Defines the new social movement, environmental justice, in the outdoor-education terms of humane orientation, ecopolitical approach, and appreciation of work. Discusses institutional racism in the mainstream environmental movement, the environmental expression of social injustices, and outdoor educational strategies to combine appreciation of the…

Focuses on using drama in social studies by describing the use of the flippy play, a narrative illustrating social problems and written and drawn on flippable panels. Discusses the process for creating a flippy play, beginning with researching, developing, and constructing the play, building the flippy frame, and then producing and pacing the…

At one Wisconsin middle school, a successful student motivator is an improv troupe that develops and performs unscripted, improvisational skits about social issues affecting adolescents. Skits stop at a critical decision-making point or show the devastating effects of a negative choice. Discussion reinforces the message. (MLH)

Points out the growing crisis among American adolescents, with approximately half of adolescents at moderate or greater risk for engaging in unsafe sexual behaviors, teenage pregnancy, and teenage child-bearing; drug and alcohol use and abuse; school underachievement, failure, and dropout; and delinquency and crime. Calls for increased research on…

Introduces a special journal issue on children and poverty, reviewing child poverty rates in the United States, the nature and dimensions of poverty, and the state of child poverty research. Also examines processes mediating the influences of poverty, contextual influences on children in poverty, and child outcomes, with reference to the remaining…

Addresses the recent anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States and examines the forces causing it. The article examines legal language and opinion in court cases showing shifting anti-immigrant sentiment, including the language used in California's Proposition 187, and argues that this legal language in which court decisions and legislation…

Examines, via the multicultural feminist perspective, 16 young adult novels about non-white, non-American, or nonheterosexual characteristics concerning themes of oppression and resistance. Findings point to a greater variety of such themes than might have been found if only a liberal feminist lens had been used. (GR)

Examines the residual paradigm, used for shaping U.S. child welfare policies and programs, and argues that it has failed to address the problems of child poverty and to facilitate progress for children. Another approach to child welfare is proposed that takes into account structural issues based on current knowledge and practical realities…

Addresses the role of the Internet in studying various rebel groups. Reviews the Zapatistas of the Chiapas region of Mexico and the Albanians and Serbs of the Balkans in order to see what resources some of the websites offer. Considers the power of each group on the Internet. (CMK)

Suggests a reconsideration of the criticism of Japanese competition against the background of the Japanese educational system's highly developed learning culture. Considers some of the basic aspects of group-oriented communal learning in school, while also cautioning against a "monocausal" culturalism. (Author/CMK)

This study examined permanence of training given to preschool children for solving their interpersonal problems. Preliminary assessment after training showed a significant improvement in problem-solving abilities. However, evaluation completed 1 year later showed a decreased score on the test, suggesting that the preschoolers needed continuous…

Describes an exercise for teaching about violence where the students keep a one-day journal about their experiences of fear, use of safety strategies, and analyze their findings. Discusses the students' reactions to the exercise and the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. (CMK)

Presents the preliminary results of projects by two organizations that encourage online discussions about the events of "September 11" as a teachable moment. The projects are "Search for Common Ground" and "Web Lab". States that participants felt more open and honest in the online environment. (CMK)

Students participating in Need in Deed's "My Voice" program perform community service while engaging in a self-discovery process. Exercises focus on what kids care about, what they would like to change, and five social issues they would like to study and report on to others. (MLH)

Examines the social character of anonymous online communication and the ways that anonymous communication has played important roles for professionals such as journalists and the police. Explains some of the new technological supports for anonymous communication on the Internet. Discusses some of the nuances behind the controversies and policy…