"Argues that the Caribbean needs education that is not over-specialized and aimed at specific skills, but rather education that is integrated with social and cultural characteristics and values of the Caribbean. Author expounds on the value of this broader, cultural view of education, and deplores the narrower work-related view on education predominant in the region. He also points out that in the present dynamic economic conditions learning throughout life, and dealing with change, have become more necessary to ensure varied employment, but stresses that this must be accompanied by attention for arts and cultural knowledge, as well as a strengthening of the bond between education and community." (University of the West Indies, Mona Online Research Database)
Discusses the importance of education for any nation and for Cuba in particular, examining its political, pedagogical and sociological foundations, and portraying its accomplishments over the last 50 years. The principles underlying the educational policy of the Cuban government are explained, as they underpin the mission of the National Education System (NES) to carry forward educational work in the country.
Mohammed,Patricia (Editor) and Shepherd,Catherine (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
1999
Published:
Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
360 p, Contents: I. WOMEN'S STUDIES: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- II. GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT: MODELS AND THEORIES -- III. FEMINISM: HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL -- IV. DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- V. IDEOLOGY AND CULTURE -- VI. WOMEN'S LITERATURE AND LITERARY CRITICISM -- VII. ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY -- VIII. WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AND WOMEN WHO ORGANIZE.
Mohammed,Patricia (Editor) and Shepherd,Catherine (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Inagural Seminar of the University of the West Indies, Women and Development Studies Project (1986 : Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago), 372 p, A collection of papers presented at a 2-week conference at the University of the West Indies. The conference came at a crucial time in the development of Women's Studies at the University. An official program of Women's Studies was about to be launched on the University's 3 campuses. The conference was concerned to create a program relevant to the actual needs of the Caribbean region.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
149 p., Examines Marshall's use of the trope of travel within and between the United States and the Caribbean to critique ideologies of development, tourism, and globalization as neo-imperial. This examination of travel in Marshall's To Da-Duh, In Memoriam; The Chosen Place, The Timeless People; Praisesong for the Widow; and Daughters exposes the asymmetrical structures of power that exist between the two regions.
Danielson,Anders (Author) and Dijkstra,A. Geske (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
New York: Palgrave
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
229p., Contents: Towards sustainability in central america and the caribbean / A. Geske Dijkstra and Anders Danielson -- Fiscal sustainability in the CAC region / Anders Danielson -- Fruits of interest / Trevor Evans -- Trade reform in central america and the caribbean / Rebecca Taylor and Andy Thorpe -- Economic reform, citizenship and social integration in central america / Carlos Sojo -- Crisis, adjustment and the dyamics of gender relations in central america and the caribbean / A. Geske Dijkstra -- Economic policy and the environment / Ruerd Ruben -- Sustained growth in Haiti / Mats Lundahl -- Performance of the manufacturing industry under adjustment / Philomen Harrison.
