This study utilized a qualitative research method with a sample of 24 students at a private evangelical Christian university in the midwest. The students' developmental years had been spent growing up in mission foreign-field contexts as missionary kids (MKs). In-depth interviews were conducted and transcribed, with coding and theme analysis…

Through a survey and in-depth interviews, three major cliques were identified at a middle income suburban high school near Boston. "Jocks,""motorheads," and "fleabags" were groupings based, respectively, on common interests in sports, cars, and drugs. Each clique is described in terms of appearance, general…

Surveyed the career-planning attitudes of Chicano and White students (N=494). Results suggest that Chicano students were generally less realistic than Whites and had culture-specific beliefs about career planning. (Author)

A private school breaks students across grade levels into two "clan" groupings over a long-term basis. This model is presented to public schools as an effective way to bridge different student backgrounds and teach students to collaborate and have a sense of belonging. (MD)

Understanding the influence of peer culture and developing intervention strategies are essential tasks for student affairs staff concerned with promoting values awareness and development. Recent changes in the norms of collegiate peer culture are described, and strategies for influencing peer culture are delineated. (TE)

A teacher describes his first year teaching science in an urban school and the process of co-teaching with other teachers and student "consultants" that helped him relearn to teach and deal with the subculture he encountered. (SK)

In 2004, a group of high school students at a private American school in Mexico City started the first gay-straight alliance in Mexico. A small group of conservative parents and a Mormon principal organized in opposition. This paper details the students' struggle to keep their club and offers lessons learned about student activism, school change,…

Describes parameters of cultural differences among mainstream teachers and students, grounded in attitudes and behavior as well as ethnicity. Determinants of subgroups include social class, age, life experiences, and activity patterns. (SA)

Contends that students are not only passive respondents to external forces which determine school crime; rather, student social structures and subcultures are potential forces influencing school crime and the larger criminal and noncriminal communities. Preliminary data related to this thesis are reported. (RMH)

Using equal status contact theory, three school communities are examined, one in which racial differences and racist discourse are unquestioned, one that attempts to support youth in a community of difference by working the authority boundary, and one that moves toward communities of difference through bold pedagogies. (Author/SK)

Discusses two benefits of demystifying and better understanding the humiliation rituals. First, adults responsible for the well-being of children may find methods to interrupt behaviors associated with bullying. Second, only by making these rites public can adults ask youth to reconsider their actions. Suggests recommendations for educators and…

This study explored the gendered experiences of students belonging to an evangelical Christian religious community on a university campus in the United States. As some religious traditions harbour distinctive views on gender differences and roles, the study focused on community characteristics that pertained to beliefs about gender and the…

Relates measures of the central-peripheral dimension of the belief system and measures of attitude toward music and radio. Supports the idea that radio audiences constitute subcultures whose members use radio music for validating personal identity, and suggests that such use is related to a person's belief system. (RAE)

Analyses of data from the Youth in Transition panel study of boys in 87 public high schools suggest that school-level values reflecting a subculture of violence have substantial effects on interpersonal violence and other forms of delinquency, and that the school subculture of violence operates through a social control process. An academically…

Argues that an important strategy used by international students in the adjustment process is to establish social relationships with other persons with a similar cultural background or nationality and form ethnic communities within the university context. Participation in such a community serves to buffer international students from problems…