The 12 chapters in this second title in the series expose and explore the following significant issues underlying schooling and its intersection with the adult world outside of school: aspects of knowledge, gender, literacy across culture, and assessing what is learned in school and in the adult world. The chapters are: "Whose Knowledge Gets Constructed in the Learning Process?" (Claire Hiller, Hariklia Hearn-Kokkinos); "Best Practices in Year 2 Literacy Classes" (R. J. Braithwaite); "Negotiation in a Secondary English Curriculum: A Case Study in Curriculum Renewal" (Scott Johnston, Mike McCausland); "Boys and Literacy at Bronston High School" (Andrew Kowaluk); "Literacies Online: What's New?" (Angela Dudfield); "The Potted Pair: Rethinking the Heterosexual Pair as a Site for Liberatory Relationships" (Jacqui Martin); "Intercultural Literacy: A Developmental Model" (Mark Heyward); "Communicative Aims of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Education: A Comparative Study in Australia and China" (Yuanfang Yu); "Assessment: The Question of Time" (Elizabeth Hodson); "The National Reporting System (NRS) in the Workplace" (Maree Watts, Robeka Smith); "Literacy, Numeracy, Self-Confidence and Values: Chickens, Eggs, and 'Access'" (Ian Falk, Sue Kilpatrick); and "Performance Assessment in Second Language Learning: Some Problems and Issues in the Adult Sector" (Fiona Cotton). (YLB)