This "In Practice Article" provides recommendations on how to utilize "Journal of Dance Education (JoDE)" articles with secondary education students (typically ages 10-18), featuring examples of all four types of "JoDE" articles (Feature Articles, In-Practice Articles, Student Readings, and Book Reviews). These…

In this article, author Trevor Cooling presents a review of three books that disseminate recent research on religious schools. The first, "Leadership and Religious Schools: International Perspectives and Challenges," edited by Michael T. Buchanan, is an edited volume of essays about leadership in religious schools. Editor Michael…

Since September 11, 2001, Western readers have been turning to bestselling texts written by or about Muslims in their need to learn more about Muslims. These texts promise an insider's view of predominantly Muslim countries and peoples and are informally influencing and educating many Western readers in their perceptions of Muslims because…

This article reports on selected results of a comprehensive survey of children's reading in England, carried out online in 2005 by the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature at Roehampton University. With 4182 responses from children living in England aged from 4 to 16 years, the survey is a follow-up to a similar study completed in…

Discusses eight of the best young adult books of 1994, including those by M. E. Kerr, Cynthia Voigt, Albert Marrin, Chris Lynch, Caroline B. Cooney, Martha Brooks, and John Marsden, a newcomer from Australia, author of "Letters from Inside" and "When the World Ends." (TB)

Reviews 12 new books dealing with mystery, suspense, and adventure from several tried-and-true authors of adolescent literature. (PRA)

Reviews eight new adult books of interest to high school readers. The books reviewed include two novels, an anthology of selections about cats, an autobiography by a physicist, and books about Patricia Hearst, the abdication of King Edward VIII of England, naive painting, and American astronauts. (GT)

Reviews 23 books for teenagers in the areas of word play, friends and families, bold steps, mysteries, and collections of stories. (MG)

Reviews and recommends nine books by Gary Paulsen, an author who writes for teenagers. (PRA)

Reviews four young-adult novels written by Chris Crutcher, whose characters provide an honest depiction of life. (PRA)

The topic of discussion of this issue of the journal "Teaching English" is reading instruction in the secondary school. Articles include "Reading in the Primary School" (Alastair Hendry), "Patterns of Progress" (Fergus McBride), "Teaching Reading--Whose Business?" (James Maxwell), "A Reading Policy for the Secondary School" (Iain McGillivray),…

Reviews eight new adult books of interest to high school readers. The books reviewed include a historical novel, three personal memoirs, a book of fables, a literary fantasy, and excerpts from the works of naturalists Jean Henri Fabre and Carl Linnaeus. (GT)

Reviews five new adult books of interest to high school readers. The books include a novel, an autobiography, and books about the forest, the tracing of lost pets, and medical folklore. (GT)

Reviews seven new adult books of interest to high school readers. The books reviewed include collections of short stories, memoirs, and essays, as well as books about bears, art history, the scientist's role, and surgery. (GT)