There has been a lot of propaganda in favour of reading to children. All cultural and socio-economic groups studied in this research read a great deal with their children, but with different styles, expecting different outcomes and reflecting their cultures.

Adults were interviewed to discover the mathematics they actually used in their everyday life and their workplaces. School mathematics is relatively unimportant but estimating, optimising, and using calculators are.

Some children find listening and comprehending very difficult - all sorts of things get in the road. Susan Gray got students to tell her what those blocks are. Then she shows how they may be overcome.

One of the key elements in reciprocal teaching is getting the children to 'be the teacher' for a while. This research found great gains in reading for the children who tried the technique. Teachers found it easy too.

The computer has turned us all into typographers - the arrangers of print and graphic material. Here is advice, based on research into legibility, on how to make it easy for learners to grasp the content.

There is bad power and good power, power that you resent and power you respect. The power a teacher can wield is examined and ways to create power that flows from admiration and regard are explained.

As a guidance officer in a Queensland secondary school Kym Dickinson found herself spending a lot of time counselling because of teasing and bullying. A simple research project led to a new all-school approach which  works.

When we asked which topic subscribers would most like to see research about, appraisal topped the list. This article looks at (a) appraisal for firing - helps administrators only, and (b) appraisal for fixing - helps the teacher and the school.

Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS) is a 'personal safety' curriculum. Australian Freda Briggs, examined Australian, North American, and then a New Zealand programme for children aged five years to fifteen.

What do school pupils know already about the changes to climate, environment, economies, and life style that the greenhouse effect is bringing? Research showing we have the basic facts, but need discussion of the consequences.