Why Can't Everyone Pass? Purposeful Curriculum Practices Inside a Jamaican Classroom

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Abstract

This paper explores one grade four teacher’s engagement in purposeful curriculum practices to assist students with improving low reading levels and achieving high scores on the grade four literacy and numeracy standardized tests. Data was collected through interview and classroom observation. The main findings indicated that purposeful curriculum practices include exhibiting an ethic of care that goes beyond the classroom space, re-engineering the curriculum, exhibiting passion linked with purposeful pedagogical practices and providing a voice for students who are marginalized. Implications of the findings for access to quality education are also discussed.

Author

• Carmel Geneva Roofe, University of the West Indies, Mona