The Little Girl on the Hill
$38.71
- Paperback
74 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2026
Summary
It’s a story about how places we live can shape our understanding of what it is leaving inside of us. For the little girl in the story, life on the hill had a rhythm. The ‘peenie wallies’ the stillness of the dark nights and the glow of moonlight all had a rhythm which she would embrace with contemplative ardor. In The Little Girl on the Hill, you’ll find out it was not just a place to wait. It was also a place where she learned, explored, worked, had good food, and read a lot. Her complicated feelings of waiting and hoping captures a distinct Jamaican experience of universal emotional reach.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798237533590 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Carmeta Tate-Blake |
| Publisher: | Carmeta Tate-Blake |
| Imprint: | Carmeta Tate-Blake |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 74 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 82g |
| Dimensions: | 5mm x 127mm x 203mm |
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Carmeta Tate-Blake
Carmeta holds a terminal degree earned in 1998. Since 1999, she has presented at over 18 peer-reviewed conferences. Her academic career includes positions as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor.
In media, Carmeta has worked as a journalist, producer, presenter, director, and radio presenter. She has a long career in both education and media. Her educational background includes a Teacher’s Certificate from Mico Teachers College with honors, a B.A. from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, with Upper Second Class Honors, a Master of Science in Television and Management, and a Doctorate in Education and Human Resource Development from Florida International University (FIU).
Carmeta has been a practicing media professional in radio and television since 1969 and in education since 1974. Her careers in education and media have often overlapped. She was a Rotary International Scholar for Journalism in 1988 and received PAJ awards for Best Human Interest Story (radio) in 1984. Additional awards include Mico College’s 150th Anniversary award for distinguished and dedicated service and its 175th award for Exemplary Graduate.
Her peer-reviewed conference presentations cover topics such as:
- Communication and Community: The Virtual Alliance
- Media Globalization: The fight to preserve local cultures…
- Creating a Digicel Euphoria in a theory-based class
- The role of higher education faculty in the 21st-century classroom
- Examining Emerging Standards and Instructional Practice via Videotape Content Analysis (based on her Doctoral Thesis)
She co-authored five units of a ten-unit course on Community Development Strategies and authored “The Systems Design Approach for Course Writers” for UWIDEC, UWI, Mona.
Carmeta was a member of the New Media Consortium from 2008 to 2012. Her professional memberships have included the Florida Communication Association, the Florida Distance Learning Association, the Jamaica Association of Distance and Online Learning (where she was a founding member), the American Educational Research Association, and the American Society for Training and Development Broward Chapter, Florida.
She contributed as a reviewer for the publication “Technology Tools for Teachers… 2nd Edition” (along with Baumbach et al.). Carmeta also served on the editorial board of HRD International from 2001 to 2004.
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