Vol. 20 (2013)
Articles

Teachers' Views of Quality Teaching/Learning at the Infant Level in a New Primary School

Sabeerah Abdul-Majied
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
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Margaret Cain
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
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Keywords

  • Educational Quality,
  • Primary Schools,
  • Early Childhood Care and Education,
  • Kindergarten Children,
  • Teacher Attitudes,
  • Trinidad and Tobago
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How to Cite

Teachers’ Views of Quality Teaching/Learning at the Infant Level in a New Primary School. (2015). Caribbean Curriculum, 20, 161-185. https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/cc/article/view/560

Abstract

This study sought to gain an understanding of the quality of teaching and learning provided at a newly built primary school. This school was intended to provide a setting for high-quality education for young children, and was equipped with modern physical facilities. A qualitative approach was used to obtain teachers' views of the quality of teaching and learning provided at the Infant level of the school. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The questions that guided the study were: (a) What are teachers' views about factors that support quality teaching and learning in the Infant Department of a primary school? and (b) What are teachers' views about factors that inhibit quality teaching and learning in the Infant Department of a primary school? The findings indicate that the quality of teaching and learning provided in the Infant level classrooms was influenced by a number of factors related to the home/school connection, critical school support, teacher attributes, and student attributes. New findings about educational change issues that could facilitate quality teaching when moving to a new school setting also emerged.