To create inclusive learning environments that accommodate multiple world views, adult educators must undertake critical reflective analysis of sociocultural identities and assumptions (their own and those of learners) and use this knowledge to take reflective action. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

Asks 65 mostly White and middle-class college students to share conceptions of "privilege" and "oppression," terms associated with social justice disorders. Data analyses revealed themes reflecting descriptions of characteristics of privilege and oppression, rather than causal explanations of these constructs. Discusses…

Discusses the socio-cultural nature of education and examines how researchers have defined culture and how instructional designers have treated culture within the design process. Considers systemic versus systematic design and examines how culture has been addressed in existing ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation)…

Reviewed 283 data-based articles containing material about Black Americans in the "Journal of Marriage and Family" from 1939-87 using a sociohistorical framework of analysis. Results indicated that focus on the culture-of-poverty thesis has been a prominent and obvious source of distortion in substantive research on Black families in America.…

Analyzed General Social Survey data to determine if women's sex role ideology may be negatively related to marital happiness and stability. Found women with nontraditional gender values less happy and more likely to be separated or divorced. Results suggest that modern sex role ideology is negatively related to marital success for women.…

Discusses ways in which Australian families may be supported by government policies in the 1990s. Topics include conservatism and family issues; changing trends; basic resources for families; and the process of mobilizing community support. (RJC)

Defines technology assessment as a tool to look at the positive and negative consequences of technological change. Discusses the social and cultural impact of technology and offers a student learning activity. (JOW)

The eight articles of this special issue focus on the cultural and personal elements of a mathematics learning situation that may be described as the context. The articles share an approach to context that views activity and meaning making as important determinants of human behavior. Each article contains references. (SLD)

Different perspectives on critical literacy emphasize the relationship between language and power in terms of domination, access, diversity, or design. These orientations are interdependent, and all must be woven together to achieve the goal of critical literacy: equity and social justice. (SK)

Examines childrens' (N=71) perceptions and attitudes about aging and older adults. Results indicate that children do not view aging negatively as adults assume. Children were positively affected by interactions with older adults, described physical signs of aging without judgment, and responded negatively to some of the unpleasant conditions…

Interviews seven women from a major Midwestern public relations firm. Finds four initial clusters of experience and reduces these clusters to create two thematic clusters: the struggle with the changing role of women in society, and the experience of being a woman in public relations. (SR)

Argues that the decline of informal systems of restraint and the rise of political correctness suggest a new moral order that bodes ill for Western civilization. Describes historical restraint systems within English society, discussing what Anglophones inherited from the past (a dynamic system capable of development as it responded to changes in…

Describes the sociocultural theory motivating strategy "transformative communication" as well as a specific dialogue sequence that can be used as a cultural tool for accompanying such interaction. Illustrates the utility of the dialogue sequence in four key episodes within and inquiry-based high school earth science class. (Author/SAH)

Discusses the growing interest in and focus on the social and cultural context of the mathematics classroom in mathematics education research. (MKR)

Presents the way in which language issues have become a relevant factor in research that aims to study the socio-cultural aspects of mathematics education in classrooms with a high percentage of immigrant students. Illustrates the fact that, even if the mathematical language can be considered universal, the language of doing mathematics within the…