The author argues that in order to create space for authentic multicultural engagement in the face of Eurocentric norms, teachers should form discussion groups that follow five basic guidelines: engage, don't enrage; be comfortable with negative emotion; watch for and change unproductive language; talk about everything; and engage in classroom…

In this article, the author discusses youth culture and raises concerns about the tricky social terrain modernity offers for youth identity. He discusses familiar "topoi" or thematics that seem to drive most work on youth culture, suggests that justice and fairness are moral imperatives, and that acknowledging the worthiness of difference is one…

Understanding and addressing the social structures that give rise to student violence require educators, parents, and society at large to adopt a critical, feminist perspective focusing on injustice and incorporating perspectives of marginalized students. Because practices of social groups play a critical role in self-identity, the violent actions…

States that young adulthood has emerged as a new distinct stage of life. The milieu of this new life stage is characterized by unemployment, disaffection from school, and the dominance of expressive values over traditional instrumental ones. Draws five implications of these changes for education. (Author/JDH)

Numerous reasons can be given for the low quality of teaching in the social studies. Teachers may be improperly certified, or they may teach to maintain employment rather than to do a good job. To teach peace studies courses requires the cream of the crop in terms of quality instruction. Teachers should be well above the minimum requirements for…

The literacy of two high school students, who are at opposite ends of the academic spectrum, is explored to discover a definition of literacy and to define the consequences for literate students. (DF)

This paper examines the ways in which high school Canadian history textbooks authorized from 1945 to the present have represented national participation in wars and peace-making/keeping operations. I explore how national mythologies of Canada as a kinder, more tolerant, or less violent national body permeate the narratives of national history…

A male student analyzes high school teachers' sexist behavior toward female students. Many females learn to accept poor treatment as a fact of life and don't file complaints. Many women lose self-confidence due to discrimination, but a few appear to be strengthened by it. The author suggests that fighting for justice is the only way to change…

The prospects that current dropout interventions will succeed in reducing dropout behavior are explored using the following sources: (1) the literature on school dropouts; (2) experience in working with policymakers; and (3) a general perspective on the policy process advanced by political scientists. School dropouts are currently the focus of a…