Explores the experiences of Caribbean women teachers who are recruited to teach in a mid sized Southern city. Narrative methods were used to analyze four Barbadian women teachers' perspectives on their: initial experiences and challenges; teaching philosophies and approaches to teaching American students; and successful transition into Louisville, Kentucky's public schools after five years of teaching. In an age where school districts across the nation seek educators from overseas to address the well-documented teacher shortage, this study has implications for helping future international teacher candidates transition into U.S. public schools.
Blouet profiles author Eliza Fenwick. Fenwick, an articulate, intellectual Englishwoman, operated a private school in Bridgetown for the daughters of upper class Barbadian society in the early nineteenth century.;
