Therese Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3759400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Therese Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Therese |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6537-8184 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cis-gendered experiences in higher education
Access to higher education continues to increase in the Caribbean, and with this comes disparities among those who participate. For instance, Jamaica, a traditionally patriarchal society, has seen a greater increase among women participating in higher education when compared to men. This paper presents findings that highlight how non-traditional adult learners at a university in Jamaica describe the role of gender in their graduate school experie…
Exploring opportunities for the infusion of Education for Sustainable Development into the primary-level mathematics curriculum in Jamaica
Climate Change in Diana McCaulay’s Daylight Come
Promoting environmental and sustainability education in the Caribbean
Within the Caribbean region, issues such as pollution, habitat destruction, and crime and violence, alongside global phenomena such as climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, pose challenges to sustainable development. Within this context, Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) becomes a critical imperative for the region’s populace to engender knowledge, values and attitudes, and behaviour consistent with sustainability. ESE i…
Empowering Teachers through Environmental and Sustainability Education
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
ESD progress, problems and prospects in the English-speaking Caribbean
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a significant field for the Caribbean region and one that has been steadily developing from the 1980s onwards. The current ESD for 2030 framework offers an opportune moment for reflection on progress to-date, current challenges and future prospects for the field. With this in mind, this article shares perspectives gathered from qualitative interviews with those working in the foreground of the field …
Envisioning low-carbon futures
Caribbean nations are amongst those considered the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. This necessitates climate change education (CCE) to enhance the mitigation and adaptation capacities of the region’s populace. CCE is necessary at all levels of the education system, from pre-primary through to the tertiary level. To facilitate this, teachers must be exposed to CCE, understanding what climate change is, its impacts, and how to respond to…
Teachers’ perspectives on sustainable development
The pursuit of sustainable development for individuals, societies, and nations is important for the global community given its emphasis on pursuing a harmonious balance between societal, economic, and environmental imperatives. With respect to formal education, teachers are critical agents in delivering sustainable development content, and facilitating skills and action competencies to achieve such goals. Consequently, understanding teachers’ per…
SDG 4 in higher education
Purpose The purpose of this case study is to focus on the role of higher education in the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, discussing both challenges and opportunities. Drawing on the example of The University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Education (SOE) (Mona Campus in Jamaica), this paper illustrates how higher education can move SDG 4 forward in a realistic and significant way. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on t…
Environmental and sustainability education in the Caribbean
The development, quality and impact of environmental and sustainability education (ESE) in the Caribbean have received increased attention from a growing body of education researchers over the past few decades. This is not surprising given that the region has been grappling with various environmental, social, and economic sustainability issues, and education remains widely regarded as a key mode of response by a range of stakeholders, networks an…
Miss, this is a lot of work”
Qualitative research can be time consuming and intensive as researchers engage in data collection, analysis, and interpretation of rich, detailed, multi-layered, and voluminous data. For Master’s level students struggling to balance full-time work, family, part-time studies, and other obligations, the nature of qualitative research can be overwhelming and discouraging as they learn about and engage in the research process. However, if students’ e…
Tertiary-level Sustainability and Climate Change Education
(2018). Tertiary-level Sustainability and Climate Change Education. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 79-99
An Exploratory Study of Disaster Risk Management Information for Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean
(2018). An Exploratory Study of Disaster Risk Management Information for Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 57-78
Gone to Drift
(2017). Gone to Drift. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 63, Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Cultural Resistance, pp. 155-157
The ‘Write’ Skills and More
Writing groups facilitate the development of research students' written communication skills, which are critical for the competent preparation of theses and publications. This paper describes a Thesis Writing Group for social science doctoral students. Participants indicated that the group not only served a practical role, providing an impetus for the consideration and production of different components of their theses, but also served psychologi…
