Book reviews

Bloomfield, Leonard, and Barnhart, Clarence L., Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach. Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2. l961, $7.50.

Gunderson, Robert Gray, Old Gentlemen's Convention: The Washington Peace Conference of 1861. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison. 1961, $5.

Corrigan, Robert W., Chandler Editions in Drama. Chandler Publishing Company, 604 Madison Street, San Francisco 4. $.75, paper.

Plummer, Gail, The Business of Show Business. Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33 Street, New York 16. 1961, $5.25.

Babcock, Weston, Hamlet, a Tragedy of Errors. Purdue University Studies, Humanities Series. Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. 1961, paper, $1.75.     

“Our Divided Society—A Challenge to Religious Education”: REA’s 1969 National Convention and the Opening Up of Brave Conversations about Race and Religion

Abstract

The Religious Education Association (REA) selected as its theme for its 1969 National Convention, “Our Divided Society—A Challenge to Religious Education,” addressing, among other topics, issues of race and racism. Previously, the REA presented a mixed legacy in addressing racial injustice, remaining largely silent on such issues during the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, unlike the National Council of Churches, which had taken a prophetic stance early on. Thus, the 1969 convention’s theme opened up brave new spaces for the REA to address issues of race and racism in American society.     

The status of speech training in the secondary schools of the western and eastern states

From Art to Theatre. Form and Convention in the Renaissance. By George R. Kernodle. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944; pp. 255, 62 illustrations. $5.00.

Shakespeare and the Actors—The Stage Business in His Plays (1660–1905). By Arthur Colby Sprague. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944; pp. xxv + 440. $5.00.

A Handbook of Classical Drama. By Philip Whaley Harsh. Stanford University: Stanford University Press, 1944, pp. xii + 526. $4.00.

A Great Time to Be Alive. By Harry Emerson Fosdick. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1944; pp. 235. $2.00.

The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library. By Fremont Rider. New York: Hadham Press, 1944; pp. 236. $4.00.

Representative American Speeches: 1943–1944. Selected by A. Craig Baird. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1944; pp. 360. $1.25.

American Dialect Dictionary. By Harold Wentworth. New York: The Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1944; pp. xv + 747. $6.00.     

The Oxford Verse Speaking Contest

The Role of Speech in the Secondary School. Prepared for The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals by the National Association of Teachers of Speech with the assistance of the American Educational Theatre Association, the American Speech Correction Association, the Association for Education by Radio: Franklin H. Knower, Committee Chairman. Washington, D. C: National Association of Secondary School Principals of the National Education Association, November, 1945, pp. 9–160. $1.00.

Speech for All. By Lyman M. Fort. New York: Allyn and Bacon, 1945; pp. viii+336. $1.05.

The Use of Drama. By HartleV Granvilie‐Barker. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1945; pp. 91. $1.50.

Speech and the Teacher. By Seth A. Fessenden. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1946; pp. 1–290. $2.50.

Radio Research, 1942–43. Edited by Paul F. Lazarfield and Frank Stanton. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944; pp. 1–599. $5.00.

Clinical Audiometry. By C. C. Bunch. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1943; pp. 186.

Literary Study and The Scholarly Profession. By Hardin Craig. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1944; pp. xiii+150. $2.25.

Speech. By Andrew Thomas Weaver and Gladys Louise Borchers. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. pp. 1–5C6. $ 1.96     

Primary teachers’ self‐perceptions concerning implementation of the National Curriculum for science in the UK

This paper reports on selected aspects of data, with special reference to science, derived from a survey of primary school teachers as part of the Leverhulme Primary Project at the University of Exeter.

A national sample of teachers (N = 901) across 152 schools was surveyed in order to ascertain teachers’ perceptions of competence and needs with respect to the new National Curriculum in the UK. Initially, data were collected in relation to ten subject areas and generic teaching skills, with provision made for free‐form responses concerning National Curriculum implementation.

Selected aspects of these data, principally related to the National Curriculum core area of science, were subjected to detailed further analysis and are reported. Variables identified from the survey findings, and of concern to science educators, included early subject specialism, years of teaching and gender. These were probed for relationships and significance. The tension between competing National Curriculum requirements for specialist subject knowledge and generalist teaching skills was explored.

Findings have implications for innovation in approaches to staff development to cater for perceived needs, teacher educators and curriculum alignment.     

Reviews

The Year Book of Education 1952. Pp. xii + 612. London : Evans Bros., 1952. 63s.

A Survey of Rewards and Punishments in Schools : A Report based on Researches carried out by M. E. Highfield and A. Pinsent. National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales Publication No. 3. Pp. xxiv+432. London: Newnes Educational Publishing Co., 1952. 42s.

