Obstacles to Change in Teacher Education in Trinidad and Tobago

Autor/in	Steinbach, Marilyn
Titel	Obstacles to Change in Teacher Education in Trinidad and Tobago
Quelle	In: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 11 (2012) 1, S.69-81 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1475
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Schools of Education; Teacher Education Programs; Change Strategies; Organizational Change; Barriers; Performance Factors; Educational Policy; Educational History; Traditionalism; Ideology; Political Influences; Trinidad and Tobago + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Lösungsstrategie; Organisationswandel; Leistungsindikator; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Traditionalismus; Ideologie; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Trinidad und Tobago
Abstract	This article describes part of a transition process in teacher education in Trinidad and Tobago. After assisting the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) in the development of a four-year Bachelor of Education program that replaced the previous system of two-year in-service training at Teachers College, I describe the contested, complex process of reform in the teacher education system in Trinidad and Tobago. Three major obstacles blocking this transition process were: traditions within the society; an underlying neo-colonialist and hierarchical mentality; and, political circumstances. A neo-colonialist theoretical framework is used to analyse the obstacles to curriculum change in the context of Trinidad and Tobago. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. ANZCIES Secretariat, Curtin University, Box U1987, Perth, WA Australia. Tel: +61-8-9266-7106; Fax: +61-8-9266-3222; e-mail: editor@iejcomparative.org; Web site: http://www.iejcomparative.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10