Nature’ and the ‘environment’ in Jamaica’s primary school curriculum guides
In cases where environmental education is institutionalised within schools, the curriculum can affect what and how students learn about ‘nature’ and the ‘environment’. In Jamaica, schools are considered important settings for environmental education; the curriculum therefore includes environmental issues. Using content analysis, representations of ‘nature’ and the ‘environment’ in the nation’s primary level Curriculum Guides were examined. Findin…
Caribbean Children's Geographies
Understanding children's lives within the various spaces, places, and environments they inhabit is critical to making their worlds safer, facilitating their participatory roles in society, and implementing policies relevant to their realities. While the children's geographies scholarship is rapidly growing, much of the research is still centred on children in the 'West', with less focus on those in developing countries. Within the Third World, th…
Teachers’ perspectives on sustainable development
The pursuit of sustainable development for individuals, societies, and nations is important for the global community given its emphasis on pursuing a harmonious balance between societal, economic, and environmental imperatives. With respect to formal education, teachers are critical agents in delivering sustainable development content, and facilitating skills and action competencies to achieve such goals. Consequently, understanding teachers’ per…
Envisioning low-carbon futures
Caribbean nations are amongst those considered the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. This necessitates climate change education (CCE) to enhance the mitigation and adaptation capacities of the region’s populace. CCE is necessary at all levels of the education system, from pre-primary through to the tertiary level. To facilitate this, teachers must be exposed to CCE, understanding what climate change is, its impacts, and how to respond to…
Tertiary-level Sustainability and Climate Change Education
(2018). Tertiary-level Sustainability and Climate Change Education. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 79-99
Promoting environmental and sustainability education in the Caribbean
Within the Caribbean region, issues such as pollution, habitat destruction, and crime and violence, alongside global phenomena such as climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, pose challenges to sustainable development. Within this context, Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) becomes a critical imperative for the region’s populace to engender knowledge, values and attitudes, and behaviour consistent with sustainability. ESE i…
The ‘Write’ Skills and More
Writing groups facilitate the development of research students' written communication skills, which are critical for the competent preparation of theses and publications. This paper describes a Thesis Writing Group for social science doctoral students. Participants indicated that the group not only served a practical role, providing an impetus for the consideration and production of different components of their theses, but also served psychologi…
Nature’ and the ‘environment’ in Jamaica’s primary school curriculum guides
In cases where environmental education is institutionalised within schools, the curriculum can affect what and how students learn about ‘nature’ and the ‘environment’. In Jamaica, schools are considered important settings for environmental education; the curriculum therefore includes environmental issues. Using content analysis, representations of ‘nature’ and the ‘environment’ in the nation’s primary level Curriculum Guides were examined. Findin…
Environmental and sustainability education in the Caribbean
The development, quality and impact of environmental and sustainability education (ESE) in the Caribbean have received increased attention from a growing body of education researchers over the past few decades. This is not surprising given that the region has been grappling with various environmental, social, and economic sustainability issues, and education remains widely regarded as a key mode of response by a range of stakeholders, networks an…
An Exploratory Study of Disaster Risk Management Information for Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean
(2018). An Exploratory Study of Disaster Risk Management Information for Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 57-78
Caribbean Children's Geographies
Understanding children's lives within the various spaces, places, and environments they inhabit is critical to making their worlds safer, facilitating their participatory roles in society, and implementing policies relevant to their realities. While the children's geographies scholarship is rapidly growing, much of the research is still centred on children in the 'West', with less focus on those in developing countries. Within the Third World, th…
Caribbean Children's Geographies
Understanding children's lives within the various spaces, places, and environments they inhabit is critical to making their worlds safer, facilitating their participatory roles in society, and implementing policies relevant to their realities. While the children's geographies scholarship is rapidly growing, much of the research is still centred on children in the 'West', with less focus on those in developing countries. Within the Third World, th…
Nature’ and the ‘environment’ in Jamaica’s primary school curriculum guides
In cases where environmental education is institutionalised within schools, the curriculum can affect what and how students learn about ‘nature’ and the ‘environment’. In Jamaica, schools are considered important settings for environmental education; the curriculum therefore includes environmental issues. Using content analysis, representations of ‘nature’ and the ‘environment’ in the nation’s primary level Curriculum Guides were examined. Findin…
