Reviews the cultural and global context of the fifth International Conference on Adult Education; assesses the conference declaration and agenda for the future; and questions whether the recommendations are bold and radical enough to address wider intellectual and ideological issues. (SK)

Interviews with seven working-class adults suggest a need to understanding adult-learning patterns within the life context; they demonstrate how gender and class experiences affect learning and attitudes toward education. Pressuring adults into formal credentialing education would not necessarily be appropriate, and may be seen as oppressive. (SK)

Examines the relationship between culture and the development of attitudes and beliefs about art and art-related skills in a cross-cultural perspective. Demonstrates how the notion of excellence in drawing is constructed through a specific cultural context. Considers the implications to pedagogy of visual representation, especially in the context…

States that a video introducing a company to various audiences is a common genre of promotional material in Finland. Applies theories of both advertising and semiotics to analyze the first minute of a video produced for a Finnish company that manufactures log buildings and wraps its image around a concept of leisure. (PA)

Review of the 44th yearbook of the Council on Technology Teacher Education finds that it largely neglects many current controversies and studies, social and philosophical foundations, feminist critiques, and science and society issues. Its cultural limits are not made explicit, and multicultural and multidisciplinary studies are not examined in…

Spiritual socialization can be central to children's healthy development. An ethnographic study of the beliefs of African-American adults about children's socialization in Sunday school, and an ethnic-sensitive social work intervention designed to support the development of resilience in African-American children are described. (Author/EMK)

Explores two cases of professional communication among United States and South American personnel in one multinational organization in Quito, Ecuador. Suggests that a mere taboo approach to teaching cross-cultural communication will not work. Finds that collaborative writing proved to be a good form of intercultural training for both United States…

Describes the nature of experience in different educational situations in a predominantly white university and a racially and economically segregated inner city. Illustrates how social and cultural conditions shape individual interpretation of experience and how to structure learning processes to tap the power of personal narratives. Contains 36…

Provides a context for furthering preventative efforts within counseling psychology specifically aimed at ending and/or mitigating the effects of male violence against women. Presents a brief discussion of social and cultural considerations in prevention. Provides suggestions for involvement at five levels of prevention and suggests future…

Looks at Lucretia Coffin Mott's speech on women by approaching it from the standpoint of a conversation. Examines Mott's rhetorical persona. Shows how her stylistic choices reflect a conversational approach. Discusses how Mott draws on earlier participants in the conversation on women. (TB)

Discusses the value of second language (L2) learning and suggests that students who learn an L2 in school can develop literacy skills faster than students who do not learn an L2. Examines the role of metalinguistic awareness, the role of language learning in literacy development, and literacy in its cultural context. (Author/VWL)

Discusses key lessons in school landscape design. Landscapes should: (1) include trees and plants that themselves provide hands-on teaching opportunities; (2) enhance health and safety in a number of ways while performing their other functions; (3) be sensitively designed relative to location to cut energy costs; and (4) be aesthetic as well as…

Documents the development of career counseling in Malaysia from 1957--when the British colonizers departed--to 2000. Presents information on the historic and economic context of the development of career counseling, an exploration of the educational system from which career counseling was born, and the cultural elements that have formed career…

Proposes a model for examining the challenges of providing career counseling in Asia in terms of prevailing and countervailing forces. The model also suggests a need to avoid a simple importation of Western models of career counseling, which may not be an optimal fit for the Asian cultural context. Instead, the cultural accommodation approach is…

Suggests that Corsaro's well-written book has a number of especially useful sections, specifically those on the history of childhood, social problems, and children's cultures. Notes that segments from Corsaro's and other researchers' work and numerous photographs and figures contribute to the book's accessibility. Problems noted include the…