Opportunities, Risks and Challenges in Paradise: Educational Issues for the Future in Antigua and Barbuda
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| Description: | Patricia George's research interests include: mathematics education, specifically making mathematics accessible to all students in a classroom; identity; equality, equity and the general area of the sociology of education; poverty and education; studies that provide cross-national comparisons. Her most recent work involved conducting a social risk assessment of the education system of Antigua and Barbuda as part of groundwork towards universal secondary education. Patricia taught mathematics and Chemistry in secondary schools in Antigua for 13 years. Patricia currently works as a part-time Research Fellow within the CEE and is involved in the Raising Students' Achievement Project being conducted in Antigua. The project, among other things, seeks to create communities of practice in which teachers communicate and collaborate on best practices in teaching which enhance students' learning. |
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| Created: | 2012-11-26 12:24 | ||
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| Collection: | Centre for Commonwealth Education: Seminars | ||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||
| Copyright: | Faculty of Education | ||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||
| Keywords: | Opportunities; Risks; Challenges; CCE; | ||
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