Tables of contents

Qualitative studies in education at the beginning of the twenty-first century

James Joseph Scheurich, M Carolyn Clark

401

Qualitative studies in the era of scientifically-based research: musings of a former QSE editor

J Amos Hatch

403

Toward a theory of critical care in urban small school reform: examining structures and pedagogies of caring in two Latino community-based schools

René Antrop-González, Anthony De Jesús

409

Doing poststructural ethnography in the life history of dropouts in South Korea: methodological ruminations on subjectivity, positionality and reflexivity

Jung-ah Choi

435

Community identity discourse and the heritage academy: colorblind educational policy and white supremacy

Luis Urrieta

455

Changing over a project changing over: a project–research supervision as a conversation

Helen Clarke, Charly Ryan

477

‘We’re from the generation that was raised on television’: a qualitative exploration of media imagery in elementary preservice teachers’ video production

Michael T Hayes, Gina Mikel Petrie

499

Learning transformation with technology: a question of sociocultural contexts?

Matthew Pearson, Bridget Somekh

519

The mangle of play

Constance Steinkuehler

199

Restricted play: synergy and the limits of interactivity in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King video game

Robert Alan Brookey and Paul Booth

214

Hybrid reality games reframed: potential uses in educational contexts

Adriana de Souza e Silva, Girlie C Delacruz

231

Live action role-playing games: control, communication, storytelling, and MMORPG similarities

Anders Tychsen, Michael Hitchens, Thea Brolund, and Manolya Kavakli

252

Special issue: Assessment development in the Asia Pacific region

Developing school evaluation methods to improve the quality of schooling in China: a pilot ‘value added’ study

Wen Jung Peng, Sally M Thomas, Xijie Yang, Jianzhong Li

135

Reading achievements of Vietnamese Grade 5 pupils

Patrick Griffin, Mai Thi Thanh

155

Learner-orientated assessment: a technology based case study

Mike Keppell, David Carless

179

Student engagement and student self-assessment: the REAL framework

Geoff Munns, Helen Woodward

193

Formative assessment: possibilities, boundaries and limitations

Jannette Elwood

215

’Wishes, lies, and dreams’: poetry writing in the mathematics classroom

Triandafillos A Triandafillidis

2

Assessing understanding in mathematics: steps towards an operative model

Jesus Gallardo Romero, Jose Luis Gonzalez Mari

10

Can integrated instruction really lead to 'Karate Kid learning'?

Michael Hardy

16

Claudia Zaslavsky: in memoriam

Ubiratan D’Ambrosio

21

An overview of the third international conference on ethnomathematics: cultural connections and mathematical manipulations

Bill Barton, Caroline Poisard, Maria Do Carmo Domited

21

Thinking about logic

Michal Ayalon

28

Re-thinking real-world mathematics

David Stocker

29

Communication: simulation, reality and mathematical word problems

Susan Gerofsky

30

In search of practical wisdom: a conversation between researcher and teacher

Merrilyn Goos and Vince Geiger

33

Impact of language on the conceptualisation of the vector

Nina Hayka

36

How students of different ages accept and work within and between representations: an application of Dienes's Variability Principles

Serigne Mbaye Gningue

41