This qualitative study explored the practices of Belizean urban, preschool teachers when teaching social and emotional skills (SES). It sought to shed light on their understanding of social and emotional development (SED) with a view to highlighting possibilities for and challenges with improving the teaching of SES at the preschool level. A sample of 6 preschool teachers was interviewed, observed, and asked to provide a self-evaluation reflection on their social and emotional teaching practices.

“One should never judge a book by its cover,” is an adage that I believe is appropriate for this book, Six Jamaican Educators, written by the illustrious author and renowned qualitative researcher, Professor Hyacinth Evans formerly of the Institute of Education, the University of the West Indies, Mona.

The purpose of this life history inquiry was to contribute to the understanding of why teachers stay in the teaching profession. Life history inquiry, a qualitative approach, was utilized to explore the teachers' stories within their historical context as a source of knowledge. As such, each teacher'slife was presented in the context of narratives and analyzed within a constructivist framework of life history in order to make sense of their experiences of staying in the profession. Through purposive sampling, three teachers were selected.