Consolidated Replies

A Consolidated Reply is a synopsis or summary of the responses received during a Query discussion or an EduExchange discussion with value added from the CoP Facilitation Team. In addition to the inputs from the community members, the Facilitation Team provides subject matter expertise in the form of further research, helpful resources, and links to relevant or related information that is complied into one document. This Consolidated Reply document is distributed to the community and posted on the website for future reference.

Featured Reply

Dr. Lorna Down, Senior Lecturer at the School of Education was the moderator for the recently...
July 2013
Jul 23, 2013
Dr. Lorna Down, Senior Lecturer at the School of Education was the moderator for the recently concluded Caribbean Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held June 3 - 6, 2013.  Members shared their views concerning education for a sustainable future. The full discussion is available on the http://myspot.
Jun 5, 2013
Professor Maureen Samms Vaughan, a Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University Hospital of the West Indies, and Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between March 13 and 15.  Members were...
Jun 5, 2013
Professor Stafford Griffith, the Director of the School of Education, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at University of the West Indies, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between December 4 and 6, 2012. Members shared their views...
May 24, 2013
Dr. Deon Edwards-Kerr, Lecturer at the School of Education, was the moderator for the recently concluded Caribbean Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between April 10 and 12, 2013.  Members shared their views concerning violence in schools as part of the School of Education, UWI Mona. The full discussion is available...
Feb 13, 2012
Professor Beverley Bryan, a Professor of Linguistics in Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between January 10 and 12.  Members were invited to...
Jul 21, 2011
Dr. Grace-Camille Munroe and Mrs. Janet Brown were the moderators for the recent Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress Community of Practice (CoP) EduExchange held June 21-24, 2011. Members were invited to consider whether parents need to be involved in a child‘s education, the role of school and parents in the education of children, and to...
May 9, 2011
Dr. Christopher Clarke, Vice Principal of Shortwood Teachers‟ College, was the moderator of the Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress EduExchange, held between April 12 and 14, 2011. Members were invited to identify factors that contribute to continued underachievement of boys, examine if boys are negatively impacted by having limited number...
Feb 17, 2011
Mrs. Jennifer Silvera, Dr. Maureen Byfield and Mrs. Novelette McLean Francis, Literacy Advisors to USAID/ Jamaica Basic Education Project, were the moderators for the first Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E dicussion, EduExchange, in 2011. The E discussion was held between February 1 and 3 and the discussants were called upon to...
Dec 14, 2010
The former Chief Education Inspector, Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen, launched an EduExchange e–discussion that examined how schools in challenging contexts could be transformed such that students' performance improved. The aim of the e–discussion was to identify the issues, and suggest strategies for improvement of schools. The summary below reflects...
Jul 23, 2013
Dr. Lorna Down, Senior Lecturer at the School of Education was the moderator for the recently concluded Caribbean Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held June 3 - 6, 2013.  Members shared their views concerning education for a sustainable future. The full discussion is available on the http://myspot.
Jun 5, 2013
Professor Stafford Griffith, the Director of the School of Education, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at University of the West Indies, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between December 4 and 6, 2012. Members shared their views...
May 24, 2013
Dr. Deon Edwards-Kerr, Lecturer at the School of Education, was the moderator for the recently concluded Caribbean Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between April 10 and 12, 2013.  Members shared their views concerning violence in schools as part of the School of Education, UWI Mona. The full discussion is available...
Feb 13, 2012
Professor Beverley Bryan, a Professor of Linguistics in Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between January 10 and 12.  Members were invited to...
Jul 21, 2011
Dr. Grace-Camille Munroe and Mrs. Janet Brown were the moderators for the recent Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress Community of Practice (CoP) EduExchange held June 21-24, 2011. Members were invited to consider whether parents need to be involved in a child‘s education, the role of school and parents in the education of children, and to...
May 9, 2011
Dr. Christopher Clarke, Vice Principal of Shortwood Teachers‟ College, was the moderator of the Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress EduExchange, held between April 12 and 14, 2011. Members were invited to identify factors that contribute to continued underachievement of boys, examine if boys are negatively impacted by having limited number...
Dec 14, 2010
The former Chief Education Inspector, Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen, launched an EduExchange e–discussion that examined how schools in challenging contexts could be transformed such that students' performance improved. The aim of the e–discussion was to identify the issues, and suggest strategies for improvement of schools. The summary below reflects...
Jul 23, 2013
Dr. Lorna Down, Senior Lecturer at the School of Education was the moderator for the recently concluded Caribbean Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held June 3 - 6, 2013.  Members shared their views concerning education for a sustainable future. The full discussion is available on the http://myspot.
Jun 5, 2013
Professor Maureen Samms Vaughan, a Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University Hospital of the West Indies, and Chairman of the Early Childhood Commission, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between March 13 and 15.  Members were...
Jun 5, 2013
Professor Stafford Griffith, the Director of the School of Education, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at University of the West Indies, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between December 4 and 6, 2012. Members shared their views...
May 24, 2013
Dr. Deon Edwards-Kerr, Lecturer at the School of Education, was the moderator for the recently concluded Caribbean Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between April 10 and 12, 2013.  Members shared their views concerning violence in schools as part of the School of Education, UWI Mona. The full discussion is available...
Feb 13, 2012
Professor Beverley Bryan, a Professor of Linguistics in Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona, was the moderator for the recently concluded Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E-Discussion, EduExchange, held between January 10 and 12.  Members were invited to...
Jul 21, 2011
Dr. Grace-Camille Munroe and Mrs. Janet Brown were the moderators for the recent Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress Community of Practice (CoP) EduExchange held June 21-24, 2011. Members were invited to consider whether parents need to be involved in a child‘s education, the role of school and parents in the education of children, and to...
May 9, 2011
Dr. Christopher Clarke, Vice Principal of Shortwood Teachers‟ College, was the moderator of the Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress EduExchange, held between April 12 and 14, 2011. Members were invited to identify factors that contribute to continued underachievement of boys, examine if boys are negatively impacted by having limited number...
Feb 17, 2011
Mrs. Jennifer Silvera, Dr. Maureen Byfield and Mrs. Novelette McLean Francis, Literacy Advisors to USAID/ Jamaica Basic Education Project, were the moderators for the first Jamaica Partners for Educational Progress E dicussion, EduExchange, in 2011. The E discussion was held between February 1 and 3 and the discussants were called upon to...
Dec 14, 2010
The former Chief Education Inspector, Mrs. Elaine Foster Allen, launched an EduExchange e–discussion that examined how schools in challenging contexts could be transformed such that students' performance improved. The aim of the e–discussion was to identify the issues, and suggest strategies for improvement of schools. The summary below reflects...