Ruth Baker-Gardner

Ruth Baker-Gardner is currently a lecturer and the undergraduate coordinator in the Department of Library and Information Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona in Jamaica. She obtained her undergraduate degree and Master in Library and Information Studies from that same institution. She earned a PhD in Education Administration at the Northern Caribbean University. Dr. Baker-Gardner has over 35 years of experience in the education sector, having worked at the secondary and the tertiary levels. Her research interests include academic integrity, induction and mentoring, and school librarianship.

Publications

Autoethnographic Tactics to Closing the Gap on Educational Attainment
Autoethnographic Tactics to Closing the Gap on Educational Attainment
Anika Chanell Thrower, Alex Evangelista, Ruth Baker-Gardner, Hammed Mogaji. © 2024. 258 pages.
The history of education attainment in underrepresented populations, the education gap, undereducation, and socio-economic status have a multitude of cumulative causes, that must...
Life Begins at 40: An Investigation Into the Educational Journey of Selected Undergraduate Students in the Caribbean
Life Begins at 40: An Investigation Into the Educational Journey of Selected Undergraduate Students in the Caribbean
Ruth Baker-Gardner, Suzette S. Brown, Nicoleen Saunders-Grant. © 2024. 33 pages.
Colleges have traditionally recruited from among high school graduates to meet their enrolment targets, ignoring the possibility of exploiting the interest of older working...
Educating Caribbean Librarians to Provide Library Education in a Dynamic Information Environment
Educating Caribbean Librarians to Provide Library Education in a Dynamic Information Environment
Ruth Baker-Gardner, Paulette Stewart. © 2018. 40 pages.
The dynamism of the information sector driven by ICT and the resulting impact on library and information science professionals have resulted in significant changes in how...
Induction of Teachers in the English Speaking Caribbean
Induction of Teachers in the English Speaking Caribbean
Ruth Baker-Gardner. © 2016. 29 pages.
This chapter examines the implementation of teacher induction programs to assist new teachers in the Anglophone Caribbean who, like their counterparts in other parts of the...