Tables of contents

Editorial

Allison James, Nigel Thomas, Martin Woodhead

331

'You can do nasty things to your brothers and sisters without a reason': Siblings' backstage behaviour

Samantha Punch

333

Children's physical activity: the contribution of playing and walking

Roger L Mackett, James Paskins

345

A children's standpoint: needs in out-of-home care

Jan Mason

358

Communication and supervision of alcohol in the family: parental perspectives

Nigel Sherriff, Louise Cox, Lester Coleman, Debi Roker

370

Representations of the 'damaged' child: 'child saving' in a British children's charity ad campaign

Lindsay O'Dell

383

Policy review: Pixie-dust and privacy: what's happening to children's rights in England?

Terri Dowty

393

Book review: Public Health Practice and the School-Age Population

Jennifer Gibb

400

Book review: European Childhoods: Cultures, Politics and Childhoods in Europe

Bronwen Cohen

401

Editorial

55

Interactive behaviours for building independence in exceptional youth

KJ Topping, J Foggie

57

The structure of primary and secondary teachers' attributions for pupils' misbehaviour: a preliminary cross-phase and cross-cultural investigation

Simon Gibbs, Marianne Gardiner

68

'I just sit there': Shyness as an emotional and behavioural problem in school

Ingrid Lund

78

The classical classroom: enhancing learning for pupils with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

Siân A Rees, David Skidmore

88

Deafened by silence or by the sound of footsteps? An investigation of the recruitment, induction and retention of special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) in England

Sue Pearson

96

Special needs education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE): a systems perspective

Mohammed Arif, Eman Gaad

111

Balancing power in communities of practice: an examination of increasing student voice through school-based youth–adult partnerships

Dana L Mitra

221

Committed for life? Variations in teachers’ work, lives and effectiveness

Christopher Day

243

Racializing educational change: melting pot and mosaic influences on educational policy and practice

Allison Skerrett

261

Reflections on the teacher education system overhaul (TESO) program in Ethiopia: promises, pitfalls and propositions

Dawit M Mekonnen

281

Learning and teaching, schools and communities

Tracey Burns

305

Can schools successfully meet their educational aims without the clear support of their local communities?

Kathryn Riley

311

Review of McKinsey Report: How the world’s best-performing school systems come out on top

Henry Braun

317

Review of McKinsey Report

Michael Schratz

321

Talented students in an exemplary career and technical education school: a qualitative inquiry

Marcia Gentry, Saiying Hu, Scott J Peters and Mary Rizza

183

A narrow escape: gifted students' perceptions of advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs

Holly Hertberg-Davis and Carolyn M Callahan

199

Teachers' negative affect toward academically gifted students: an evolutionary psychological study

John G Geake and Miraca UM Gross

217

Using self-concept instruments with high-ability college students: reliability and validity evidence

Anne N Rinn and Lindy G Cunningham

232

Childhood giftedness and adulthood genius: a historiometric analysis of 291 eminent African Americans

Dean Keith Simonton

243

A place to be celebrated and understood: the impact of early university entrance from parents' points of view

Kathleen D Noble, Sarah A Childers and Robert C Vaughan

256

Book review: Walls, J. (2005). The Glass Castle: A Memoir. New York: Scribner

Jessica A Hockett

269