Compared teacher and observer ratings of young children's social behaviors during peer play and examined the construct validity of the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale. Findings indicated that both teacher and observer ratings revealed factor structures reflecting play interaction, disruption, and disconnection. Observer ratings distinguished…

Notes that distance learning, especially in computer-mediated environments, is the new trend in education. Describes a bilingual education course in which participants were involved in extensive writing and publishing of their ideas on the Web. Explains that through bulletin board postings, power relationships between majority and minority…

Presents a study aimed at determining the characteristics of the socialization of adolescents in Russia. Explains that the study focuses on students (n=553) in grades 5-11 using a questionnaire and interviews with adolescents that are employed. Includes references. (CMK)

The scope of school board liability for student misconduct is broadening. The U.S. Supreme Court found that school officials are responsible for student-on-student harassment when they have knowledge of the acts, act with deliberate indifference, and the harassment deprives the victim of access to education. This rationale is consistent with…

The ideological basis for education of children with deafness has changed during the last few decades. In Norway, the new curriculum is emphasizing bilingual and bicultural ideas. Using an excerpt of an interview with a secondary student, this article discusses problems that arise when heavily emphasizing a cultural approach. (Contains 10…

A study examined perceptions of 26 teachers, including 13 special educators, of the Peer Buddy Programs implemented in a Nashville school district. Teachers reported positive relationships between buddies and their partners with disabilities and enhanced personal growth for students with disabilities. The majority agreed buddies assisted in a…

Investigates the psychological, social, and sexual dynamics of the feminist classroom. Presents a feminist critique of patriarchy and analyzes student resistance to it. Shares feminist teaching practices intended to alter the gendered status quo of the classroom interaction between women and men. (SK)

Examined strategy outcome perceptions of popular, average, neglected, and rejected third and fifth graders. Found that children's outcome expectations and strategy evaluations varied as a function of peer status, age, and gender. (RH)

Examines aspects of teamwork in employment and the implications for higher education. Draws a number of conclusions concerning the teaching of students in universities relative to the goal of enabling these graduates to work effectively in teams. Suggest that the goal of making higher education relevant to employment can be beneficial. (KO)

Discusses the importance of the development of trust in peer relationships and friendships among young children. Also suggests strategies that teachers can use to help children develop trusting friendships. (BB)

Examines whether people who are successful in their business careers are more likely to consider themselves lonely than people who are less successful. Finds, contrary to popular and academic beliefs, that there is slightly more loneliness near the lower organizational levels than among the dedicated high-level executives. (KEH)

Findings suggest a certain amount of discordance in teacher and peer perceptions of children's likability, and an association of discordance with differential perceptions of children's social behaviors. A teacher preference measure used in combination with sociometric measures may provide more reliable assessment of social adjustment than peer…

Two studies of nursery school children examined the relationship between friendships and sociometric judgments of social status. (Author/BB)

Reports the findings of a naturalistic study of stigmatization processes in the peer interactions of a kindergarten class. Discusses the social construction of deviance, and the implications of labeling. (FMW)

Using sociometric ratings, both male and female adolescent deaf students (N=144) were found to exhibit a marked peer preference for female students. White students rated same-race students higher than they rated minority students, while minority students showed no significant difference in ratings for White and minority students. (Author/JDD)