Beverley Bryan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3734555 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beverley Bryan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beverley |
| FAMILY NAME | Bryan |
| SIGNATURE | BRYAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Department of Education , University of the West Indies , Mona , Kingston , Jamaica |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Teaching Caribbean Poetry
From Boston to Brixton
The purpose of this paper is to explore some experiences of early Caribbean migrants, while offering comparisons between two similar school systems, namely England and Jamaica. The paper employs the autoethnographical method (auto/ethno/graphy), which is a study of self in context. Using the tool of memory, the autobiographical investigation of one set of migrant experiences confirms the commonality of educational systems and underscores the effi…
Homesickness as a construct of the migrant experience
This paper is an exploration of the concept of homesickness and the migrant's relation to the idea of home. It draws on the writer's personal experience of Caribbean migration—discussing different phases and facets in the evolution of the construct that includes notions of essence and hybridity. It suggests how a return to ‘home’ and roots can broaden the understanding of what it means to inhabit the modern world—and also help in the continuous p…
Language and Literacy in a Creole-speaking Environment
Jamaica is a Creole-speaking environment, where children enter school with a range of varieties, some of which are closely related to English. The expectation is that they will learn English in school. The appropriate language teaching approach, it is argued, is not English as a mother tongue, English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language. The paper explores the most appropriate principles and practice for this setting, based on a…
Jamaican Creole
Questions of attitudes and identity are foregrounded in this discussion of Jamaican Creole [JC] as a language of the diaspora. It is presented as a language that challenges the standardizing impulses of modernity, resisting homogeneity in a variable and multi-layered process of change. The article follows the evolutionary path of the language through Africa and the Caribbean to London and America and shows how its speakers see, use and connect th…
Investigating Language in a Jamaican Primary School
Learning School
(1996). Learning School: cross‐cultural differences in the teaching of English. Changing English: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 201-207
Chain reactions
Jamaican Creole
Questions of attitudes and identity are foregrounded in this discussion of Jamaican Creole [JC] as a language of the diaspora. It is presented as a language that challenges the standardizing impulses of modernity, resisting homogeneity in a variable and multi-layered process of change. The article follows the evolutionary path of the language through Africa and the Caribbean to London and America and shows how its speakers see, use and connect th…
Language and Literacy in a Creole-speaking Environment
Jamaica is a Creole-speaking environment, where children enter school with a range of varieties, some of which are closely related to English. The expectation is that they will learn English in school. The appropriate language teaching approach, it is argued, is not English as a mother tongue, English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language. The paper explores the most appropriate principles and practice for this setting, based on a…
Chain reactions
Chain reactions
Learning School
(1996). Learning School: cross‐cultural differences in the teaching of English. Changing English: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 201-207
Investigating Language in a Jamaican Primary School
Language and Literacy in a Creole-speaking Environment
Jamaica is a Creole-speaking environment, where children enter school with a range of varieties, some of which are closely related to English. The expectation is that they will learn English in school. The appropriate language teaching approach, it is argued, is not English as a mother tongue, English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language. The paper explores the most appropriate principles and practice for this setting, based on a…
Jamaican Creole
Questions of attitudes and identity are foregrounded in this discussion of Jamaican Creole [JC] as a language of the diaspora. It is presented as a language that challenges the standardizing impulses of modernity, resisting homogeneity in a variable and multi-layered process of change. The article follows the evolutionary path of the language through Africa and the Caribbean to London and America and shows how its speakers see, use and connect th…
Homesickness as a construct of the migrant experience
This paper is an exploration of the concept of homesickness and the migrant's relation to the idea of home. It draws on the writer's personal experience of Caribbean migration—discussing different phases and facets in the evolution of the construct that includes notions of essence and hybridity. It suggests how a return to ‘home’ and roots can broaden the understanding of what it means to inhabit the modern world—and also help in the continuous p…
From Boston to Brixton
The purpose of this paper is to explore some experiences of early Caribbean migrants, while offering comparisons between two similar school systems, namely England and Jamaica. The paper employs the autoethnographical method (auto/ethno/graphy), which is a study of self in context. Using the tool of memory, the autobiographical investigation of one set of migrant experiences confirms the commonality of educational systems and underscores the effi…
Teaching Caribbean Poetry
Sociology (6 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)