EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN: A DISTANCE COURSE FOR EDUCATORS

FIRST STAKEHOLDER'S MEETING

July 12-13, 2007 - Sherbourne Conference Center
Christ Church, Barbados
 

Report of Findings and Recommendations

Evaluation of Stakeholder meeting:

“I have changed my view on OAS meetings for the Caribbean. The Caribbean Representatives had an excellent opportunity to speak out”.-Stakeholder Meeting participant-

“The meeting reinforced the need for continued democratic citizenship education within the Caribbean. The overall benefit of following ‘democratic classroom’ frameworks was highlighted; this can further assist in the implementation of the curriculum and the development of critical thinking in student”s. -Stakeholder Meeting participant-

See Evaluation Results

Photographs of Stakeholder meeting:

• The main objective of this stakeholder meeting is to generate consensus on concrete recommendations and suggestions on the outline and main areas of focus of the distance course.

• These recommendations will be used to craft the content of the course through amendment and adaptation of the content of a similar course originally created in the Spanish language and piloted in Peru in 2006.

• The stakeholders will discuss the current landscape of education for democratic citizenship in the Caribbean and will analyze challenges (gaps) to and opportunities (resources) for citizenship education.

Meeting materials:

1. Methodology

2. Agenda

3. Logistical Information

4. Fact Sheet

5. Participants are asked to come the stakeholder's meeting with a minimum understanding of the course materials.  A review of the Table of Contents (at least) is appreciated in order to achieve the workshop's objectives. For this purpose, we attach below the Table of Contents of the course, as well as the entire course translation both in Word and as a webpage. 

   1. Available as a webpage: English Translation of Distance Course for Teachers in Primary and Secondary School: Introductory Course on the Inter-American Democratic Charter www.oas.org/documents/sap/caribbean; or

   2. Available as a word document (281 pages, 1.9 megabytes)

   3. The Table of Contents of course materials.  (11 pages)

6. List of Participants

For more information, please contact:

Jorge Baxter
Education Specialist
Department of Education and Culture
Organization of American States
Washington, D.C.

Tel: (202) 458-6459
fax: (202) 458-3167

jbaxter@oas.org

Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports
Elsie Payne Complex
Constitution Road
St. Michael, Barbados
(246) 430-2786 work