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November 2011: "Social and Emotional Learning" Framework for Promoting Mental Health and Reducing Risk Behaviors in Children and Youth.

This article describes criteria based on theory, research, and best educational practice that identify key social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies and program features that educators who adopt these programs should consider.

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October 2011: "Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Framework for the Establishment of National Teaching Council" by the CARICOM Ministers of Education.

The establishment of the Caribbean Council for Teaching and Teacher Education (the CCCTTE) in response to a request by the region’s teacher educators for a regional body to attend to the professional interests of the teaching profession.

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September 2011: "A harmonized policy framework for teacher education in the caribbean" by Dr. Paula Mark, Project Consultant, Ms. Raymonde Joseph and Dr. Cheryl Remy, Project Experts.

It represents the results of three regional workshops with teacher educators and Ministry of Education officers from across the region which outlines a harmonized policy framework for upgrading teacher education in member states of the Caribbean Community.

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August 2011: "Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education". Sponsored by the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.

This paper describes a framework for teacher knowledge for technology integration called technological pedagogical content knowledge (originally TPCK, now known as TPACK, or technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge).

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July 2011: "How do some students overcome their socio-economic background"

Across OECD countries, 31% of students from disadvantaged backgrounds are “resilient”, meaning that they are among the best performers of all students of similar background internationally.

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June 2011: "Four Country Survey Report on Gender Differentials in the Caribbean" by Barbara Baily - University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica.

This article features the presentation of some of the findings of a research project undertaken by the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

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May 2011: “Educational panorama 2010: remaining challenges” Publication of the Regional Education Indicators Project, (PRIE).

The publication shows significant advances in participating countries in terms of access to primary and secondary education. This document establishes that the challenges now being faced are still immense, given the goal of insuring that primary and secondary school pupils finish their studies completely and receive a quality education that prepares them for their lives.

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April 2011: "Continuous Professional Development and the Teaching Career in Latin America”, (PREAL Working Paper No. 50 and Education Synopsis No. 33).

The politics of professional teacher development, its problems and most promising initiatives. Analyzes the relationship between professional teacher development and the teaching career, and proposes concrete elements to create a new professional environment.

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March 2011: "Recognition of Effective Teaching: Awarding Excellence" (PREAL Working Paper No. 48 and Synopsis No. 29).

Analyzes currently aavailable information about teacher recognition initiatives as a possible method for improving teacher performance.

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