Leisure the Basis of Culture. By Josef Pieper. Pp. 169. London: Faber &; Faber, 1952. 10s. 6d.

Philosophy of Education. By William Heard Kilpatrick. Pp. x+465. New York: Macmillan, 1951. 36s.

A Select Bibliography of Adult Education in Great Britain. Edited by T. Kelly. Pp. xii+84. London: National Institute of Adult Education, 1952. 12s. 6d.

The English Universities and Adult Education. By S. G. Raybould. Pp. xiii +169. London: W.E.A., 1951. 7s 6d.     

Isaac Ironside 1808–1870: The motivation of a radical educationist

Structuralism and Education. By Rex Gibson. Pp. viii, 166. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. £3.95.

Dimensions of Moral Education. By Robert E. Carter. University of Toronto Press. £23 cloth, £8.50 paper. 242 pp.

The Development of Social Knowledge. Morality and Convention. By Elliot Turiel. Pp. viii, 240. Cambridge University Press, 1984. £20.00 (Hardback), £7.95 (Paperback).

Personal and Social Education in the Curriculum. By Richard Pring. Pp. 184. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. £4.25

Development, Experience and Curriculum in Primary Education. By W.A.L. Blyth. Croom Helm Teaching 5–13 Series. 1984. Pp. 172. £6.95

Education and the City: Theory, History and Contemporary Practice. Edited by Gerald Grace. Pp. xiii, 302. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1984. £8.95.

Education As Social Policy. By Janet Finch. Pp. viii, 284. Harlow: Longman Group Ltd., 1984.

Navajo Infancy: An Ethological Study of Child Development. By James S, Chisholm. Pp. XII, 267. New York: Aldine Publishing Co. 1983. $29.95.

Soviet Education in the 1980s, Edited by J.J. Tomiak, Pp.x, 326. London, Croom Helm, 1983. £17.95.

The Crisis of the University. By Peter Scott. Pp. viii, 277. Beckenham: Croom Helm, 1984. £16.95 hardback, £8.95 paperback.

The Mathematicians’ Apprenticeship: Science, Universities and Society in England 1560–1640. By Mordechai Feingold. Pp. viii, 248. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. £22.50.

A Guide to English Educational Terms. By Peter Gordon and Denis Lawton. Pp. xvii, 220. London: Batsford, 1984. £7.50.     

Use of national parks for outdoor environmental education: An Australian case study

Abstract

The need for environmental education through outdoor education experiences is becoming increasingly evident in outdoor education theory and practice. In Australia, this environmental focus is reflected in recent outdoor education curriculum documents, particularly in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). For many outdoor education teachers who do not have expertise in environmental education, this curriculum development presents a challenge. Outdoor education teachers frequently use National Parks to help them address this challenge.

The study examined the educational objectives and roles of teachers and park staff involved in environmental education through outdoor education in National Parks in Victoria, Australia. This paper discusses findings related to the teachers' educational objectives and roles while those of the park staff are examined in a separate paper. The findings indicate that the teachers often lack the environmental knowledge and skills needed to teach some aspects of the curriculum thus making the role of the park ranger or education officer particularly significant in educating teachers as well as students. Issues are raised about the training of outdoor education teachers and of park rangers to meet the environmental education needs of outdoor education students. Questions are also raised about the appropriateness of using National Parks for outdoor education purposes.     

Reviews

Achievement in Education: the Work of Michael Ernest Sadler, 1885–1935. By Lynda Grier. Pp. xxviii+267. London: Constable, 1952. 30s.

A. J. Mundella, 1825–97: the Liberal Background to the Labour Movement. By W. H. G. Armytage. 386 pp. London: Benn, 1952. 30s.

The Child's Conception of Number. By J. Piaget. Pp. ix+248. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952. 25s.

Freedom and Authority in Education. By G. H. Bantock. Pp. 212. London: Faber & Faber, 1952. 18s.

Secondary School Entrance Examinations: Second Interim Report on the Allocation of Primary School Leavers to Courses of Secondary Education, by A. F. Watts, D. A. Pidgeon and A. Yates. Pp. 80. National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales, Publication No. 6, 1952. 6s. 6d.

Intelligence Testing. Special Articles from The Times Educational Supplement. Pp. 32. London: The Times Publishing Co. Ltd., 1952. 1s.

A Second List of Researches in Education and Educational Psychology … in the years 1949, 1950, and 195z. By A. M. Blackwell, Pp. 127. Published for the National Foundation for Educational Research by Newnes Educational Publishing Co. Ltd., London, 1952. 21s.     

