Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Give Power to the Pupils: Fair Dinkum Teaching and Learning: reflections on literacy and power Garth Boomer, Boynton/Cook Introducing Media Studies: Series editor: David Butts Literary Theory: Critical State?: Douglas Tallack (ed): Literary Theory at Work, B.T. Batsford Ltd     

Shorter Notices

Butts , Dennis (1977). Good Writers for Young Readers. Hughes , John M. (1977). The Reading Handbook, A Dictionary Guide to the Teaching of Reading.     

Lesbian and Gay Issues in the Wake of HIV and AIDS

Having provided an historical review of the development of theories of personality, this paper discusses the significant research that has been undertaken in this area. One example is Myers' work which is important both in terms of the original research and of the production of a questionnaire (type indicator) which has been used in over 40 countries. Using Jung's theory of psychological types and the more recent work of David Keirsey on temperaments, Patricia Hedges argues that there will be cases where a mismatch between teacher and pupil temperament will exist, with potentially serious consequences. The final section introduces a programme designed to increase self-understanding, heighten awareness and ultimately lead to more satisfactory relationships and to more effective learning and teaching.     

Book reviews

H.R. Kells Self‐Study Processes: A Guide to Self‐Evaluation in Higher Education (4th Edition). Phoenix, AZ: The Oryx Press, 1995. Paperback. ISBN 0 89774 903 0 Price $34.95 (North America) 194pp

David Warner and David Palfreyman (eds) Higher Education Management, The Key Elements. Buckingham: The Society for Research on Higher Education and Open University Press, 1996. Paperback. ISBN 0 335 19569 5 Price £19.99. 239 pages.     

Knowledge‐building or a Free‐for‐all? A Prolegomenon to an On‐line Creative Writing Class

Abstract

It can be argued that media studies has already defined itself too narrowly in terms of the communications media and that it takes too little account of the impact of new technologies on the lives and activities of young people. Here David Collins, a Research Fellow of the University of Sheffield, who is investigating the uses of information technology in relation to special educational needs, considers the potential of microcomputers in the context of music teaching.     

A case study in defining literacy: David Olson's journey from the Great Divide to the Great Beyond

David Olson writes his reply to Snyder in this issue ofInterchange. See page 56.     

Book review

The following book is reviewed.Disability, politics and the struggle for change Len barton 'Ed.', 2001 London: David Fulton Publishers 184 pp., ISBN 1 85346 809 6 £21.00     

Review

Consortia: International Networking Alliances of Universities David Teather (ed) (2004). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, pp. 261 ISBN 0522850960 (pbk) $44.95     

Resumens

Abstract

Interpretatión y educación ambiental no formal en el manejo de los recursos naturales. E. C. Olson, Mary Lynne Bowman, Robert E. Roth

Procesos cognitivos relacionados con la interpretación del ambiente William E. Hammitt

Demandas interpretativas del medio ambiente en la República Dominicana Clinton L. Shepard

Influencias en el recreo comercial en los ríos David Cockrell, Steve Bange, y Joseph Roggenbuck

Evaluación directa: Un medio administrativo para la justifacación, evolución y modificación de programas Paul F. Nowak

Beneficios económicos para los visitantes de un puesto de información interpretativa Ted T. Cable, Douglas M. Knudson, y David J. Stewart     

The David Wills Lecture 2001

Abstract

In this, the Annual David Wills Lecture, Dr. John Visser explores common, recurrent themes in the development of our understanding of approaches to EBD. He describes these themes as eternal verities!     

Reviews

Vivienne Gross, Hackney Child and Family Consultation Service, Child Abuse and the School's Response: A Workshop for Professionals Involved with Ghildren/Young People from Nursery to Further Education by Eve Brock. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1992. 22pp. ISBN 0 58210060 7, £25.00

Louise O'Connor, Roehampton Institute, Social Education and Personal Development Studies in Primary Education by Delwyn and Eva Tattum. London: David Fulton, 1992. 194pp. pb ISBN 185346 110 5, £12.99

Sue Smedley, Froebel Institute College, Stress in Teaching by Jack Dunham. London and New York: Routledge, 1992. 200pp. hb ISBN 0 415 06634 4, £35, pb ISBN 0 415 06635 2, £12.99

David Thomas, Department of Education University of Liverpool, Learning Support for Young People in Transition: Leaving School for Further Education and Work by Jean McGinfy and John Fish. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. 116pp. pb ISBN 0 335 09765 0, n.p.     

