The chapters in this collection explore the premises, standards, requirements, and consequences of education in the Caribbean. Chapters in the first section, "Gender, Education and EmploymentBroken Promises," are: (1) "Educational Management from a Perspective of Care: Women Teachers in Trinidad and Tobago" (Jeanette Morris); (2) "Highly Educated, So What? Women, Education and Employment in Barbados" (Roslyn Lynch); and (3) "Gender Discrimination in Education and Employment: The Marginalised Men and Wasted Women of Domenica" (Tony Bastick). Section 2, "Culture and SchoolingChicken and Egg," contains: (4) "Langues et Reussite Scolaire aux Antilles Francaises: Language and academic Success in the French West Indies" (Michel Giraud); (5) "Event Horizon as a Possible Explanation of Differential Educational Behaviours of East Indian and African Trinidadians" (Beatrice Boufoy-Bastick); (6) "Differential Effects of Single-Sex and Co-educational Schooling: Factors of Social Violence among Adolescents in Jamaica" (Tony Bastick); and (7) "Relationships among Jamaican Preservice Secondary Teachers Demographic Variables" (Tony Bastick). Section 3, "Philosophical ChallengesMoulding a Flexibility of Mind," contains: (8) "Education and Intellectual Ability: A Philosophical Perspective" (MajidAmini); (9) "Philosophy of Education as a Critical Area in Teacher Education" (Oliver Mills); and (10) "Who Is a Philosopher of Education?" (Oliver Mills). The final section, "Promoting EducationUnviersities, Communities and the Curriculum," contains: (11) "Winning More Science Education Students for the Universities in Jamaica" (Austin Ezenne); (12) "Streamlining Education Research Methods Courses" (Gerald Rose); and (13) "Coral DiscoveReef: Guidelines for Developing a Community-based Coral Reef Education and Monitoring Programme" (Wendy J. Garpow); and (14) "The Arts: A Core Curriculum Area in Caribbean Education" (Howard A. Fergus). Each chapter contains references. (Contains 36 tables and 8 figures.) (SLD)