Contents
Foreword……………………………………………………………. ix
Professor Hon. Errol Miller, OJ
Foreword…………………………………………………………… xvii
Hon. Dr David Moinina Sengeh
Foreword…………………………………………………………… xix
The Most Hon. Prof. Sir Kenneth Hall, ON, GCMG, COM(Spain), OJ, PhD
Preface……………………………………………………………. xxiii
Acronyms and Abbreviations…………………………………………. xxvii
Education for Uncertainty
1: Education for Uncertainty………………………………………….. 1
Feature Address to the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (CAPSS), St Lucia, July 20, 2009
2: The Imperatives for Human Development Post-COVID-19 in The Caribbean 16
Presentation to the 25th Special (Virtual) Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human & Social Development, November 17, 2020
3: The Future of Education and the Education of the Future in the Caribbean 28
Feature Address to the Biennial Conference of The University of the West Indies Schools of Education – ‘Envisioning Future Education: Cross Disciplinary Synergy, Imperatives & Perspectives,’ June 17, 2017
Vision to Replace Volatility
4: Notions of Society and Democracy in Dewey’s Democracy and Education 45
Paper co-authored with Jim Ladwig for course submission,University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 1, 1991
5: The CARICOM Citizen Worker: Pivotal to Regional Socio-Economic Development and Economic Competitiveness……………………………………………….. 59
Intervention as Permanent Secretary for Education and HRD (St Lucia) at the Heart Trust Symposium, November 4, 2002
6: Globalisation and Education: Peril and Potential……………………. 65
Address to the Rotary Club of St Lucia, October 27, 2007
7: Youth Empowerment……………………………………………… 75
Notes for Remarks to Youth Delegates at Consultation of Youth Policy Development, St Lucia, 1999
Replacing Uncertainty with Understanding
8: Rethinking the Vision: Folk Research Centre Programming in the
Twenty-first Century……………………………………………………………………………….. 89
Paper presented at a Special Retreat of the Folk Research Centre Membership on New Strategic Directions (St Lucia), November 21, 1992
9: Kwéyòl Culture: Differentiation in a Globalised Context………………………. 120
Feature Address at the International Symposium on Creole Culture Commonwealth of Dominica, October 28, 1998
10: Beyond Horizons…………………………………………………. 135
Feature Graduation Address at the Rock Hall Senior Primary School, July 13, 1993
11: Information, Non-Formal Education and Training – The Situation of Small Island States 142
Presentation at the Global Conference on Sustainable Development in Small Island States, BarbadosApril 28, 1994
12: Excellence in Intellect and Integrity – Winning Tools for the Twenty-
first Century………………………………………………………………………………………… 157
Address given at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College on the 7th Anniversary of Sir Arthur Lewis’ Quietus, St Lucia, June 10, 1998
Clarity Superseding Complexity
13: Spirit Responds to Crisis: The Role of Spirituality in Education………. 167
Feature Address to the Cluny Symposium on Education, Spirituality and National Development in honour of the 150th Anniversary of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny, St Lucia, July 5, 2004
14: Promoting the Attractiveness of TVET in the Context of Secondary Education Reform 184
Plenary Presentation to 3rd International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, May 2012
15: The Challenges of Education in the Contemporary Caribbean: Addressing Performance 193
The University in the Community Lunchtime Lecture – UWI Open Campus and Central Bank of Barbados, Barbados, October 25, 2012
Agility to Overcome Ambiguity
16: Institutional Structures and Capacity Building for Reform………….. 211
Presentation to the Seminar on ‘Restructuring the State: Managing Tensions between Economic Reform and Social Equity’ – Caribbean Development Bank, Caribbean Centre for Development Administration, Pontifica Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republica, October 7, 1999
17: Empowering Students as Agents of Change……………………….. 224
Address to the Conference of the Caribbean Association of Principals of Secondary Schools, Dominica, July 22, 2003
18: Challenges in Caribbean Education: Status Report on Education in
the Caribbean………………………………………………….. 238
A Submission by St Lucia to the CARICOM Ministers of Education prepared by Permanent Secretary for Education Didacus Jules, Guyana, June 2, 2004
19: School: The Last Frontier of Caribbean Civilisation…………………. 277
Feature Address at Harrison College Speech Day, Barbados, December 1, 2010
20: Building Flexibility in Human Resource Development in CARICOM……… 285
Presentation to the UWI-Commonwealth Conference on ‘The Caribbean Community and the Commonwealth: Collective Responsibility for the 21st Century,’ Jamaica, February 16, 2011
21: The Survival of the OECS and Developing Countries in a Global Economy 302
Address to the Breakfast Forum of the Antigua & Barbuda Employers Federation, January 26, 2017
22: Innovation in Education………………………………………….. 313
Address to the 28th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (CAPSS), July 2019
23: Business Unusual: The New Approach to Resource Mobilisation in
the Face of Declining Development Assistance in the Region……….. 322
Virtual Feature Presentation to the Concurrent Global Webinar at the Sustainable Development Movement 2020 Presentation, June 17, 2020
24: The Sustainable Development Movement: A Catalytic Force
Changing the Trajectory of Development………………………….. 333
Remarks at the Virtual Launch of the OECS Sustainable Development Movement 2020 Plenary, September 22, 2020
Leading Education in A Global Pandemic
25: Education Leadership: Building Resilience to Lead Successfully
Amidst the Global Pandemic………………………………………. 343
Virtual Presentation to the Conference of the National Principals Association of Saint Lucia, March 17, 2021
26: Postscript – Inverting the VUCA Paradigm in Education……………… 363
Concluding Reflection – An opportunity to accelerate educational transformation.
Notes………………………………………………………………. 385
Bibliography……………………………………………………….. 391
