Voices Magazine Vol2-Issue-6

23 February - March 2019 | VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica Issues in Environmental Health: Dr. Kayon Barrett, Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Sport giving her presentation on “Emerging Issues in Environmental Health.” She highlighted the UNESCO 2017 report, ‘Frontiers 2017 – Emerging Issues of Concern,’ which identified six (6) major environmental conditions that were either emerging or re-emerging. Cont’d on page 24 Storage Patterns of Household Chemicals and Childhood Poisoning: Mrs. Sherika Whitelock-Ballingsingh, Coordinator, Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN), College of Health Sciences gave a presentation on “Storage Patterns of Household Chemicals: A Determinant to Childhood Poisoning.” She shared data on the main determinants of unintentional childhood poisoning by household chemicals resulting from parents’ behaviour and level of knowledge of storage. Mrs. Ballingsingh suggested recommendations to prevent poisoning of children from household chemicals. ICT Integration Among Pre-Service Teachers: Dr. Junior Martin, Head, School of Technical and Vocational Education, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies shared his presentation titled, “An Investigation into Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of their Readiness to Integrate ICT in the Curriculum.” His presentation was on the new ICT-CFT Curriculum developed from the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (ICT-CFT) which is being currently piloted in FELS among a group of 30 pre-service teachers to determine their perceptions of the new course of study to integrate ICT in the classroom. Promoting STEM Education: Dr. Shermaine Barrett, (left) Senior Lecturer and Dr. Hope Mayne, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies made a presentation on “Promoting STEM Education: A Case Study on the Challenges and Opportunities in Integrating Desktop CNC Technology in Grades 7 – 9.:Preliminary Results,” which explored how Grades 7 – 9 teachers can use a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine to support teaching and learning in the National Standards Curriculum (NSC) and STEM classroom and the factors that influence the integration of CNC technology among those grades. Developing Foreign Language Education in Jamaica: Dr. Rohan Lewis, Dean, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies in his presentation on “Foreign Language Education and Development in Jamaica: Assessing the Landscape,” explained that the research is intended to provide information that can be used to boost the evidentiary platform for guiding policy decisions on interventions aimed at improving language teaching and learning. He explained that the research results will assist with qualifying and quantifying the foreign language education needs of students in higher education and the Jamaican job market, develop mechanisms and serve to improve language outputs throughout the education system. The research team comprises Ms. Stephanie Anderson-Chung, Mrs. María Sánchez Alcolea, Mrs. Carmen Rodríguez-Schade and Ms. María Nela Cabrales. Surviving Childhood Exploitation in Jamaica: Mrs. Karyl Powell Booth, Lecturer, College of Health Sciences delivering her presentation titled, “Women Survivors Accounts of Childhood Exploitation in Jamaica.” The research is being done through the NONE in 3 Research Centre at UTech, Jamaica. The team comprises Dr. Christine Fray-Aiken, Mr. Graham Gibbs, Ms. Kenisha Nelson, Ms. Roxanne Harvey, Professor Adele Jones and Mr. Daniel Boduszek. The research focuses on child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Jamaica. Mrs Powell-Booth explained that the NONE in 3 Research Centre, Jamaica has been conducting an examination of women survivors’ experiences of CSE including their own accounts of CSE and its impact and the journey to recovery. She noted that preliminary results show multiple psychological effects among survivors of CSE. College women’s attitudes towards gender-based violence: Dr. Nicole Cameron, Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies delivering her research study titled, “Is it a sisterhood? Exploring College Women’s attitudes towards gender-based violence and bystander intervention.” The purpose of the study is to understand Jamaican college women’s attitudes towards gender-based violence and barriers to helping. The results show that women have ambivalent attitudes and perceive many barriers to helping. Research Presentations Cont’d from page 22... Research, Technology and Innovation Day 2019