The publication “Teachers’ Guide for Education for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean” is geared towards regional teacher-trainers and teachers active at every level of education. Its purpose is twofold: contribute to the integration of education for sustainable development into teaching…

The target audiences for the Education for Sustainable Development Sourcebook are primary and secondary teachers and mid-level decision-makers, who have responsibility for primary and secondary education. Another primary audience is teacher educators who work with pre-service and in-service primary…

Aims to obtain information on the perceptions and experiences of violence among secondary school students in Kingston, Jamaica, and its environs. Data collection was carried out from September through December 1998. Two researchers administered questionnaires in 11 randomly selected secondary schools, to a total of 1,710 students who were in either Grade 7 or Grade 9 and who were aged 9–17 years old (mean of 13.2…

Teacher expectations on students’ future levels of schooling vary according to the gender, race, geographical location and socioeconomic background of the students. Simultaneously, teacher expectations are influenced by factors related to the teacher and the context in which she teaches.

In this paper the author explores…