Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2019 Dissertation: Professionalism in Trinidad and Tobago's Early Childhood Sector: A Case Study Cynthia Juliana Celestin Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Walden University College of Education This is to certify that the doctoral dissertation by Cynthia Juliana Celestin has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Amie Beckett, Committee Chairperson, Education Faculty Dr. Phyllis LeDosquet, Committee Member, Education Faculty Dr. Narjis Hyder, University Reviewer, Education Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden University 2019 Abstract Professionalism in Trinidad and Tobago’s Early Childhood Sector: A Case Study by Cynthia Juliana Celestin MEd, University of the West Indies, 2008 B. Ed, University of the West Indies, 2005 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Early Childhood Education Walden University August 2019 Abstract This case study explored early childhood practitioners’ responses to government mandates for increased professionalism in Trinidad and Tobago. The impact of those mandates on their personal and professional lives and their conceptions of professionalism.