Contends that television, film, and other forms of narrative fiction have often been understood as direct competitors to the traditional beliefs and values of organized religion. Analyzes several cases in which stories of the afterlife, supernatural, and paranormal in the entertainment media become an important context through which teens…

In the second of a series on the logic of European languages, some idiosyncracies of morphology, phonology, and semantics in the English language are examined. (MSE)

Describes a service learning course for which students participated in a seminar on literacy and an after-school tutoring program for children. Shows how undergraduate representations of literacy share common features with conversations among well-known writers (such as Walter Ong and David Olson) and also implicitly critique them. (TB)

Explains that cultural practices appeals to developmental researchers as a construct that contextualizes development and provides a way of bringing together thinking, doing, feeling, and becoming. Describes five propositions in general terms and offers an indication of how the concept of practice has been translated into research. (BAC)

Explores the question raised by the following article: What are the consequences, both cognitive and social, of engaging in a particular cultural practice?. States one consequence that has gained prominence: "intra-individual variability," the extent to which what is learned remains linked to the situation in which it is learned or come…

Examines written communication within the Amish cultural context. Notes that Amish-authored nature essays were introduced by Samuel Miller, an Amish farmer with an interest in nature study. Suggests that the acceptance of this new genre was due to Miller's particular manner of appropriation that connected it to the Amish cultural value of…

Successful business training by foreigners in Russia must consider the contemporary climate for training and human resource management; characteristics of the Russian audience; and cultural issues in the use of simulation, hard versus soft content, and working with a translator. (SK)

Describes examples of simulations and strategies for teaching about psychology that were developed in Indonesia and Malaysia to incorporate and address controversies related to cultural differences. A model that simulates the influence of a client's cultural context in counseling is explained, and developing stereotyped synthetic cultures is…

Defines young adult literature. States that Dori Sanders's "Clover" qualifies as young adult literature, even though it is also marketed for adults. Describes some of the main themes in "Clover," such as a sense of belonging and the story of the new South. Suggests that a sense of place is liberating for the characters. (PA)

Demonstrates the false dichotomy between the concepts of "modernity" and "tradition." Special focus is on scientific development in Asia, particularly the Philippines. (46 references) (VWL)

Discusses how the use of body language in Chinese fiction strikes most Westerners as unusual, if not strange. Considers that, although this may be the result of differences in gestures or different conventions in fiction, it is a problem for translators, who handle the differences by various strategies, e.g., omission or expansion. (NKA)

Notes that the practice of borrowing kinship terms to address people outside the extended Chinese families, heavily reflected in modern Chinese fiction, causes much difficulty for the English translator. Reviews common translation approaches to such culture-related problems and possible distortions resulting from such practices. (NKA)

Discusses the cultural, ontological, and epistemological principles on which knowledge is organized in Japanese culture. Topics discussed include public knowledge and corporate knowledge; cognition, including field dependent knowledge and group dependent knowledge; communication and image oriented knowledge; memory; and patterns of…

Examines perspectives contributed by sociologies of science. Describes Mertonian sociology of science and some of its shortcomings. Explores work contributed by the Strong Program for the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, laboratory studies, feminist critiques of science, and complementary writings. Outlines the implications for science education…

Philosophical roots of suicide research are examined, and alternative feminist research approaches are described. By challenging scientific tradition, focusing on women, considering power, recognizing gender constructs, maintaining awareness of the power of language, and promoting active, practical applications, researchers can combine traditional…