A historical comparative perspective of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and its impact on Jamaican adolescents By Jamar Davis, and Paul Bourne B.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. Edu. In order that the reader understand the conclusion arrived at, and how this discourse is intend, I will defined some terminologies which are specialized for this paper. Terminologies used in this paper: HIV/AIDS Awareness: the knowledge and beliefs about HIV/AIDS transmission (Ordinal variable) high ris...
By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc.; B.Sc.(Hons); Dip. Edu. Abstract The use of substances by adolescent continues to be a fundamental social concern in the Jamaican societies. The consequences of drug use impacts directly on the psychosocial and the cultural behaviour of the adolescent, and since they are survivability of population dynamics, the well-being of the future stock of mankind is paramount to today’s existence. As such this must be of importance to policy makers and counsellors. T...
By Paul Andrew Bourne Fertility of the woman (Number of children had) Some people argue from a purely economic perspective that the larger the number of children a female has, the less likely it is that she will be healthier, and this is from the premise of socio-demographic conditions of child rearing and the socio-economic cost of the process. It may appear simplistic from one to believe that associated with childbearing is the reality of psychosocial condition of the state of the ...
By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc.; B.Sc.; Dip. Edu. Religiosity From theologians’ perspective, spirituality and religiosity are critical components in the lifespan of people. They believe that man (including woman) cannot be completely whole without religion. With this fundamental concept, theologians theorize that man cannot be happy, lowly depressed or feel comfortable without a balance of spirit and body (Whang 2006). In order to acquire a state of personal happiness, self-reported ...
By Paul Andrew Bourne Introduction Culture has three major tenets, and these are: ‘technological’, ‘sociological’ and ‘ideological’ (Bourne, 2006; Thomlinson, 1965) Political Sciences cannot be viewed in a vacuum disconnected from the other sub-disciplines of the social sciences, as it is continuously interfacing with issues in sociology, psychology and demography, to name a few, in order to ground various theorizing. The issue of socialization is crucial to political scientis...
Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. The hegemonic categorization of the Jamaican landscape is primarily the justifiable reason for the sophisticated demonstrations and social hemorrhaging. Many of those happenings are caused from the lack of monologue of the business constituents. This group of elitists has exponentially benefited from playing the proletariat class. They have not offered their clientele the respect of voice on matters of social concerns or political mismanagement. ...
by Paul Andrew Bourne Introduction It was during the unprecedented social upheavals in Europe that the formal study of sociology was developed. The industrialization of the topologies at the time meant that people were migrating from rural to urban areas, and the traditional agents of authority, such as the Church and the landed aristocracy, were losing much of their influence. This period earmarked the birth of organized labour, modern industrial capitalism and many revolutions and r...
By Paul Andrew Bourne All modern societies are driven by a materialistic system through which perspectives, advancement and power are measured, and these determine ones socio-cultural space within the general society. It is through this structure, that one is fed diets of individualism; to which, competitiveness, market mechanism and efficiency replace values, moral and human empathy; which then gives rise to poverty. This guides the process to which many people are cohered in the system w...
By Paul Andrew Bourne INTRODUCTION The education system is a mode of psychosocial and cultural socialization for all peoples of societies (Haralambos and Holborn, 2000). It is through this medium that many children are exposed to the requirements of an organic society where the system functions on the basis of solidarity (or social order). This is the purpose for which educational institutions were established by the colonial demagogues. Despite the primacy of the family in the so...
BY Paul Andrew Bourne, MSc.; BSc.; Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION The desire to conduct this study spawns from the level of concern caused by violence in our schools. Besides causing physical harm, there is the psychological distress associated with violence. It is important that the school environment be free from fear and experience, the desired level of safety. This is only achievable if the worsening trend of violence is eradicated. Teachers and students alike should be able to perform ...
By Paul Andrew Bourne INTRODUCTION Health is the bedrock upon which all human societies exist. Thus, the health status of a populace plays an imperative role in the wellbeing of people within a topology and social space. Many people throughout the world and in particular Jamaica conceptualize health and health care as the absence of physical pain and as such, those indicators primarily constitute health from a one-dimensional positivistic space. This is based on the biomedical con...
By Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION Health is the bedrock upon which all human societies exist. Thus, the health status of a populace plays an imperative role in the wellbeing of people within a topology and social space. Many people throughout the world and in particular Jamaica conceptualize health and health care as the absence of physical pain and as such, those indicators primarily constitute health from a one-dimensional positivistic space. This is base...
Poverty and Access to education By Paul Andrew Bourne Illiterate adults tend to be poor (Younger, 2002 p.98) Poverty is correlated with adults’ educational level: 66 percent of illiterate are adults poor, …, 64 percent of adults who did not graduate for primary school are poor, …, 22 percent of secondary school graduates are poor (Younger, 2002, p. 100) From Younger’s findings, an underline principle of poverty is illiteracy and how it affects the adult age cohorts. With such...
CORRECTIONAL INTERVENTIONS USED IN SCHOOLS INFLUENCE THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc. (pending); B.Sc. (Hons) INTRODUCTION The desire to conduct this study spawns from the level of concern caused by violence in our schools. Besides causing physical harm, there is the psychological distress associated with violence. It is important that the school environment be free from fear and experience, the desired level of safety. This is only achievable if the worsening tr...
An investigation into the attitudes of school personnel toward ‘gifted’ children in two inner-city secondary schools in Kingston, Jamaica Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc (Hons.); Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION The education system is a mode of psychosocial and cultural socialization for all peoples of societies (Haralambos and Holborn, 2000). It is through this medium that many children are exposed to the requirements of an organic society where the system functions on the basis of solidarity...