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Perceived Effectiveness of College of The Bahamas Teacher Education Programmes
Get PDFThe object of this study is to determine the extent to which a recently graduated group of teachers, and their supervisors in the schools, perceive how effective the preparation programmes undergone by those teachers have been in developing in them the skills, attitudes and knowledge necessary for the successful performance of their teaching roles.
Specifically, answers are being sought to the following questions:
1. what are the perceptions of a group of first-year teachers and their supervisors concerning the performance of those teachers during their initial year of teaching after training?
2. To what extent do first-year teachers perceive their preparation programmes as having assisted them to develop attributes which appear to be necessary for competent teaching?
3. To what extent are the perceptions of first-year teachers concerning their performance and preparation related to:
i) differences in grade level;
ii) personal variables;
iii) demographic variables; or
iv) experience in teaching prior to professional training?
4. What are the perceptions of first-year teachers concerning specific ares of strength or weakness in their preparation programmes?
5. Are there any organizational factors that teachers or supervisors perceive as having contributed to the level of effectiveness of teacher education programmes
A National Library for The Bahamas
No full textPublic libraries in Nassau suffer a great many problems all fairly much due to a lack of funds, a lack of space and a lack of trained personnel. Public libraries in the Family Islands, those that are still functioning, do so with great difficulty.
It is clear that if The Bahamas wishes to enjoy a good, useful library service which, because of the large youth population and the country's status as a developing nation, is necessary, then steps must be taken on a national level to ensure that this library service becomes a reality
Teacher's Questions: A Survey of English Teachers' Questioning Techniques
Get PDFCentral to classroom teaching is the teacher/student interaction known as the "recitation", a process described by Gage and Berliner in this fashion:
the continually repeated chain of events in which
1. the teacher provides structuring, briefly formulating the topic or issue to be discussed, then
2. the teacher solicits a response or asks a question of one or more students; then
3. the student responds or answers the question; and
4. the teacher reacts to the student's answer.
Most of works spoken by teachers are emitted in the form of questions. In his review of studies which consider the role of questions in teaching, Gall reports a figure as high as 150 questions per hour for elementary school teachers, whicle Guilford notes that questioning represents as much as 80 percent of teacher talk.
In the Bahamian context there has been little empirical research carried out of any kind, and as classroom teaching is the basic procedure in Bahamian education, many of the teacher behaviour variables that are involved, such as questioning, have yet to be assessed
The Challenge for Youth in a Developing Bahamas
Get PDFA "check up" on the Bahamas nine years post-Independence. Concern expressed about the high crime rate among young men, teenage pregnancy among young women. Predicts eight challenges to youth for the 1980s and 1990s
Ideology and Educational Aims: The Case of Jamaica
Get PDFThis research is basically a descriptive study. Its purpose was to determine the extent to which the aims and policies of education under the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) differed from the aims and policies of education under the People's National Party (PNP).
It was anticipated that, given the differing self-proclaimed ideological cleavages of the JLP (capitalism) and the PNP (socialism), there would be marked differences in their educational aims. The analysis revealved, however, that if there were ideological differences, these were not easily detected from the rhetoric of their educational aims. The differences observed were largely in terms of emphasis and in the particular means and priorities designed to achieve their stated objectives
Psychodynamic Theory in Early Childhood Education: A Look at the Contributions of Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Krik H. Erikson, Susan Isaacs, Bruno Bettelheim, E.C.M. Frijling-Schreuder and Margaret Ribble
Get PDFIn this paper I will examine the implications of psychodynamic theory for teaching and learning in early childhood education.
The indivudual pioneering efforts of Anna Freud and Melanie Klein in understanding childhood neurosis and in developing child analysis and "play therapy" will be described and compared. Anna Freud's strong early convictions of the need for a psychoanalytic pedagogy and later disillusionment will be discussed.
Basic psychoanalytic terms such as "the unconscious", "Id, Ego, Superego", "transference" etc. will be broadly defined to illuminate early psychoanalytic theory. A psychohistorical perspective on initial attempts to create a psychoanalytic pedagogy in Europe will be synthesized and current pre-school developmental programs in North America described, programs which draw from psychodynamic theory. The theories of Eric H. Erikson, Susan Isaacs, Bruno Bettelheim, E.C.M. Frijling-Schreuder and Margaret Ribble will be presented.
In conclusion, some criticisms of the psychodynamic theories' impact on education will be aired
The National Average is a D: Who is to Blame?
Get PDFThe publishing of the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (RGCSE) 2005 examination results sparked much debate about the national average being a D. Much of the debate was focused on the teacher and the school whilst very little was said about the other contributors to achievement in education.
In her 1999 study of 1,036 students and 52 teachers from public and private schools in New Providence, Collie-Patterson found the students' characteristics consisting of student's prior ability, attitude toward school, socioeconomic status and parental involvement make the largest contribution (60%) to mathematics achievement. Taken individually, the effect size indicated that student's prior ability made the largest contribution (48%) to mathematics achievement. The set of teachers' characteristics, including professional development, teaching experience, and educational background, were significantly related to mathematics achievement and contributed only 8% to students' mathematics achievement. The set of classroom characteristics contributed 35% to mathematics achievement and the set of schools' characteristics contributed 12% to mathematics achievement.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors that could potentially influence student performance in mathematics which greatly affects the national average due to the large number of students taking the mathematics examination and the low grade point average of that examination
Bahamian Adolescents: A Survey of their Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs About AIDS
Get PDFThis paper reports data from a survey conducted with 260 Bahamian adolescents assessing their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about AIDS. The results revealed that these adolescents have a high level of knowledge about AIDS. In fact, these adolescents are as knowledgeable about AIDS as adolescents in their normed group, which consisted of low-income African American adolescents. Further, neither males nor females differed in their perceptions about their risk for getting AIDS and in their perceptions about the effectiveness of condoms in preventing the spread of AIDS. Implications for the development of AIDS prevention programmes for Bahamian adolescents are discussed
Educational Reform in The Bahamas: Part II: Pre-Independence Perspectives (1958-1973)
No full textThis is the seond of a two-part paper on educational reform in the Bahamas during the post-World War II era and in the period leading up to Independence. The research on which the paper is based, was undertaken for the purpose of contributing to a book on post-war educational developments in the English-speaking Caribbean. Part I of the paper focussed on the social content of educational reform and the status of the various levels of the education system during the period 1945-1957.
This presentation addresses educational developments from 1958 to 1973 against the backdrop of statuatory reform. Among developments discussed are the establishment of the Ministry of Education, the White Paper on Education and the growth and progress realized within the tertiary system with particular emphasis on teacher education and technical and vocational education
Teaching as Scholarship
No full textAs research and funding continue to replace teaching as the central mission in more colleges and universities, nursing faculty will be expected to engage in research endeavours as proof of scholarship involvement. However, the multiple roles of the nursing faculty coupled with the pressure to engage in research and funding endeavours have led to increased stress and burnout and increased attrition rate.
The purpose of this paper is to delineate the expected roles of the nursing faculty related to the trilogy of teaching, research and service and recommend that colleges/universities recognize not only research as scholarship, but also teaching and service. An integrative review of the literature using books and journals from nursing and other relevant disciplines related to the multiple roles of nursing faculty was conducted.
Teaching is a vital role and should remain the central mission of colleges/universities to ensure effective pedagogy. Institutions of higher learning should adapt an umbrella of scholarship under which falls teaching, research, and service; thus, teaching would be considered scholarship