This course is primarily geared toward enhancing students’ abilities to use and interpret statistical data in social research and decision-making contexts based upon their engagement with elementary and intermediate-level statistical techniques. Students will be exposed to elements of descriptive and inferential statistics in the context of questions and problems that emerge in applied social settings and policy-relevant studies.
This course seeks to examine the critical social issues and social policy challenges in relation to children. The dimensions and causes of child vulnerability will be discussed within several theoretical frameworks. Current policies and programmes in developing countries to reduce vulnerability of children will be assessed. Cross-cutting issues in the course will be discussed using gender and stratification analyses.
The course objectives are to:
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
This course seeks to examine the critical social issues and social policy challenges in relation to children. The dimensions and causes of child vulnerability will be discussed within several theoretical frameworks. Current policies and programmes in developing countries to reduce vulnerability of children will be assessed. Cross-cutting issues in the course will be discussed using gender and stratification analyses.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The course objectives are to:
SALI6206 Small States’ Development: Challenges and Opportunities will be taught in SALISES Seminar Room on Tuesdays 5-8pm. DrJones will be joining the class virtually on Feb 18,2020.
Monitoring and evaluation must become a priority if Caribbean programmes and initiatives are to be effective in addressing the myriad of challenges faced by the region. Our fledgeling M&E culture needs to be nurtured through training, advocacy, and policy development. Given the urgent need to build and strengthen M&E capacity at the national level, Universities throughout the Caribbean have a vital role to play in creating a critical mass of individuals with competencies in monitoring as well as evaluation.
