At the USM University Campus
09.00—09.30 Drs. Iwan SEWANDONO (OU, The Netherlands; BAZN-USM, St Martin): Diversity, citizenship and education;
Saint Martin as a Caribbean immigration metropolis, lessons from Amsterdam and vice versa
Moderator:
Mrs. Patricia LOURENS (Program Manager, Bureau for Educational Research, Planning, Policy and Innovation, St Martin,
N.A.)
09.30—10.00 Max BELAISE (University of Martinique, Martinique): Educating in an identity ethic context: a study
of the French West Indies case
Moderator:
Mrs. Patricia LOURENS (Program Manager, Bureau for Educational Research, Planning, Policy and Innovation, St Martin,
N.A.)
10.00—10.30 Dr. D. Jn. Pierre KENTRY
(St Lucia - Sheffield University, UK): Lifelong Learning in St Lucia in the Age of Globalisation, Knowledge and Information
Moderator:
Mrs. Patricia LOURENS (Program Manager, Bureau for Educational Research, Planning, Policy and Innovation, St Martin,
N.A.)
10.30—10.45 Break
10.45—11.15 Prof. Dr. Peter SNOW
(Christopher Newport University, USA): Understanding Linguistic Diversity in Caribbean Classrooms: Ethnographic Methods
for Teachers
Moderator:
Lasana SEKOU (Publisher, author and poet)
11.15—11.45 Rhoda ARRINDELL (PhD candidate, Puerto Rico &
USM Head of Language Division): Language, Identity, and the Decreolization Process—A reflection on the role
of language in the literature and culture of St. Martin
Moderator:
Lasana SEKOU (Publisher, author and poet)
12.00—13.30 Lunch
13.30—14.00 Gracelyn CASSELL (UWI, Montserrat): The American University of the Caribbean: Montserrat’s Loss, St. Maarten’s Gain
Moderator:
Dr. Lockie JOHNSON (Chairperson, Dept. Medical Psychology, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine)
14.00—14.30 Marguerite E. CUMMINS-WILLIAMS (PhD candidate UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados): The General Agreement on Trade
in Services and Education in the Caribbean: Three Case Studies
Moderator:
Dr. Lockie JOHNSON (Chairperson, Dept. Medical Psychology, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine)
14.30—14.45 Break
14.45—15.15 Dr. Jeannette J. LOVERN (UVI Associate Professor, St Croix, US Virgin
Islands): Does Block
Scheduling Decrease Instructional Time? A Look at St. Croix’s Five Public Secondary Schools
using Four Block Schedule Types
Moderator:
15.15—15.45 Dr. Maria CIJNTJE–VAN ENCKEVORT (USM, St Martin): Decolonizing the educational system on St. Martin,
or how to teach globalization under the flamboyant tree
Moderator:
