Research Interests
Dr Benignus Bitu's research interests include Teacher Education, Teaching of History, Teaching of Social Sciences, Qualitative Research, Preparation for World of Work and Workforce Development.
Selected Publications
- Barras, D., Bitu. B., Geofroy, S., Lochan, S., McLeod, L., & Ali, S. (2016). Social Sciences teachers’ perceptions of transformatory learnings from an initial in-service professional development programme at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, 2013-14. Caribbean Curriculum, 24, 2016, 75–99.
- Ali, S., Barras, D., Bitu, B., Geofroy, S., Lochan, S. and Mc Leod, L. (2015). Did they learn anything? Experiences of Social Sciences teachers on an initial in-service post-graduate teacher education programme, 2013/14, at The School of Education, UWI, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean Teaching Scholar, 5(2), 63-78. Retrieved from http://journals.sta.uwi.edu/cts/index.asp
- Bitu, B., Barras, D., Geofroy, S., Ali, S., Lochan, S., Mc Leod, L., Stephens-James, L., & Valentine-Lewis, A. (2017). Teachers’ views of the learning potential of students from low-income households- Challenges of inclusion. Caribbean Curriculum: Special Issue on Inclusive Education, Guest Editor Elna Carrington-Blaides, 25, 53-78.
- Geofroy, S., Bitu, B., Barras, D., Lochan, S., Mc Leod, L., Stephens- James, L., & Valentine-Lewis, A. (2019). Emancipatory teaching practices in the understandings of Social Sciences teachers on a Diploma of Education programme. In J. Mena, A. García-Valcárcel, F. J. Garcia-Peñalvo (Eds.), Teachers’ professional development in global contexts: Insights from Teacher Education (pp.179–198). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill|Sense. ISBN 978-90-04-40536-3 (e-book). (20 pages).
Selected Conference Presentations
- Co-presented at The Biennial Conference UWI Schools of Education 2015: Barras, D., Bitu. B., Geofroy, S., Lochan, S., McLeod, L., & Ali, S. (2016). Social Sciences teachers’ perceptions of transformatory learnings from an initial in-service professional development programme at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, 2013-14.
- Presented at Inclusive Education Conference 2017: Achieving Education For All: Resolving challenges of learning difference, learner diversity, and ‘at-risk children and youth’. Bitu, B., Ali, S., Barras, D., Geofroy, S., Lochan, S., Mc Leod, L., Stephens-James, L., & Valentine-Lewis, A. (2017). Teachers’ views of the learning potential of students from low-income households- Challenges of inclusion.
- Co-presented at ISATT 2017 Conference, Salamanca, Spain: Geofroy, S., Ali, S., Barras, D., Bitu, B., Lochan, S., Mc Leod, L., Stephens-James, L., & Valentine-Lewis, A. (2017). Emancipatory teaching practices in the understandings of Social Sciences teachers on a Diploma of Education programme. In ISATT 2017 Conference Book. Salamanca, Spain: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca.
- Co-presented at The Biennial Conference 2019 UWI, St. Augustine, Schools of Education: Ramsawak-Jodha, N. & Bitu, B. (2019). The making of a teacher: Reflection in designing classroom instruction.
- Presented at 19th Annual CANQATE Conference and AGM 2023, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Bitu, B., Lochan, S. & Geofroy, S. (2023). Approaches to the Preparation of Students for the World of Work: Views of Administrators from Postsecondary Institutions in Trinidad and Tobago.
