The Purpose of Education by Denise N. Fyffe Today, we cannot survive without education. It is the catalyst that helps us to navigate the world and achieve our objectives in life. It helps to launch us through whatever social, economic, physical, or societal demands that we encounter. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Upon close inspection,… Continue reading Education and Training: Examining The Purpose of Education
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Career Development: Examining Strategies for Advancing Career Development in Jamaica
Strategies for Advancing Career Development in Jamaica by Denise N. Fyffe Career Development is both a social and economic policy issue and it is the foundation of the school-to-work process. Career development issues must be debated at the national level if we are going to articulate that the education system has primary responsibility for… Continue reading Career Development: Examining Strategies for Advancing Career Development in Jamaica
Education and Training: Examining the Instructional Media
Education and Training: Examining Instructional Media by Denise N. Fyffe Instructional media are methods of communication used in the delivery of information to enable learning, and transfer knowledge and skills to students i.e. training and education or how the methods and processes which result in pupils' behavior change are transmitted. There are several types of… Continue reading Education and Training: Examining the Instructional Media
Career Development: Critique, Story Come to Bump!
Critique, Story Come to Bump! by Denise N. Fyffe Title: Story come to bump! Authors: Peter Espeut Source: The Daily Gleaner, July 5, 2006 ‘Story come to bump’, is an enlightening article written in the prestigious Daily Gleaner, on July 5, 2006 by Peter Espeut. He is a sociologist and executive director of an environment… Continue reading Career Development: Critique, Story Come to Bump!
Education and Training: How Education and Gender Impact Work – Part 3
Education The community needs individuals to perform a wide array of crucial functions if it is to prosper but if a community elects to reward only a small number of those functions, say, entrepreneurial success, then a condemnation of that society ensues. As a neo-Darwinian, John Dewey believed the key to survival is diversity not… Continue reading Education and Training: How Education and Gender Impact Work – Part 3
Education and Training: How Education and Gender Impact Work – Part 2
The History of Work Since Philosophy is the art, which teaches us how to live, those who are most successful in the state are those who have the most interest in prolonging the state as it is and according to (Fowles, 1964, The Aristos) they are also those who have the most say in the… Continue reading Education and Training: How Education and Gender Impact Work – Part 2
Education and Training: How Education and Gender Impact Work – Part 1
Introduction "Philosophy is a field of study in which people question and create theories about the nature of reality. It includes diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ontology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, and law. Philosophers concern themselves with such fundamental and mysterious topics as whether or not God(s) exist, what is the nature of being and… Continue reading Education and Training: How Education and Gender Impact Work – Part 1
Education: Examining Primary to Tertiary Education in Jamaica
Jamaica is regarded around the world for its rich culture – especially its music, white sand beaches, friendly and highly educated people. The visitors that traverse its shores bring in millions of dollars making it a popular Caribbean destination. Examining Primary to Tertiary Education in Jamaica Being the third largest, English-speaking Caribbean country, it is… Continue reading Education: Examining Primary to Tertiary Education in Jamaica
Career Development: Article Critique of Your Personal Development Plan
Article Critique of Your Personal Development Plan by Denise N. Fyffe Article: Practical career tip – Your personal development plan Author: Roselyne Raelly Source: Jamaica Observer Our personal and career development is not an overnight achievement. It is a process that should expand over the period of our lives. As we grow and develop,… Continue reading Career Development: Article Critique of Your Personal Development Plan
The Caribbean Family: The Willie Lynch Syndrome
When you look back at the life, experiences, and history of the black Caribbean or black American people and want to know why we operate the way we do, the letter below explains it all. The Willie Lynch Syndrome Here in Jamaica, over 200 years after his death, the Willie Lynch syndrome is prevalent in… Continue reading The Caribbean Family: The Willie Lynch Syndrome