Notes on Contributors

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Sabeerah Abdul-Majied is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator of the Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme at The UWI St. Augustine Campus. She has over 35 years of teaching experience at the primary and tertiary levels. Her expertise is in Teacher Education, specialising in Curriculum Planning and Development. Her research interests and publications include Child Agency, Rights and Social/ Emotional Development; Teacher Professional Development; Data Driven Decision Making, and STEM in Early Childhood.

Elna Carrington-Blaides is a pioneer in teacher training in the field of Inclusive and Special Education and is responsible for the development programmes in Inclusive and Special Education in Trinidad and Tobago. She has been the Coordinator of the M.Ed. Programme in Inclusive and Special Education at the School of Education, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus since 2011. She has over 35 years of experience teaching/lecturing at all levels of the Education System in Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America.  Dr Carrington-Blaides’ main research interest is Inclusive Education in the Caribbean. Her research is focused on comorbidities, special education policy in the Caribbean, transformative inclusive education approaches, and international special education policy.

Jessica Cunningham is an MPhil student at the School of Education, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

Therese Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the School of Education (SOE) at The University of the West Indies Mona Campus, Jamaica. Rd. Ferguson serves as the Programme Leader for Change from Within, a school-based initiative in Jamaica that addresses violence and indiscipline. She is also the Coordinator of the ESD Working Group within the SOE, and serves as Programme Coordinator for the Master of Education Degree programme in Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship, and Peace within the SOE. Her research interests are ESD, peace education, climate change education, and graduate student researcher development.

Grace-Anne Jackman is a specialist in Educational Testing, Measurement, and Research Methodology. Currently, she is a lecturer in Testing, Measurement & Evaluation at the School of Education (SOE), Cave Hill Campus, UWI. In this position, Dr. Jackman is also responsible for the coordination and oversight of the SOE’s MEd, MPhil, and PhD programmes.  Dr. Jackman holds a PhD in Research and Evaluation Methodology from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Sharon Jacqueline Jaggernauth is a Lecturer specialising in Mathematics Education at the School of Education, St. Augustine Campus. Dr. Jaggernauth’s current research interests include teachers’ beliefs about their efficacy for teaching mathematics and how these beliefs are influenced by their involvement in professional development programmes; the effect of integrating educational games in the teaching of mathematics on student learning; quantitative and mixed methods research; and STEM/STEAM/STREAM education.

Rowena Kalloo currently works at the School of Education, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. She does research in Science Education, Primary Education, and Pedagogic Theory. One of her current projects with colleagues at The UWI is 'Games-based learning in primary science'. Other projects include indigenisation of the science curriculum through the incorporation of local environmental knowledge, and the development of inquiry-based approaches to teaching science.

Nadia Laptiste-Francis is a part-time Lecturer in the area of Inclusive and Special Education at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. She received a Bachelor of Education Degree in Special Needs Education from The University of Trinidad and Tobago and a Master of Education Degree in Inclusive/ Special Education from the University of the West Indies. She also has formal training in educational assessment and evaluation. Her research interests include inclusive/special education, educational assessment, and educational policy in the Caribbean.

Nalini Ramsawak-Jodha has 12 years of experience as a secondary school mathematics teacher. She has also served as Head of Department (Mathematics and Computer Science). She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (Teaching of Mathematics) and a Master of Education degree (Concentration in Curriculum) from The UWI, St. Augustine. Her research interests focus on mathematics education at the secondary level, game-based learning in mathematics, quantitative research, and STEM education.

Sandra Robinson is currently a lecturer in English and Language Arts Education in the School of Education at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. She has worked at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels in the areas of English Education, Language Arts, and Literacy. She coordinates the Literacy/Language Arts and English programmes across the Divisions of Teacher Education in the OECS within the Eastern Caribbean Joint Board of Teacher Education (ECJBTE). Dr Robinson’s research focuses on the teaching of English, the nature, acquisition, and development of English teachers’ professional knowledge and expertise, and secondary schooling.