Achieving Inclusive Education in the Caribbean and Beyond

Stacey Blackman is a senior lecturer in special education at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus. She completed her first and second degrees at the University of the West Indies, and her PhD at Cambridge University (UK) as a Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar. She was also a past deputy dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. She is a fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and member of many professional organizations such as the American Education Research Association (AERA), The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and the British Psychological Association. Her research addresses a broad range of topics and activities on teachers’ pedagogical practices, inclusion, pupil perspectives, and wider issues related to persons with disabilities in the Caribbean region.Dennis A. Conrad is a professor of education at the State University of New York (SUNY), Potsdam. Before completing his PhD inpolicy studies and educational leadership at Virginia Tech, Professor Conrad completed studies at Mausica Teachers College, Sheffield University, and the University of London. He has taught at both regular and special schools; he has served as an alternate school principal and in higher education institutions in both Trinidad and the U.S. Professor Conrad has received several awards including the President’s Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship related to Cultural Pluralism. He has been a board member of the EERA, chair of AERA’s Caribbean and African Studies in Education SIG, and more recently was the chair, Department of Inclusive and Special Education at SUNY–Potsdam. His research interests include the intersection of leadership, diversity, disability, culture, and education.

• Foreword.- Review Board Page.- Introduction; Stacey N. J. Blackman, Dennis. A. Conard and Launcelot I. Brown.- Section 1: Globalized Views of Inclusion in the Caribbean: Implications for Education Policy & School Organization.- 1. Evolution of Educational Inclusion Policy Discourse in Jamaica: From Colonialism to Globalization; Nigel Brissett.- 2.  The Implications of Selective Secondary Education for Inclusive Education in Barbados; Marcia Pilgrim & Garry Hornby.- 3. Quantitative Research Methods and Design for Investigating Inclusive Education in the Caribbean; Chelseaia Charran, Audrey M. Sorrells & North Cooc.- Section 2: Critical Debate on Education Exclusion and Overcoming Barriers to Participation in School.- 4. The Case of Educational Exclusion of Children in the Eastern Caribbean; Verna Knight.- 5. The Marginalization of Poor Children in the Education System of Trinidad and Tobago: Insights From International Large-Scale Assessments and a Local Study; Jerome De Lisle.- 6. Black Mixed-Race Men and the Black Monster: Challenging the Axiom of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies; Remi Joseph-Salisbury.- 7. Addressing Antisocial Behavior and Violence as Barriers to Learning: Lessons from Jamaica’s Change From Within Program; Therese Ferguson.- 8. Preparing Students for the 21st Century Through Family Engagement in Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness; Kayon Morgan.- Section 3: Decolonizing Pedagogy, Curriculum and Teacher Preparation in the Caribbean.- 9. Resetting the Instructional Culture: Constructivist Pedagogy for Learner Empowerment in the Postcolonial Context of the Caribbean; Erold Bailey.- 10. Fostering Critical Colonial Consciousness Through Queer Pedagogy; Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr.- 11. Integrating Student Voices to Promote Inclusive Curricular Practices in Post-Colonial Education Systems in the Anglophone Caribbean; Roland Birbal and Iris Bradshaw-Hewitt.- 12. Inclusion, Critical Professionalism, and Transformative Practice; Lisa Ibrahim-Joseph & Jennifer Lavia.- Section 4: Leadership for Inclusive Education: Selected Studies from the Caribbean and USA.- 13. A North–South Dialogue on Principals’ Understanding of Advocacy for and Barriers Faced Achieving Inclusive Education; Stacey N.J. Blackman, Dennis A. Conrad, Ken Williams, & Theresa Abodeeb-Gentile.- 14. Recollections, Perspectives, and Recommendations of an Educator and a Gentleman In Memory of Ewart ‘Werty’ Taylor; Dennis A. Conrad and Launcelot I. Brown.- Conclusion: Achieving Inclusive Education: Where to Next?; Stacey N. J. Blackman, Dennis A. Conrad, and Launcelot I. Brown.