At a girls' secondary school with high numbers of speakers of English as a Second Language, Years 10-11 students tutored those in Years 7-8 who needed help, using the shared reading process. The plan benefitted both tutors and tutees within a school policy emphasizing language development, although it required a high degree of staff commitment and…

A framework for analyzing the educational attainment of culturally and linguistically diverse students highlights ways in which power relations influence the negotiation of identity. Teacher-student interactions either reinforce coercive relations or promote collaborative ones. Ignoring the intersections of power and pedagogy reinforces coercive…

The ideology of a monolingual and monoracial Japan is being challenged by increasing language diversity in communities where Ainu, Ryukyuan, Chinese, English, Japanese Sign Language, Korean, and other languages are spoken. Government policies and school textbooks still resist the notion of a multilingual Japan. (SK)

South Africa's new language policy recognizes 11 official languages. For a multilingual policy to succeed in education requires flexibility for provinces, schools, and classrooms to implement it to meet the needs of specific populations. (SK)

The Basque Country in Spain has seen a resurgence in the Basque language (Euskara) and support for bilingualism and bilingual education. Two-thirds of students choose to learn in Euskara and fewer than one-third in Spanish. Schools using Euskara as the language of instruction are achieving better results. (SK)

Explores commonalities between deaf children and children with English as an additional language in terms of discrimination, communication environments, and effects of mainstreaming. Examines the special needs of deaf children who are also ethnic and linguistic minorities. (SK)

A British study of the experiences of bilingual students and monolingual English speakers looked at issues related to awareness of language variation and language learning strategies. It was concluded that the National Curriculum has serious limitations regarding equal opportunities and quality of education for bilingual students. (SK)

In Britain, 30 bilingual 7-year olds were given phonological awareness tasks separately in English and Panjabi. Results suggested that assessment of preliteracy skills in bilingual children is useful only if carried out in both of their languages. (SK)

Investigation of relatively poor male test scores in a British college identified ways to help boys achieve academic success. A contrast between accounts in the literature of female disadvantage and current worries about a male underclass led to the conclusion that perceptions of gender-related behavior may be shaped by social and political…

Although school break times have been justified by children's need to release surplus energy, research findings show little support for this theory. Restlessness and inattentiveness may be attributable to boredom. Regular breaks can be justified for other reasons. (SK)

At a single-sex secondary school in Jordan, interviews with 28 teachers and 40 students found both groups agreeing that good discipline is necessary for teaching and learning. Teachers and students had different views of good discipline, as did younger and older students. (SK)

Existing research on secondary teachers' values does not support assertions of moral decline. More study is needed of such questions as Is there enough common ground for a shared value system? Is such as system desirable? Do national initiatives encourage, impose, or prevent development of a shared value system? (SK)

Traces changes in the concept of argument. Results of three studies (of 5-16 year olds, of transition from high school to college, and of higher education) are used to form a working definition: arrangement of linguistic, visual, and/or physical propositions in engagement with one or more points of reference to change or assert a position. (SK)

Interviews with 43 British students aged 14-16 identified the impact of Holocaust education on their views of stereotyping and scapegoating, racism, and active citizenship in a pluralist society. Despite their heightened awareness, there was some evidence of complacency about racism. (SK)

Review of research on students' use of word processing for text generation and revision and its impact on text quality suggests that enthusiasm about its benefits may be misplaced. Enabling students to model structural features of sophisticated texts may help with complex writing tasks and change conceptions of writing. (SK)