Resources In Review

Abstract

Toxics Release Inventory Package , by the National Science Teachers Association. Arlington, VA. 1999. Boxed Set. $35.00. ISBN 0-87355-171-0.

Introduction to Environmental Geology , by Edward A. Keller. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1999. Softcover. 383 pages. $50.00. ISBN 0-02-363290-9.

The National Environmental Policy Act: An Agenda for the Future , by Lynton Keith Caldwell. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1999. Clothbound. 272 pp. $29.95. ISBN 0-253-33444-6.

The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century , edited by Kevin Doyle for The Environmental Careers Organization. Washington, DC: Island Press. 1999. Paperback. 280 pages. $17.95. ISBN 1-55963-586-X.

Garbage, Trash, and Refuse: Problems and Issues, an Extended Case Study for the Investigation and Evaluation of Community-Based Solid Waste Issues , by Harold R. Hungerford, William J. Bluhm, and Austin Winther. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Company. 1999. Spiralbound. 183 pages. ISBN 0-87563-880-5.

Threatened and Endangered Animals, an Extended Case Study for the Investigation and Evaluation of Issues Surrounding Threatened and Endangered Animals of the United States, Teachers Edition , by Harold R. Hungerford, David Hagengruber, and William J. Bluhm. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Company. 1999. Spiralbound. 192 pages. ISBN 0-87563-874-0.

The Environment: Principles and Applications , by Chris Park. New York: Routledge. 1997. Paperback. 598 pp. $35.00. ISBN 0-415-12200-7.     

Suggestions for teaching oral reading

Recollections of Middle Life. By Francisque Sarcey. Translated by Elisabeth Luther Cary. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893.

Elocution. By Professor C. P. Bronson, A.M., M.D. John P. Morton &; Co., Louisville, Ky., 1845.

Advanced Elocution, By Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker, Principal of the National School of Elocution and Oratory. The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1896.     

Navigating the ambiguous policy landscape of student participation

ABSTRACT

Student participation at school is receiving heightened attention through international evidence connecting it to a range of benefits including student learning, engagement, citizenship and wellbeing, as well as to overall school improvement. Yet the notion of student participation remains an ambiguous concept, and one that challenges many deeply entrenched norms of traditional schooling.

Informed by understandings of ‘participation’ linked to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article takes the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) as a case study to explore how student participation is currently articulated in educational policy. It reports the findings of an analysis of 142 state and federal government policy-related documents, along with qualitative interview data from nine policy personnel. The findings suggest that students are conceptualised within these policies in contradictory ways, interpretations of participation are diverse yet frequently instrumentalist, and there is little conceptual coherence across the educational policy landscape in NSW in relation to ‘student participation’. The findings are discussed in light of international interest around student participation. The analytical framework used in this analysis is proposed as a possible tool for critically examining the place and purpose of student participation at school, regardless of jurisdiction.

Abbrevations: NSW = the Australian state of New South Wales; UNCRC = United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; SRC = Student Representative Council     

Speaking personally—with Janet K. Poley

Online Education: Perspectives on a New Environment. Edited by Linda Harasim (New York: Praeger, 1990, 279 pp., $41.95)

Expanding Access to Knowledge: Continuing Higher Education ‐ NVCEA 1915–1990. Edited by R.W. Rohfeld (Washington, D.C.: National University Continuing Education Association, 1987, 265 pp., hard cover, $29.95; paper, $16.95)     

News and Views

Denmark/Canada

Two of the oldest short film institutions in the world have recently completed a co-production of a bilateral nature. The National Film Board of Canada and Statens Filmcentral, Denmark, both established in 1939, are ready to distribute the film New Denmark. This 16mm film has been produced on a fifty-fifty basis by two Danish-born film-makers, Torben Schiøler and Andreas Poulsson, working at the National Film Board. The 30 minute documentary concerns the lifestyle of a small society of third generation Danish residents living in the Atlantic region of North East Canada where the Danish language is still used, and other cultural traditions are still maintained.     

Resources In Review

Abstract

Essential Readings in Environmental Education , edited by Harold R. Hungerford, William J. Bluhm, Trudi L. Volk, and John M. Ramsey. Champaign, IL: Stipes. 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-87563-756-6.

The Industrial Green Game: Implications for Environmental Design and Management , edited by Deanna Richards. Washington, DC: National Academy of Engineering, National Academy Press. 1997. Hardback. 224 pp. $39.95. ISBN 0-309-05294-7.

Stories in the Land: A Place-Based Environmental Education Anthology , with an introductory essay by John Elder. Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society. 1998. Paperback. 127 pp. $8.00. ISBN 0-913098-51-5.

Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization , by Vaclav Smil. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1998. Hardcover. 210 pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-262-19410-4.

Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability: The Case of Mexico City , by Keith Pezzoli. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1998. Hardcover. 464 pages. $40.00. ISBN 0-262-16173-7.

Tunnel Visions: Into the Sea of Uncertainty. Ben Lomond , CA: The Video Project, TUN-546-0. 1998. $99.95 institutions, $69.95 individuals; $5.95 shipping and handling. Available as one video of 57 minutes or two videos of 27 1/2 minutes each.

Biodiversity and Conservation , by Michael J. Jeffries. New York: Routledge. 1997. Paperback. 208 pp. $25.99. ISBN 0-415-14905-3.

The Natural Wealth of Nations: Harnessing the Market for the Environment , by David M. Roodman. New York: W.W. Norton. 1998. Paperback. 304 pp. $13.00. ISBN 0-393-31852-4.

Evaluation: A Systematic Approach , Sixth Edition, by Peter H. Rossi, Howard E. Freeman, and Mark W. Lipsey. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 1999. Hardback. 500 pp. $59.95. ISBN 0-7619-0893-5.     

Book reviews

Modern Mathematics. By Raleigh Schorling (University of Michigan) and John R. Clark (Lincoln School of Teachers College). Three volumes. Yonkers: World Book Company, 1924.

The Unstable Child. By Florence Mateer. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1924. Pp. xii + 471.

Science Remaking the World. Edited by Otis W. Caldwell and Edwin E. Slosson. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. Pp. xi + 292.

A Modern College and a Modern School. By Abraham Plexner. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923. Pp. xviii + 142.

The Honesty Book (fourth edition). By The National Honesty Bureau, W. B. Forbush, Managing Director. New York, 1924. Pp. iv + 59. Price, $0.80.

Psychology and Self‐Development. By H. E. Bennett. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1923. Pp. viii + 296. Price, $1.48.

Laboratory Chemistry for Girls. By Agnes F. Jaques. New York: D. C. Heath & Co., 1923. Pp. xi + 244.     

William James and the Art of Popular Statement

Reading Aloud, by Wayland Maxfield Parrish. New York: Thomas Nelson &; Sons, 1932; pp. 401.

A Theatre Library. By Rosamond Gilder. (A publication of the National Theatre Conference.) New York: Theatre Arts, 1932; pp. xiv, 74; $1.

The Stage Is Set. By Lee Simonson. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1932; pp. 585; $5.

Correction of Defective Speech. By E. B. Twitmyer and Y. S. Nathanson. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son &; Co., Inc., 1932; pp. 413.

The Year Book of College Oratory, Volume IV. Compiled by Evan A. Anderson. New York: Noble and Noble, 1932; pp. 378; $2.

Intercollegiate Debates, Vol. XIII, Edited by Egbert Ray Nichols. New York: Noble and Noble, 1932 ; pp. x, 466 ; $2.

Straight and Crooked Thinking. By Robert H. Thouless. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1932; pp. 261.

Preparing the Commencement Address. By F. W. Lambertson. Cedar Falls, Iowa: College Print Shop, 1932; pp. 84.

Man as Psychology Sees Him. By Edward S. Robinson. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932; pp. 376; $2.50.

A Method of Lighting the Stage. By Stanley R. McCandless. New York: Theatre Arts Inc., 1932; pp. 132; $1.50.     

A historical sketch of intercollegiate debating: II

Mediaeval Artes Praedicandi: A Hand‐List. By Harry Caplan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1934; pp. 52. $1.50.

“The Four Senses of Scriptural Interpretation and the Mediaeval Theory of Preaching,”; Speculum, IV, No. 3, July, 1929.

“Classical Rhetoric and the Mediaeval Theory of Preaching,”; Classical Philology, XXVIII, No. 2, April, 1933.

“ ‘Henry of Hesse’ on the Art of Preaching,”; Publications of the Modern Language Association, XLVIII, No. 2, June, 1933. All by Harry Caplan.

The Making of a Pulpit Orator. By John A. McClorey, S.J. Macmillan, 1935. $2.00.

Public Speaking. By Donald Hayworth. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1935; pp. 442.

The Debaters’ Workbook: State Medical Service. Prepared by A. W. Heath. Waverly, Ill.: Waverly Forensic Press, 1935; pp. 82. $.75.

Language and Its Growth. By H. F. Scott, W. L. Carr, and G. T. Wilkinson. Chicago: Scott, Foresman &; Co., 1935; pp. 389. $2.00.

A Dictionary of Modern American Usage. By H. W. Horwill, New York: Oxford University Press, 1935; pp. ix+360. $3.25.

