Explores the sociocultural implications of the Internet: differences between analog and digital realities, knowledge versus facts, global connections versus individual isolation, ideal versus real self, equality versus privilege, and mall versus haven. (SK)

Makes a case for an alternative epistemology of research based on the hermeneutic-phenomenology of Max van Manen (1990). This interpretive approach to understanding the nature of a social phenomenon involves the researcher in making explicit the meaning of a particular lived experience and generating a pedagogical thoughtfulness in readers.…

Integrates recent views of early perceptual-cognitive growth with accounts on the development of communication in infancy. Emphasizes supporting evidence for a view that combines innate perceptual and constructive mechanisms with associative memory in explaining how human infants process information. Also considers how the sociocultural…

The author provides a brief history of participatory research and presents this methodology as an alternative system of knowledge production. Benefits of participatory research are listed and continuities and ambiguities are treated. The author also discusses links between participatory research and contemporary social movements. (CH)

Describes the development of a welfare state. Focuses on trends in the welfare state and benefits which a welfare state offers to children. (RJC)

This teaching resource talks about the importance of land reclamation and describes how many communities have reclaimed land for productive use. Includes a student quiz, possible student outcomes, and references. (JOW)

Factors that influenced body-image attitudes were studied in 90 African American college women. Data analyses indicated that self and sociocultural variables were associated with evaluation of physical appearance, fitness, and investment in health. The relationship of family variables to body-image attitude is discussed. (SLD)

A preliminary sketch is provided of some important issues in adult literacy education, based on the work of Paulo Freire and reactions to his theories. (Contains 12 references.) (LB)

Examines a traditional Mayan village in the Yucatan where deaf inhabitants use a sign language that is distinct from that used in other Mexican communities. Because the hearing villagers are able to communicate in this sign language, the deaf inhabitants are almost fully integrated into the social and economic life of the village. (22 references)…

Presents information about the problems caused by increasing population. Discusses the environmental impact and the ways that technology can be used to solve problems of overpopulation. Includes possible student outcomes and a student quiz. (JOW)

Outlines three broad approaches to defining the rural and concludes that only the discussion of the rural as locality is adequate. Introduces a theory of social representations of the rural and its relevance to the rural definition debate. (152 references) (KS)

A sociocultural perspective for supervision uses the concepts of acculturation, apprenticeship, and reflective assessment to describe supervision in counselor education. Supervision can be viewed as an intersubjective process that revolves around solving ambiguous and unstructured problems; features include the coconstruction of shared meaning, a…

The current pattern of suicides, including sex differences, is described. Institutional practices, material conditions, and social norms are explored. A study inquiring into Sri Lankan's perceptions of the problem is presented. Gender differences and cultural meanings of suicide are discussed, and questions addressing the source of suicidal…

Suggests that diversity in education, the arts, and the workplace is a reflection of life. Offers a working definition of "diversity." Notes that the university of the future will necessarily have more diverse student bodies and will require more diverse faculties to teach them. Argues that diversity is a journey and not a destination. (RS)

Presents a cultural, discursive psychology for mathematics education that takes language and discursive practices as central in that meanings precede us and we are constituted within language and the associated practices, in the multiple settings within which we grow up and participate. (Author/MM)