Nipissing University's Jamaica Campus???
Mike, Harley, Rick, what do you think?
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| Trident Castle, Port Antonio |
As much as we like our offices in North
Bay, we must admit that we like the ones here much better.
It has been an honour and a privilege to
introduce business and social welfare students to Jamaica, and watch them make
the connections between what they have heard in the classroom and what they see
before them. Before leaving for Jamaica, we asked our students to prepare by
conducting background research on tourism, Jamaican culture, and social
services. Workplace culture, organizational structure, and attitudes towards
homelessness and mental illness are huge factors in our projects with the Great
Huts resort and Portland Rehabilitation Management. After spending four days
observing and collecting information, while keeping the theories and concepts
from the classroom in mind, the students have now begun the task of writing up
their reports which will be presented to our host organizations. Throughout, we
have asked the students to reflect on the difference between theoretical and
applied knowledge. The students are keen and excited.
As a key learning objective, we want our
students to make a tangible contribution to the host organizations and we have
great confidence in our students' abilities to do so. We believe that they will
leave Jamaica with a great sense of pride and accomplishment. However, there is
still a lot of work to be done.
Back to the office.
- Linda, Manuel and Natalya