The Thorndike‐Century Junior Dictionary. By E. L. Thorndike. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1935; pp. x+970. $1.32.

On the Teaching of Junior High School English. By Emma Glaser. New York: D. Appleton‐Century Co., 1935; pp. 307.

Stammering and Allied Disorders. By C. S. Bluemel. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935; pp. 182.

The Gentleman from New York: a Life of Roscoe Conkling. By Donald Baer Chidsey. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935; pp. 438.

How to Win a Sales Argument. By Richard C. Borden and Alvin C. Busse. New York: Harper and Bros., 1935.

Public Speaking for Everybody. By Charles W. Mears. New York: Harper and Bros., 1935.

French Pronunciation. By Jeanne S. Marie. Philadelphia: Plank Printing Co., 1935; pp. 70.

The Best English. By H. C. Wyld. New York: Oxford University Press, 1934.

So‐o‐o‐o You're Going on the Air. By Robert West, M.A. New York: Rodin Publishing Co., 1934; pp. 215.

The Professional Discussions—of the Ninth Annual Convention of the American Speech Correction Association, 1934. Edited by Robert West, Ph.D. Madison, Wisconsin: College Typing Co., 1935.

A Guide to Play Selection. By Milton Smith. New York: D. Appleton‐Century Co., 1934. $1.25.

The Art of the Drama. By Fred B. Millett and Gerald Eades Bentley. New York. D. Appleton‐Century Co., 1935; pp. 253. $2.25.

Parliamentary Law and Procedure. By John Q. Tilson. Washington: Ransdell, Inc., 1935; pp. xv+176. $2.50.

Speech Making. By F. J. Griffiths. New York: Oxford University Press, 1935; pp. 96.

The Technical Man Sells His Services. By Edward Hurst, S.B. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, 1933; pp. 239.

Scenery Simplified. By Glenn R. Webster and William Wetzel. Eldridge Entertainment House, Franklin, Ohio, 1934; pp. 167. $1.50.     

Straw Godzilla: Engaging the academy and research ethics in artistic research projects

Abstract

In Australia, the university ethics approval process is guided by the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. The National Statement does not provide a hurdle to be overcome or avoided, nor is it a Godzilla-like monster that must be slain for truth to survive. Rather the National Statement provides an affirmation of an abiding respect for all life and a mechanism for beginning the intelligent questioning, theorization and contextualization for a work of art. Focusing specifically on the emergent discipline of artistic research, this article addresses the question of how the supervisory process may take on the ‘spirit’ of the National Statement to engender genuine ethical debate, rather than merely focus on the instrumental obstacles that seem to get in the way of the research. It specifically addresses the emergent field of artistic research and the concomitant resistance to ethical regulation of artistic research, in which bureaucratic instrumentalism and compliance or censorship are considered to potentially emasculate the vitality of an art work and the ability of art to serve as a truthsayer or agent provocateur. In this, the attitude of the supervisor toward research ethics in artistic research is considered a key factor in determining their students attitudes towards the ethics process. This article will present several initiatives undertaken with the intent of more fully engaging supervisors and students with research ethics.     

Some problems of rebuttal; an appraisal

Writers and Their Critics: A Study of Misunderstanding. By Henri Peyre. Ithaca, New York; The Cornell University Press, 1944; pp. xii + 340. $3.00.

A Short View of Elizabethan Drama. By Thomas Marc Parrott and Robert Hamilton Ball. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943; pp. viii + 312. $2.00.

The Communication Arts. Sponsored by the National Policy Committee for the High‐School Victory Corps. Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. 1943: pp. 75. $.25.

Speak Up! A New Approach to Communication. Revised Edition. By Bess Sondel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Bookstore, 1944; pp. vi + 70. $1.02.

Little Black Sambo. By Agnes Curren Hamm. Milwaukee: The Tower Press, 1944; pp. 12. $.50.

Approach to Social Studies through Choral Speaking. By Dorothy Harvel and May Williams Ward. Boston: Expression Company, 1945; pp. 184. $2.25.

Competitive Debate: Rules and Strategy. By George McCoy Musgrave. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1945; pp. 147. $1.25.

Influence of Certain Personal Factors on a Speech Judgment. By Bernard Carp. New Rochelle, New York: The Little Print Company, 1945; pp. 122. $1.75.

The Quest for Preaching Power. By John Nicholls Booth. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943; pp. 229. $2.00.

The Creative Delivery of Sermons. By Robert White Kirkpatrick. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944; pp. xxii + 235. $2.50.

Essentials of Parliamentary Procedure. By Zoe Steen Moore and John B. Moore. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1944; pp. x + 221. $2.50.