Introduction. Kagendo Mutua and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal. Part I: Research in Africa. An Ethnographic Study of Linguistic Difficulties in Learning Science Concepts in a Multilingual Elementary School in the Sub-Saharan African Former French Colony of Benin. Issaou Gado. Taboo Subject Boldly Bared: A Feminist Analysis of Sexual Harassment Among High School Girls in Kenya. Anne Kanga. Dilemmas Faced by Science Teachers Involved in Science Education Reform in a Transitional Society: A Case Study of Rwanda. Jaya Earnest and David Treagust. Historical Amnesia? The Politics of Textbooks in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Sasha S. Polakow-Suransky. Part II: Research in the Caribbean. Beginning Teaching in Jamaica: Challenges and Assistance. Tom Ganser. The Effects of Critical Thinking Instruction on the Critical Thinking Dispositions and Critical Thinking Skills of Students Enrolled in Ninth Grade English. Gayle Dancy-Benjamin and Suzy Green. A Comparison of Public Elementary School Teachers...