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Thompson, C., Hutton, D. M. & Wilmot, A. (2022). Governance in
Jamaican Schools: A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspectives and
Experiences of Selected Stakeholders

Joong, P. Y H., Ramsawak-Jodha, N., Wintz, P. P., Susan Anderson, S. & Hutton, D. M. (2020). Understanding the Ecologies of Education Reforms: Comparing the Perceptions of Secondary Teachers and Students in Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Hutton, D. M. (2019). School Constituents’ Ratings of the Leadership Dimensions of High-Performing Principals Based on School Regions.


Jennings-Craig, Z., Cook, L. D., Anderson, S. Hutton, D. M. (2017) Interventions to Address the Root Causes of Absenteeism in Rural and Remote Primary Schools in Jamaica: Challenges to Sustainability and Implications of the Results

Hutton, D.M. (2017). Leadership Performance Model for the Effective
School Principal
Hutton, D.M. (2017). School Constituents’ Rating of the Performance Dimensions of Male and Female High Performing Principals


Hutton, D.M. (2016). Education from Emancipation to The Morant Bay
Rebellion: Some Lessons for Today’s Jamaica

Hutton, D.M. (2016). Gender Differences of School Constituents and their
Ratings of the Performance Dimensions of High Performing Principals

Hutton, D. M. & Dixon, R. (2016). Technical and Vocational Education and
Training (TVET) and its Integration into General Education

Hutton, D. M. (2016). Critical Factors Explaining the Leadership Performance of High-performing Principals.

Dixon, R. & Hutton, D.M. (2016). STEM and TVET in the Caribbean: A
Framework for Integration at the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Levels,

Hutton, D. M. (2016). The Rating of High Performing Principals’ Performance on their Leadership Dimensions by Senior Administrators, Middle Managers and Classroom Teachers

Hutton, D. M. (2012). (published 2016), Special Issue: School Constituents’ Ratings of the Performance Dimensions of High Performing Principals Based on School Types.

Hutton, D. M. (2015). Governance, Accountability and Management: The
Experience of the School System in the English Speaking Caribbean Countries

15. Hutton, D. M. (2014). Cost Sharing and the Financing of Public Education:
Applying a Comprehensive Model, International Studies in Educational
Administration, Vol. 42, No. 3, 3 – 18

Hutton, D. M. (2014). Preparing the Principal to Drive the Goals of Education
for All: A Conceptual Case Developmental Model,

Hutton, D. M. (2013). Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean: Pitfalls, Successes and Challenges

Hutton, D. M. (2013). Factors Affecting the Financing of Higher Education: Exploring the Experiences of University of the West Indies and University of Technology, Jamaica,

Hutton, D. M. (2013). Funding Options and Strategies: Deriving A Model for Higher Education in Jamaica and other Developing Countries

Hutton, D.M. (2013). Interpreting the Demographic Variables Related to
High-performing Principals in the Public Education System in Jamaica.

Hutton, D. M. (2013). Training Programme for Secondary School Principals: Evaluating its Effectiveness and Impact.

Hutton, D. M. (2012). Implementing the Career Advancement Programme: Learning from the Experiences of Previous Policy Initiatives
Hutton, D. M. (2011). Profile of the High Performing Principals: Some Revelations of the Jamaican School System.
Hutton, D.M. (2011). Revealing the Essential Characteristics, Qualities and Behaviours of the High Performing Principal: Experiences of the Jamaican School System, International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation




Hutton, D. M. (2009). Funding Public Education and Educational Transformation in Jamaica: A Review of Strategies and Policy Options.
Hutton, D. M. (2009). Decentralization of the Public Education System in Jamaica: Learning from Local Government and the Public Health Sector Experience.

​ Hutton, D. M. (2009). Competency-based Training and Education: Making Strides in a Climate of Support and Opposition.


Hutton, D. M. (2008). A Conceptual Framework for Guiding the Transformation of the Jamaican Public Education System,
Hutton, D. M. (2008). Re-affirming the Role of Technical Vocational Education and Training in the Development of the Jamaican Economy.

Hutton, D. M. (2008). Preparing the Workforce for the 21 st Century: the
Jamaican Experience.