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Becoming an Intercultural Mediator: A Longitudinal Study of Residence Abroad (2002)
Journal Article
Alred, G., & Byram, M. (2002). Becoming an Intercultural Mediator: A Longitudinal Study of Residence Abroad. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 23(5), 339-352

Examines the long-term learning of a cohort of students who had participated in a study abroad year. Draws on research that took place during the study abroad year and 10 years later. Data were analyzed in terms of the development of intercultural co... Read More about Becoming an Intercultural Mediator: A Longitudinal Study of Residence Abroad.

Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures: Women Artists in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia and Latvia. The First Decade. By Renee Baigell and Matthew Baigell. The Dodge Soviet Nonconformist Art Publication Series. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press and Thejane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 2001. xiv, 170 pp. Notes. Chronology. Index. Photographs. $60.00, hard bound. $25.00, paper (2002)
Journal Article
Parton, A. (2002). Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures: Women Artists in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia and Latvia. The First Decade. By Renee Baigell and Matthew Baigell. The Dodge Soviet Nonconformist Art Publication Series. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press and Thejane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 2001. xiv, 170 pp. Notes. Chronology. Index. Photographs. $60.00, hard bound. $25.00, paper. Slavic Review, 61(04), 884-885. https://doi.org/10.2307/3090452

The Kids Are Doing All Right': Differences in Parental Satisfaction, Expectation, and Attribution in St. Petersburg, Sunderland, and Kentucky (2001)
Journal Article
Elliott, J., Hufton, N., Illushin, L., & Willis, W. (2001). The Kids Are Doing All Right': Differences in Parental Satisfaction, Expectation, and Attribution in St. Petersburg, Sunderland, and Kentucky. Cambridge Journal of Education, 31(2), 179-204

Explores children's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in Sunderland (United Kingdom), Eastern Kentucky, and St. Petersburg (Russia) by surveying parental perspectives. States that findings from these three regions reinforce earlier findings about Bri... Read More about The Kids Are Doing All Right': Differences in Parental Satisfaction, Expectation, and Attribution in St. Petersburg, Sunderland, and Kentucky.

Helping children to understand. (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, D. (2001). Helping children to understand. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 119-127

Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (2001)
Journal Article
English, E. (2001). Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 197-204

This paper briefly considers what research has told us about the development of young children's understanding. It goes on to look at the Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (QCA, 2000) in terms of that research. The paper suggests that the... Read More about Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage.

Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, L. (2001). Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 182-88

Discusses what counts as understanding in history at the elementary school (British primary school) level and describes some strategies that have been shown by research to be effective in supporting the construction of historical understanding. Ident... Read More about Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom.

Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science (2001)
Journal Article
Newton, L. (2001). Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 143-53

Discusses what counts as understanding in primary school science (elementary school science) in the context of the United Kingdom's National Curriculum Order for Science. Considers the problems elementary school teachers face in pressing for understa... Read More about Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science.

Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics (2001)
Journal Article
Davis, A. (2001). Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics. Evaluation and research in education, 15(3), 136-42

Discusses the nature of mathematical understanding for primary school (elementary school) students in the context of the National Numeracy Strategy of the United Kingdom. Suggests some ways in which the national curriculum does not seem well designed... Read More about Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics.