strategies to achieve full
literacy in Jamaica: A joint initiative of JAMAL, PIOJ and
the Correctional Services.
– Primary Education Support Project National Consultant
to Develop Literacy Intervention Strategies for Grades 1-3.
– Post-Hurricane Ivan literacy materials replacement
specialist, Caribbean CETT/Joint Board of Teacher
Education Foundation.
Mrs. Ceva McPherson-Kerr
– Member, Morant Bay High School Board;
– Member, Steering Committee, Wolmer’s High School for
Girls Parents and Teachers’ Association.
Prof. Errol Miller
– Trustee, Lady Mico Charity, London.
– Jamaica Representative, Association of Electoral Authori-
ties of Central America and the Caribbean.
– Chairman of the Board, Youth Opportunity Unlimited.
– Chairman, Electoral Advisory Committee; Selection
Committee, Chancellor Hall’s Super Lion Award.
– Vice-Chairman, Mico Foundation,
– Chairman, Finance Committee.
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– Member, American Studies Association; Fulbright Scholars
Association; Inter-American Committee on Standards for
Distance Education, Washington;
– Microsoft Central American and Caribbean Regional
Advisory Committee.
Dr. Halden Morris
– Chief Examiner, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
– Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE),
Electrical and Electronics Technology.
– External Examiner, Council of Community Colleges of
Jamaica – Digital Communication Systems and Circuit
Analysis,
– Chairman, Region 3, Area 9 of the Institute of Electrical &
Electronics Engineers,
– Member, Board & Chairman of the Finance Committee,
Overseas Examinations Office.
– Member, Board of Studies, Caribbean Maritime Institute.
Dr. Moses Peart
– Chairman, Ministry of Education National Committee for
the Selection and Appointment of Master Teachers.
– Member, Academic Board of the EXCED Community
College.
– Chairman of the Board, Kingston YMCA.
Dr. Nadine Scott
– President, CREATE, an Association of Art Educators and
Artists.
– Member, Advisory Committee, Prime Minister’s Medal of
Appreciation for Services to Education.
– Member of Council, National Council on Education;
– Chief Examiner and Member of Panel, CXC (CAPE) Art
and Design.
– Member, Fine Arts Board of Studies (University Council of
Jamaica).
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– Board member, Institute for Theological and Leadership
Development.
Mrs. Marcia Stewart
– Board of Directors: National Council on Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET);
– Deputy Chairman, Accreditation/Quality Assurance
Committee: National Council on Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET);
– Member, Steering Committee for NCVET ISO 9001:2000
Registration; Ministry of Education Youth & Culture
(MOEYC) Working Group – Strategic Planning for the
Tertiary Commission; Curriculum Policy Development
Committee – Ministry of Education Youth & Culture
(MOEYC).
Miss Joan Tucker
– Board member, Association of Caribbean Music Educators;
– Member, National Gallery of Jamaica; International Study
Association for Teachers and Teaching; Transformation of
Education–Foster Allen Team.
– Convener, CXC Committee for Music.
HIGHER DEGREES
The Institute of Education collaborated with the Department of
Educational Studies in offering graduate studies programmes.
Institute staff supervised 19 students to completion and continue the
supervision of 35 students.
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