The Hon. Maxine Henry Wilson is Minister of Education, Youth and Culture for Jamaica and holds the firm belief that education is the tool for effective change..."To teachers in the classroom: We have to equip ourselves with the most up-to-date methodologies and the latest thinking. The issues raised in these essays all speak to the diversity of challenges you face. To the authors: You have identified many of the significant issues which will guide us at all levels, but which policymakers especially need in order to make informed and rational decisions.To the editors: Thank you for compiling...

The chapters in this book should stimulate the reader not only to think about the kind of leadership that is needed to improve schools in the Caribbean (using 'schools' in the widest sense to range from early childhood to higher education institutions) but also other forms of support. The book deals in detail with issues of leadership. At the theoretical level there is exploration of appropriate models of leadership in the effort to create effective schools. At the practical level the importance of the principal's role is explored. This book is very timely and should prove informative not...

This book on Higher Education in the Caribbean, explores the key issues facing Higher Education institutions in the twenty-first century and its emphasis is on the financial and social commitments of Higher Education. The book examined research tendencies, experiences, challenges and practices to rethink and propose new routes for the interchange of values between Higher Education institutions and the Caribbean society.

This book, Human Resources Management in Education, Developing Countries Perspectives, contains eleven chapters. Human resources in an educational organisation refer to all the human beings working in that organisation, including teachers, students, administrators and all other members of staff working in that organisation. The study of human resources management in education will provide you with a theoretical and practical knowledge about the processes of acquiring employees, establishing good relationships with them, training and developing them, retaining and compensating them for their...