Handbook on Caribbean Education Call for Book Chapters

Publisher: Information Age Publishing Inc.

Editors: Eleanor Blair, Western Carolina University, ejblair@email.wcu.edu

and Ken Williams, School for International Training, Graduate Institute Ken.Williams@sit.edu

The proposed volume brings together leading scholars in Caribbean education to focus on 21^st century issues and concerns, specifically as they relate to educational research, theory, policy, and practice. Schooling continues to hold a special place both as a means to achieve social mobility and as a mechanism for supporting the economy of Caribbean nations. For the purposes of this study, the Caribbean will be considered to be the Greater and Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles includes the five larger islands (and six countries) of the northern Caribbean, including the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. The Lesser Antilles includes the Windward and Leeward Islands which are inclusive of Barbados, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago along with several other islands. As such, each chapter will provide perspectives on the history and sociology of the Caribbean recognizing that each island has its own unique “story.” The Handbook will attempt to capture the current breadth and depth of knowledge about Caribbean education while providing a comprehensive description of the current educational landscape and direction for future work and needs. Depending on the response to a call for chapters, the handbook will be organized either by countries or issues. Potential topics include: the politics of language, social justice issues, culturally relevant pedagogy, race and gender issues, teaching profession, technology, leadership, high stakes testing, universal education, inclusive education, safe schools, financing schools etc.

The objectives of the book are the following:

To describe the intersection of Caribbean education with contemporary global issues and concerns.
To identify broad-based foundational research (history and sociology) on Caribbean education.
To identify research on key issues (theory, policy and practice) impacting Caribbean schools.
To articulate a vision of 21^st century Caribbean education.

Potential topics include issues related to:

the politics of language
social justice
culturally relevant pedagogy
race and gender
teachers, teachers’ work and/or the teaching profession
technology
leadership
high stakes testing
universal and/or inclusive education
safe schools
financing schools
Other areas to be discussed and agreed upon with the editors

Please communicate your interest by submitting an abstract of 300-400 words which provides a summary of your chapter. Abstracts should be submitted no later than January 1, 2020 to ejblair@email.wcu.edu or Ken.Williams@sit.edu

The following specific guidance will apply: