Theory on the patterns of generational cycles is examined as a context for looking at Generation X, born 1961-1981. General cultural and historical background characteristics of this group's members, their sociocultural traits and attitudes, and their relationship with their predecessors, the Baby Boomers, are discussed. (MSE)

Analyzes the use of metapragmatic description in the ethnoclassification of language by native speakers on the Franco-Antillean island of Saint Barthelemy. A prevalent technique for metapragmatic description based on honorific pronouns that reflects the varied geolinguistic and generational attributes of the speakers is described. (Author/MSE)

Discusses the social-cultural context of people with disabilities, noting that in considering disability in a social-cultural context, the scholarly inquiry and professional practices in kinesiology and physical education must change. To do so requires both examination and challenge of the assumptions about disability, the body, and physical…

Discusses what reading is and how someone can be taught to read in a second or foreign language. Looks at reading as a psycholinguistic process, reading as sociocultural practice, reading as individual behavior, and implications for teaching. (Author/VWL)

Examined 7- to 11-year-olds' perceptions of their Cleveland, Ohio neighborhoods. Found that children in neighborhoods with low and elevated levels of violence were exposed to violence and expressed concerns about victimization. The children described strategies for maintaining personal safety while seeking help; the strategies illustrate children…

Cultural safety has its current origins among the Maori peoples of New Zealand. The reader is encouraged to consider how rituals of encounter that promote cultural safety might enhance the cultural competence of workers and improve the quality of services offered in a variety of settings. (Author)

Examines the use of film remakes as a teaching resource to give a comparative review of time. Defines a remake and analyzes film remake scenes from several films from the 1940s through the 1990s to uncover similarities and differences in many sociocultural concepts. Discusses differing sequences in using remakes for different teaching effects.…

A qualitative study analyzed the distribution of participation by young children (ages 3-5) in family dinnertime conversation, focusing on "backstage talk," sequences adjacent to those in which the child is involved and within his auditory range, so that the child-projected participation-role alternates between that of addressee and overhearer.…

Introduces special issue examining how constructions of pathology during childhood and adolescence play out along lines of gender, race, class, age, and citizenship in ways that locate problems in the individual, bolster extant constructions of difference and inequality, and make possible connections between constructions of pathology and…

Investigated how men and women with high and low levels of education perceive male and female targets who participate or do not participate in household chores. It was found that both highly and less educated individuals perceive a male target who participates in household chores more favorably, this preference is more pronounced among more…

A study of 4,151 school districts found a clear association among ethnicity, gender, and mental retardation. Sociodemographic variables were also strongly associated with the proportion of students identified. A logistical regression model that included sociodemographic predictors was significantly better than models with gender and race alone.…

This paper examines the co-constructed nature of classroom life, and what became constituted as one child's story of literacy learning in first grade. It takes an over-time look at how opportunities for literacy learning were constructed within multiple, intermingling contexts (classroom, school, district, and family). Derek's literacy learning…

In this article, I explore the relation between the sociocultural and individual cognitive structuring as elementary school students, high school students, and adults play the strategic game of dominoes. I present data from a study in which players at each level were observed and video-recorded during domino tournament play. Findings reveal the…

Research into effective pedagogy was a major strand of the science education research programme at the University of Waikato for the 20 years of the 1980s and 1990s, being done in all five Learning in Science Projects and related theses. The research was closely connected to constructivist and sociocultural views of learning, current national…

This paper adopts a sociocultural perspective on learning (Vygotsky, 1978, 1986) to explore connections between the concept of voicing (Bakhtin 1981, 1986) and a Year four student's second language learning in Australia. Results are drawn from a qualitative study conducted in the Australian outback, through ethnographic research strategies, which…