Godfrey Steele

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine | UWI · Department of Literary, Cultural & Communication Studies

Confronting, responding to and interpreting domestic violence remain challenges, despite current efforts to mitigate and manage this problem and to understand and support victims and perpetrators. The UWI Department of Creative and Festival Arts presented Baddesse as its student production in April 2019. The production employed an epic theatre (Bre...

Conflict revolves around communication and culture intersections. This interplay has historical antecedents and contemporary applications. Conflicts involving Indigenous Peoples and colonizers appear in literary representations (e.g. Shakespeare’s The Tempest), and contests between communities and cultures in historical, political and social settin...

In December 2013, local media reported an oil spill off the southwestern coast of Trinidad. Subsequent media reports generated local and international interest, statements, and commentary from company and government interests and members of the La Brea community (fisherfolk and residents directly affected by the oil spill), the national community,...

New postgraduate students’ feedback on their learning offers insights into engagement. Student feedback to students and teachers can contribute to teacher feedback to students. When this happens, students can feel engaged or connected to their learning experiences. Adopting a more inclusive notion of feedback on learning, this paper explores the ro...

In contrast to the predominant business and organizational communication research on supervisor influence, this article examined communication competence, communication satisfaction, and job satisfaction differences within and between groups in the supervisor-subordinate relationship. The study also examined the relationship among the three communi...

This article presents a revision and extension of remarks made by the authors as part of a plenary panel at the 2010 SoTL Commons Conference at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia (USA) on the current and future state of SoTL both in their respective countries (New Zealand, Israel, Denmark, the United States, and Trinidad & Tobago) a...

Adult and childhood conflict resolution may be related. This study uses current approaches to studying emotion and conflict in children to develop an understanding of conflict management and negotiation among elementary students. An integrated theory of emotion and conflict management is proposed. Since animated films generate emotional responses t...

For the last 50 years, peer mediation has been used as a strategy for teaching students how to handle conflicts in the US and Canada (Johnson & Johnson 2004; 2002) and in Trinidad and Tobago since 2003 (Ministry of Education, 2004). Most US, Canadian and UK studies have used experiments, surveys, ethnographic studies and content analyses to assess...

Using technology to support learning and assessment has been advocated in academic circles. Supportive reasons include the promise of delivering increased access, quality and efficiency in an increasingly competitive market, but the need for rigour in studies of the outcomes of the use of technology has been also noted. The use of technology enhanc...

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) typically explores "not only improving instruction and learning, but also methodically assessing whether specific teaching interventions have had the desired effect." O'Loughlin (2006). Much of the work in SOTL focuses on undergraduate education, and has not been adequately explored in conflict manage...

After almost 30 months of on-and-off negotiations, three parties engaged in a dispute for a salary increase for university staff eventually agreed on a pay hike for that staff within a matter of two weeks. This formative paper examines the management of conflict issues emerging from the negotiation of a compensation package for academic, senior adm...

At the Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine first-year students take two courses in health communication. In the Centre for Medical Sciences Education students completed a course experience questionnaire. This instrument is potentially useful in evaluating innovative programmes and securing support for their...

Conflict management skills are valued in medical education as a means of fostering teamwork and collaboration among health care professionals. Conflict management strategies may be applicable to health care in resolving conflict. Conflict management among health professionals may be a desirable but elusive goal unless appropriate provisions are mad...

A two-year study designed to integrate the medical communication skills and library skills curricula at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine is reported. Given that an integrated approach to curriculum development offers benefits to learners and staff. The objective of this study was to explore the feasibility of implementing this appro...

Also available on microfilm. Supervisor : Ian Robertson. From : Dept. of Educational Research and Development, Faculty of Education. Thesis (M.A.)--The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1995. Includes bibliographical references (l. 231-238).