The ‘Write’ Skills and More
Writing groups facilitate the development of research students' written communication skills, which are critical for the competent preparation of theses and publications. This paper describes a Thesis Writing Group for social science doctoral students. Participants indicated that the group not only served a practical role, providing an impetus for the consideration and production of different components of their theses, but also served psychologi…
Gone to Drift
(2017). Gone to Drift. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 63, Imperialism, Neocolonialism, Cultural Resistance, pp. 155-157
Tertiary-level Sustainability and Climate Change Education
(2018). Tertiary-level Sustainability and Climate Change Education. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 79-99
An Exploratory Study of Disaster Risk Management Information for Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean
(2018). An Exploratory Study of Disaster Risk Management Information for Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 57-78
Miss, this is a lot of work”
Qualitative research can be time consuming and intensive as researchers engage in data collection, analysis, and interpretation of rich, detailed, multi-layered, and voluminous data. For Master’s level students struggling to balance full-time work, family, part-time studies, and other obligations, the nature of qualitative research can be overwhelming and discouraging as they learn about and engage in the research process. However, if students’ e…
SDG 4 in higher education
Purpose The purpose of this case study is to focus on the role of higher education in the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, discussing both challenges and opportunities. Drawing on the example of The University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Education (SOE) (Mona Campus in Jamaica), this paper illustrates how higher education can move SDG 4 forward in a realistic and significant way. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on t…
Environmental and sustainability education in the Caribbean
The development, quality and impact of environmental and sustainability education (ESE) in the Caribbean have received increased attention from a growing body of education researchers over the past few decades. This is not surprising given that the region has been grappling with various environmental, social, and economic sustainability issues, and education remains widely regarded as a key mode of response by a range of stakeholders, networks an…
Teachers’ perspectives on sustainable development
The pursuit of sustainable development for individuals, societies, and nations is important for the global community given its emphasis on pursuing a harmonious balance between societal, economic, and environmental imperatives. With respect to formal education, teachers are critical agents in delivering sustainable development content, and facilitating skills and action competencies to achieve such goals. Consequently, understanding teachers’ per…
Empowering Teachers through Environmental and Sustainability Education
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
ESD progress, problems and prospects in the English-speaking Caribbean
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a significant field for the Caribbean region and one that has been steadily developing from the 1980s onwards. The current ESD for 2030 framework offers an opportune moment for reflection on progress to-date, current challenges and future prospects for the field. With this in mind, this article shares perspectives gathered from qualitative interviews with those working in the foreground of the field …
Envisioning low-carbon futures
Caribbean nations are amongst those considered the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. This necessitates climate change education (CCE) to enhance the mitigation and adaptation capacities of the region’s populace. CCE is necessary at all levels of the education system, from pre-primary through to the tertiary level. To facilitate this, teachers must be exposed to CCE, understanding what climate change is, its impacts, and how to respond to…
Promoting environmental and sustainability education in the Caribbean
Within the Caribbean region, issues such as pollution, habitat destruction, and crime and violence, alongside global phenomena such as climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, pose challenges to sustainable development. Within this context, Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) becomes a critical imperative for the region’s populace to engender knowledge, values and attitudes, and behaviour consistent with sustainability. ESE i…
Climate Change in Diana McCaulay’s Daylight Come
Cis-gendered experiences in higher education
Access to higher education continues to increase in the Caribbean, and with this comes disparities among those who participate. For instance, Jamaica, a traditionally patriarchal society, has seen a greater increase among women participating in higher education when compared to men. This paper presents findings that highlight how non-traditional adult learners at a university in Jamaica describe the role of gender in their graduate school experie…
Exploring opportunities for the infusion of Education for Sustainable Development into the primary-level mathematics curriculum in Jamaica
Sociology (13 works) · Pedagogy (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Environmental education (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Sustainability (6 works)