TRESPUB ASSOCIATES

CENTRE FOR THE HUMAN SCIENCES

Director: Winfield Williams, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.Ed (UWI) M.Ed (Alberta).

Belmont, P.O. Box 1653, Kingstown,

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Telephone 784 529 4804 OR 784 593 8325

E-Mail: trespub@hotmail.com; trespub2@yahoo.com

Website: www.Trespub.com

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME : Winfield Lancelot Darington Williams

SEX : Male

ADDRESS : Glen, St.Vincent and the Grenadines.

OCCUPATION : Educator/Training, Research and Publication Consultant.

NATIONALITY : Vincentian

WORK EXPERIENCE

2/2003 to 2/2005 Research Officer, Constitution Review Commission, St. Vincent/Grenadines

9/97 to 12/00. Principal, St. Vincent Grammar School.

A Secondary Boys' School of 629 students and 30 teachers.

10/92 to Pres. Director TRESPUB ASSOCIATES. Responsibility: Delivering services in

Training, Research and Publication to all sectors of the community.

Coordinator of "O" and "A" Level programmes run by the Centre for the Human Sciences. Teacher of "O" Level English Language and "A" Level Sociology and Psychology.

CONSULTING WORK WITH TRESPUB ASSOCIATES

4/93 : Conversion of a Reseach report on Agricultural Diversification in the Winward Islands into a document for Consultations on Diversification among farmers in the Windward Islands.

8/93 : Publication of Monograph " A Closer Look At The Common Entrance",

intended to stimulate public discussions on the Common Entrance Examination in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

11/93: Facilitator in "Development Strategies in the Caribbean" at the Annual

Development Workers' Course staged by Caribbean Peoples' Development Agency in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

11/93 : Local Evaluator, United Nations World Food Programme in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

5/94 : Local Evaluator, Multinational Project on Basic Education, OAS and Ministry of Education, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

6/94 : Local Consultant (Curriculum Development) World Bank Project Preparation

Phase for Basic Education in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

7/94 : Facilitator in "Development Strategies in the Caribbean" at the Annual

Development Workers' Course staged by Caribbean Peoples' Development Agency in Trinidad and Tobago.

10/94 : Consultant delivering training course to workers of St. Vincent Port Authority. Course Title : Understanding Human Behaviour.

12/94: Local Consultant to United Nations Children's Fund in Preparation for Situation Analysis Update relative to the status of women and children.

10/95 Consultant United Nations Children's Fund for Situation Analysis on the Status of Women and Children in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

12/95 Developer and Presenter: "Basic Course for Supervisors". East Caribbean Group of Companies.

3/96 Developer and Presenter: "Effective Communication in the Organisation".

To Supervisors of St. Vincent Electricity Services.

7/96 Paper "Educational Transition and Adolescents at Risk." Presented at UNICEF Strategy Meeting . Grenada.

6/01 Local Consultant for Cambridge Education Consultants to Ministry of Education, St. Vincent, on the finalisation of the Education Sector Plan.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

9/89 to 8/92: Programme Officer, Caribbean People's Development Agency.

Responsibility: Monitoring and facilitating the implementation

of development projects in seven territories of the Caribbean region (Belize, Jamaica, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada and Guyana).

9/82 to 8/89 : Lecturer, Technical Teacher Education Dept., College of Arts,

Science and Technology, Jamaica.

Lecturer: Curriculum Theory and Development; Sociology of

Education; Instructional Media/Technology.

Co-ordinator: Teaching Practicum.

Supervisor : Research Projects of B. Ed. students of the Department (Ongoing).

8/81 to 9/82 : Education Officer, Core Curriculum Unit, Ministry of Education,

Jamaica. Special Responsibility: Supervision of Grades 10 and

11 programme of New Secondary schools.

8/79 to 8/81 : Technical Assistant, O.A.S Language Teaching Project, Ministry of

Education, Jamaica.

Special Responsibility: Student Motivation and Teacher Upgrading in

Spanish at Secondary Level of Education.

9/78 to 8/79 : Teacher of French and Spanish up to Sixth Form, Campion

College, Kingston, Jamaica.

Co-ordinator of Modern Language Dept.

9/75 to 9/77 : Teacher of French, Spanish and English. St. Joseph's Convent Girls'

Secondary School, Castries, St. Lucia.

9/74 to 8/75 : Teacher of French and Spanish up to Sixth Form. St Vincent

Grammar School, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

9/72 to 9/73 : Teacher of French, Spanish and English. St. Leonard's Boys'

School, Bridgetown, Barbados.

9/68 to 9/69 : Teacher of Spanish and Latin.

St. Vincent Grammar School, Kingstown, St.Vincent and the

Grenadines.

9/66 to 9/68 : Teacher of French, Spanish and Latin.

St. Vincent Grammar School, Kingstown,

St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

11/88 : Lecturer in Applied Sociology at Police Academy,

Twickenham Park, Jamaica. Short courses for Assistant Superintendents

and Inspectors from several territories of the English-speaking Caribbean.

9/87 to 7/89 : Part-time Lecturer in Curriculum Theory.

