There is the perception among members of the teaching fraternity that the inservice Diploma in Education (DipEd) Programme offered at The University of the West Indies (UWJ), St. Augustine Campus, has little impact on the classroom practices of the graduates. This perception is significant since an important goal of any teacher education programme is to empower teachers to change their behaviours. Meaningful change involves alteration of beliefs, that is, the pedagogical assumptions and theories underpinning the change. The inservice programme at St.