The evidence seems to suggest that (i) little attention has been paid to re-structuring the practical-teaching component in the Eastern Caribbean programmes over the past forty years; (ii) the duration of the exercise is apparently being reduced rather than being increased in line with current trends; and (iii) neither the notion of the co-operating teacher nor of a more developmental role for the University of the West Indies seems to be formally integrated into the practical teaching exercise.

This article examined the extent to which leadership strategies to enhance school effectiveness were employed in selected secondary schools in Jamaica. Attention was placed on leadership strategies as these relate to decision-making, instruction and the learning environment. The sample of 35 principals was selected by stratified random sampling from 14 Reclassified High, 7 Junior High and 14 All Age Schools. A questionnaire was used in the collection of data.

Affective learning has become increasingly important in the preparation of students for life. This article draws on a study that examined the delivery of Student Services, (the department that concentrates on qualitative affective social learning) in two types of tertiary level institutions - Universities and teachers' colleges - in order to ascertain the value students ascribe to affective offerings delivered by selected Student Services' units measured against the actual satisfaction students derive from accessing the offerings of these units.

The articles in this volume cover a breadth of issues concerning tertiary education, the administration of schools, the culture of the classroom and the survival of the beginning teacher and pervasive cultural values and attitudes that exacerbate rather than ameliorate critical health and social issues in the society.

Grenada: A History of Its People is a welcome addition to the bibliography of Grenada history. The most comprehensive preceding histories are The History of the Island of Grenada, 1498–1796, by Fr. Raymond Devas (1974), published 3 decades ago, and the more recent history by George Brizan (1984, reprinted 1998), Grenada, Island of Conflict. The latter history, both current and comprehensive, relies mainly on official documents and statistical data, taking a formal and conventional approach to detailing the island’s history.

Literacy acquisition and development among primary-age children is a main focus of inquiry and research for different institutions and organizations in the Caribbean. In Jamaica, educational bodies such as the School of Education, University of the West Indies, and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture (MOEYC), have implemented literacy projects like the Language Materials Workshop (LMW), the New Horizon Project, the Jamaica All-Age School Project, and UNICEF-Jamaica Literacy through Literature in Zone 40, Clarendon (Webster and Walters 1998).

Some studies of the St. Lucian language situation have reported that St. Lucians are ambivalent toward French Creole and English, two dominant varieties spoken on the island. Recent sociolinguistic surveys have reported the emergence of an English lexicon vernacular that is now widely spoken, mostly by younger generations in and around the urban centres and in rural areas as well. This paper reports the findings of a study on the attitudes of student teachers toward the three language varieties.

This paper is an investigation of the language varieties understood and used by teachers, and recognition of the implications of these understandings for language education. It acknowledges the role played by teachers and the education system in language maintenance and language change in a period of mass education, which is now moving toward universal secondary education (USE).

The Organisation of Eastern States (OECS), comprising the nine small island states stretching from the British Virgin Islands in the north to Grenada in the south, are not newcomers to regionalism and regional cooperation. These countries have been part of some federal structure for almost as long as their colonial history. In colonial times the groupings consisted of shifting combinations of islands labelled Leeward Islands or Windward Islands.

The year 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of the organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). This grouping, formed on June 18, 1981, consists of some of the smallest states in the world. Its seven full members are Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines; and its two associate members are Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands. Combined, they boast a population of fewer than 500,000 people.