Resource and Technology: A Beacon for Change in the Reform of Jamaica's Secondary Education System--or a "Pipedream"?

Autor/in	Jennings, Zellynne
Titel	Resource and Technology: A Beacon for Change in the Reform of Jamaica's Secondary Education System--or a "Pipedream"?
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 58 (2012) 2, S.247-269 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-012-9281-9
Schlagwörter	Secondary Education; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Innovation; Dropouts; Achievement; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarbereich; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Performance; Leistung
Abstract	Different strategies are being employed worldwide to prepare school-leavers for the world of work. Central to the Reform of Secondary Education (ROSE) in Jamaica in the 1990s was the achievement of goals of access, equity and quality through the implementation of a common curriculum in all schools. Within this reform, Resource and Technology (R&T) was an innovation designed to develop the creative potential in technology and to transform pedagogical practices from being teacher-centred to being student-centred. This paper examines how teachers and principals involved in the implementation of R&T perceive its attributes, such as need and relevance and observability. The findings reveal how the achievement of goals was frustrated and which challenges the users faced, including a lack of clarity of the means for implementing R&T. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10