Faculty of Education, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

1/87 to 7/87 : Lecturer in Curriculum Theory, UWIDITE. University of the West Indies.

1/87 to 6/88 : Lecturer in "The Arts, Aesthetics and Education in Caribbean Society".

Cultural Training Centre, Kingston, Jamaica.

1/84 to 1/85: Teaching Assistant. Dept. of Secondary Education, University of Alberta,

Edmonton, Canada.

/83 to /88 : Lecturer in Behavioural Science/Human Relations/Social Psychology to

various occupational student groups (pharmacists, medical technologists,

secretaries, etc) at College of Arts, Science and Technology and elsewhere

in Jamaica.

ACADEMIC CAREER

8/88 : Successful defense of M.Ed thesis "Semiotic Approach to Curriculum Inquiry". University of Alberta.

9/84 to 12/85: Completed coursework for M.Ed at University of Alberta.

Included courses in : Graphic Communication, Educational Communication

(including Videodisc Technology), Psychology and Curriculum.

9/79 to 9/82 : M.Ed (Specialisation in Foreign Language Education). Research

Project : "The Teaching of Spanish with Comic Strips". Faculty of Education,

U.W.I. Mona, Jamaica.

9/77 to 7/78 : Diploma in Education (Foreign Language Education) with Distinction in Theory of Education. Faculty of Education, U.W.I., Mona, Jamaica.

6/75 to 8/75 : Stage Pedagogique. Alliance Francaise, Paris, France.

69/70 to 74 : B.A. Gen. (French, Spanish and Sociology). U.W.I. Cave Hill, Barbados.

/60 to /66 : St. Vincent Grammar School, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

/94 To Pres. Frequent Panellist on local Radio and Television on Social Issues

/96 To Pres. Producer and Presenter of a Radio Programme on matters related to thought and practice of education.

4/92 : Facilitator at Annual General Meeting of Windward Islands Farmer Association (WINFA) in St. Vincent. Facilitating the development of a WINFA position on Structural Adjustment.

2/92 : NGO representative at UWI/IAF Fellowship Programme Meeting at Mona,

Jamaica.

12/91 : Member of UN/ECLAC Team to Cuba for Round Table Conference on

Human Resource Development. Hosted by Ministry of Higher Education, Cuba.

11/91 : Participant at Conference on "Poverty and the Environment". Dominican Republic. Organised by Enda-Caribe to develop and articulate Caribbean NGO position for the UNEP Conference in Brasil.

7/91 : Participant Symposium on "Training in the Caribbean". Trinidad.

Organised by Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development.

7/91 to 8/92 : Member CUSO Regional Advisory Committee.

7/90 : Participant in Programme Planning Workshop for Caribbean Conservation

Association.

6/90 to 6/92 : Member of Executive and Management Committees, Caribbean Network for

Integrated Rural Development.

4/90 : "Semiotics and Curriculum Inquiry". Paper presented at The First Biennual Conference on Education of the Faculty of Education of the University of the West Indies.

12/89 : Participant at Workshop on Participatory Research, Belize. Done by Partipatory Research Group, Toronto, Canada.

10/89 To : Columnist, The Vincentian Newspaper, St. Vincent.

10/89 : Participant at Regional Consultation on Disaster Preparedness, Mandeville,

Jamaica.

/89 : Education Columnist, Daily Record, Jamaica.

7/87 to 6/88 : President, CAST Academic Staff Union.

Member of the Council of College of Arts, Science and Technology. Jamaica.

6/86 to 7/87 : Vice President, CAST Academic Staff Union

Member of the Academic Board, College of Arts, Science and Technology.

Jamaica.

3/87 : "Semiotics and Social Research". Lecture given at Dept. of Sociology, U.W.I.

Mona, Jamaica.

1/87 : "Knowledge, Education and Social Status". Lecture given at the College of Arts, Science and Technology for Staff Development Project.

5/86 : "Semiotics and Curriculum Inquiry". Lecture to M.A/M.Ed students, Faculty of

Education, U.W.I., Mona, Jamaica.

5-6/85 : Participant at International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structuralist

Studies. Held at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

11/83 : "Jerome Bruner applied to Curriculum Development". Presentation made at a

workshop sponsored by USAID and the Family Life Education Project. Held at the Ministry of Education, Kingston, Jamaica.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. The Relationship of the Social Nature of Knowledge to Human Behavioural Processes.

2. The Application of Semiotics to Curriculum Inquiry and Social Research in general.

3. The Effects of Teachers' Beliefs about the Educational Knowledge on their Classroom

Practice.

4. The Social Aspects of Human Communication.

OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS

1. Music. Musician mainly on hotel circuit in St. Vincent, Barbados and St. Lucia. Also

produces own recordings.

2, National Representative at two Caribbean Festivals of Arts

3. Computer (statistical and word processing/graphic applications.

4. Foreign Language Skills: Speaking, Reading and Writing competence in French and

Spanish.

5. Research Interest: The integration of the qualitative and quantitative approaches to social

research.

7. Philosophy: Special interest in Epistemology.

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