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Besides That I'm Ok: Well-Being in Caribbean and American Adolescents and Youth Grade 11-TertiaryA total of 235 adolescents and college students from Aruba, St. Lucia, Tennessee, and Alabama participated in this study that measured various aspects of well-being. The Life Factors Questionnaire measured participants' responses on such self-reported measures... -
Challenges to Seventh-Day Adventist Tertiary Education in the Caribbean Tertiary"The article briefly summarizes seven challenges that face the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) tertiary institutions in the Caribbean. There is no exhaustive discussion of the challenges but each is clearly articulated. There is no attempt to address solution... -
Differential Perceptions of English Teachers about the Teaching of Literature in Seventh-day Adventist Secondary Schools in Selected Regions of the Caribbean Grade 9-Grade 12Problem: Literature, as a subject in the English curriculum, is not taught in all Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) secondary schools in the Caribbean. This research attempts to investigate and document the reasons why this subject is not taught as part of... -
Engaging Head, Hand, and Heart: Lessons from a Caribbean Social-work Degree Program TertiaryThe Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) approach seems to go well with the wholistic orientation of Adventist education. Recognizing this, the author asked: “Can CRT be used to achieve the wholistic development of tertiary students, as conceptualized... -
Harrington Fitz Henry - Dialogue with an engineer-evangelist in Jamaica Grade 11-TertiaryHarrington Fitz Henry answers questions about his faith, life, and career - In your experience, have you found it difficult to manage two large business enterprises and at the same time give so much of yourself to the work of the church? Can you recall some... -
Identifying Factors that Affect Higher Educational Achievements of Jamaican Seventh-day Adventists Tertiary"This mixed-method explanatory research examined factors that influenced Jamaican Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) members to pursue higher education. It sought to investigate whether the source of the motivation is tied to the Church's general philosophy... -
International Education in Adventist Colleges and Universities Tertiary-LifelongAndrews University president Andreasen shares the importance of creating an international climate and ideas that will help make a school truly international. This article explores the motives for international study, and factors that will ensure a truly international... -
Job Satisfaction and its Relationship to Organizational and Religious Commitment Among Workers at Northern Caribbean University TertiaryProblem: Recruiting teachers and motivating them to stay in their jobs present a challenge to educational institutions in Jamaica. Given the importance of workers' satisfaction to the health of an organization and the link between job satisfaction and... -
Margaret C. Ashby - Dialogue with an Adventist Senior Official of the Barbados Postal Service Tertiary"Born in an Adventist home, Ashby enjoyed church life in a country where 6 percent of the population is Adventist. However, during her youth, she drifted away from God." -
Overcoming the Barrier in Special Education - A Qualitative Investigation into the Need for Speech and Language Therapists in St. Lucia Kindergarten-Grade 8"There has been serious under-representation of speech and language therapists in St. Lucia even with the genesis and augmentation of this service in the Western world. A qualitative study was conducted to investigate the need for this service in St.... -
Perceived In-service Needs of Bahamas Conference Teachers Tertiary-LifelongThe purpose of this study was to identify the perceived in-service needs of the educators of the Bahamas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists (the Conference), and to determine the degree to which variables such as gender, level of training, teaching assignment,... -
Shaping Life Spaces: Adventist Christian Education in the Caribbean Basin Kindergarten-TertiaryThe author reflects on the role of Christian education in individuals in the Caribbean Area. She mentions that Christian education enables children to grow into adults that are law-abiding citizens with peace, harmony, and love. She states that Christian schools... -
Stories that Teach - Black Christian Perspective of Life Lessons Grade 5-Grade 8Read stories that originated in the African, African American, and Caribbean cultures. Unit activities include ideas on ways to use the stories for various purposes. -
The concept of salvation held by students in Seventh-day Adventist high schools in Jamaica Kindergarten-Grade 12Problem: The doctrine of salvation as taught by the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church is part of the curriculum of SDA schools in Jamaica. The purpose of this study was to describe the concept of salvation held by students in SDA high schools in Jamaica.... -
The Impact of African Caribbean Settlers on the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Britain 1952 – 2001 Tertiary-LifelongThe purpose of this research is to examine the impact, which African Caribbean Settlers had on the British Seventh-day Adventist church from 1952-2001, and to determine what characterises Adventist mission in Britain and worldwide today. The research found... -
The Relationship Between Parental and Adolescent Religiosity Factors and Adolescent Sexual Risk-taking Among Older Adolescents in the Anglophone/Latin Caribbean Grade 10-Grade 12Problem: Sexually active youth across the Anglophone/Latin Caribbean have been identified as among the most-at-risk for HIV infection. Studies conducted in the United States have identified parental and religiosity factors associated with adolescent sexual... -
The status of teacher recruitment in the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Kindergarten-Grade 12The problem of this study was to investigate the status of teacher recruitment in the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists secondary school system. Here exists a high rate of teacher turnover coupled with extreme difficulty in obtaining...