Questions about the nature and extent of students' active involvement and influence within schools and the wider community prompted this author to investigate ways in which student voice, as one important manifestation of active participation, was translated into action through a "students as researchers" activity. A three-phase…

The article presents results of the evaluation of the GLOBE program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) in the Czech Republic. The evaluation explores the implementation of the program in schools and its impact on research skills. Four hundred and sixty six pupils, aged 13, from 28 different schools participated in the…

Students at Gill St. Bernard's are introduced to guided inquiry as soon as they enter either the middle or upper school. It's the job of the research librarian, to guide younger students along the path to information literacy, the ability to locate, evaluate, and use needed information. The research librarian meets seventh and eighth graders twice…