UGBC lecturers researching bullying, social media and mangroves

Apr 28, 2012 News

By Leon Suseran

Never before in its 10-year history has the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) been involved in much-needed research from several of its lecturers. This was revealed by the Director, Professor Daizal R. Samad, who has said that several lecturers at the institution are currently investigating different areas of research, including bullying and the use of social media in the learning process.
A lecturer attached to the institution, Mrs. Maureen Bynoe, is currently doing research on bullying in schools. That project addresses a serious problem, “and we look forward to her report. I have advised her that we want to use her methodology and expand that into general behaviour…why are good children behaving well…what are the variables involved and why do children who don’t behave so well, why do they perform so?”
Other research being done at the campus includes one by Mrs. Jacqueline Murray and the other by Mr. Kamuel Gaffar. Mrs. Murray’s focus is on measuring the performance of university students in particular academic areas like mathematics and accounting.
Mr. Gaffar’s research (which has already been published) focuses on the use of social networking tools like Facebook, You-Tube, Twitter, Google Plus, Wikis, and Blogs for teaching and learning. “Mr. Gaffar has informed me that he has already implemented a kind of cyber-tutorial time on Sundays when students and himself would use Facebook to chat about course material that was done during the week. UGBC is breaking ground on cyber-pedagogy and virtual tutorials”, he added.
Work is also being pursued by Mrs. Marilyn Ramjeet-Samad on mangroves. “How to sustain the ecological integrity and to see what kind of degradation the mangroves are going through and how we can sustain and rebuild the mangrove swamps and further their multiplication are some of the tasks”.
“We look forward to published versions of the research. Marilyn is soon to expose her findings at a conference in St. Kitts.”
UGBC students continue to be involved in campus development activities. Sitting areas are being built, fire stations created, side-walks built, and a new benab is planned. Students in Social Work and English are leading the charge. The lecturers pushing these activities are Ms. Kedaroo and Mr. Rommel Etwaroo.
Recently, UGBC concluded what was called “Knowledge Sharing Workshops”. This was a three-day series of workshops for secondary school teachers and students. The initiative was taken by Mrs. Pamela Rose and Ms. Camani Kedaroo, two lecturers in the Department of English.
“We were honoured to have Dr. Joyce Jonas leading those workshops. It was a personal pleasure for me to welcome Dr. Jonas once again to our Campus. Dr. Jonas taught me at UG during the seventies, has given great service to UG, and continues to do so even though she is retired”.
In March, the campus was graced by Professor John Rickford from Stanford University who spoke on furthering research and publication.
He noted that UGBC continues to partner with the private sector and continues to involve itself in charitable causes (in partnership with the Guyana Police Force and the Private Sector) to assist the elderly, the disabled, and the less fortunate in society.
“It is important for UGBC to demonstrate that it has a social conscience. The Campus is not here to serve itself; it is here to make a positive difference in the lives of all citizens”, he stated.

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