Erskine Sylvester Dottin's Obituary
Miami-Dade, Florida
Erskine Sylvester (Easyboy) Dottin, 78 years old of Miami, Florida - Born in Brittons Hill in the parish of St. Michael, Barbados.
A Professor Emeritus, and Frost Professor in the School of Education and Human Development, College of Arts, Sciences and Education, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. He received his bachelor’s degree (1973), and master’s degree (1974), from the University of West Florida, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Policy Analysis and Social Foundations of Education (1976) from Miami University of Ohio. He was part of the faculty at the University of West Florida from 1977 to 1992, and a member of the faculty in the College of Education (now School of Education) at Florida International University from 1992 until 2015. He was awarded the College of Education’s Frost Professorship during the 2009-2010 academic year, and used that professorship to organize the first ever Faculty Learning Community on Habits of Mind in the College of Education at the University. He also served as a Fulbright Scholar at Rivers State University of Science and Technology in Port Harcourt, Nigeria from 1988 to 1989.
He was also a past president of both the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, and the Council for Social Foundations of Education (formerly the Council of Learned Societies in Education), and served as the latter’s representative on the Unit Accreditation Board of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (now the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation). Erskine was one of the founders of the Florida Foundations of Education and Policy Studies Society - President from 1986-1991.
He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Kappa Honor Societies, and his research interests were in the areas of humanistic education, the use of case methods and dispositions as habits of mind in teacher education. He was included in the Who’s Who in American Education and in Who’s Who in the World publications.
His articles have appeared in Teaching and Teacher Education, the Journal of Teacher Education, the Journal of Educational Opportunity, Educational Studies Journal, the Journal of Student-Centered Learning, Teacher Education Quarterly, the Journal of Humanistic Education, Educational Foundations, College Student Journal, the Florida Journal of Teacher Education, Holistic Education Review, and the Florida Association of Teacher Educators E-Journal.
His book authorship included: Developing a Conceptual Framework: The Stimulation for Coherence and Continuous Improvement in Teacher Education; Creating a Professional Community Through Means-Ends Connections to Facilitate the Acquisition of Moral Dispositions: Developing, Living, and Evaluating a Conceptual Framework in Teacher Education, and Dispositions as Habits of Mind: Making Professional Conduct More Intelligent.
He is survived by wife (Cynthia Alleyne) and son (Farrell Sylvester); brother George, sisters Florozel and Pamela; nephews Sean and Stuart (deceased); nieces Suzanne, Tamara, Carol, and Claire, is a Great-uncle to many, and friend to many worldwide. A private ceremony is being held.
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