Résumés

Abstract

La methode explicative et l'éducation écologique non formalisée en malière de gestion des ressources naturelles E. C. Olson, Mary Lynne Bowman, et Robert E. Roth

La familiarisation et la compréhension de l'environment William E. Hammitt

La tǎche de l'éducation écologique en République Dominicaine Clinton L. Shepard

La persuasion et la formation des attitudes dans les activités fluviales organisées David Cockrell, Steve Bange, Joseph Roggenbuck

L'évaluation directe: un instrument de gestion permettant las justification, l'évaluation et la modification de programmes Paul F. Nowak

Les bénéfices économiques réalisés par les visiteurs d'un centre d'information Ted T. Cable, Douglas M. Knudson, David J. Stewart     

The first training colleges for teachers of the blind

A review of Education, Values and Mind: Essays for R. S. Peters, David E. Cooper (ed.) (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986, £12.95. 219 pages)

     

Surveying Adolescent Worries: Development of the ‘Things I Worry About’ Scale

Steve Decker, Anglia Polytechnic University, Death and Loss: Compassionate Approaches in the Classroom, Oliver Leaman. London: Cassell, 1995. 160pp. hb ISBN 0 304 33087 6, pb ISBN 0 304 33089 2, price not available

Alan Dodds, The Ferrers School, Rushden, Northamptonshire, Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do, Dan Olweus. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993. 140pp. pb ISBN 0 631 19241 7

Richard Smith, Elliott School, London, Combating Truancy in Schools, Edith Le Riche. London: David Fulton/ The Roehampton Institute, 1995. 112pp. ISBN 1 85346 337, £11.95

Ron Best, Roehampton Institute, London, Psychology in the Classroom: Reconstructing Teachers and Learners, Phillida Salmon. London: Cassell, 1995. 98pp. hb ISBN 0 304 33254 2, £40.00, pb ISBN 0 204 33256 9, £12.99

David Lambourn, NAPCE Base, Warwick, Primary Teachers at Work, R. J. Campbell and S. R. St.J. Neill. London: Routledge, 1994. 252pp. pb ISBN 0 415 08863 1, £14.99     

Students' Views of Teaching

Abstract

Much To Do About Writing: Teaching and Assessing Writing By Edward M. White San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985, 304 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David Taylor

A Poignant, Colorful Portrait: Refugee Scholars in America: Their Impact and Their Experiences By Lewis A. Coser New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984, xviii + 351 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by R. W. Franklin     

Moral education and the justification of basic moral standards: Replies to Clayton,Stevens and D’Olimpio

ABSTRACT

Matthew Clayton, David Stevens and Laura D’Olimpio have advanced a series of objections to arguments I set out in my recent book A Theory of Moral Education – in particular to the problem-of-sociality justification for basic moral standards. Here I reply to their objections.     

Reviews and Update

Books reviewed:

Jones, Jeff, Jenkin, Mazda and Andrews, Jim. The Pastoral Head’s Handbook

Nicholls, Gill and Gardner, John. Pupils in Transition: Moving between Key Stages

Kibble, David G. Safety and Disaster Management in Schools and Colleges: A Training Manual     

Faculty Evaluation as a Liberal Persuasion

Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher, Seventh Edition: By Wilbert J. McKeachie: D. C. Heath and Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1978. Reviewed by Margaret O'Brien, SP.

Staff Development in Higher Education. An International Review and Bibliography, 1979: By David C. B. Teather: Nichols Publishing Company, P. O. Box 96, New York, New York 10024. $30.00. Reviewed by Gary W. Peterson.     

A Strange Condition of Things: Alterity and knowingness in Dickens’ David Copperfield

Abstract

It is sometimes said that we are strangers to ourselves, bearers of internal alterity, as well as to each other. The profounder this strangeness then the greater the difficulty of giving any systematic account of it without paradox: of supposing that our obscurity to ourselves can readily be illuminated. To attempt such an account, in defiance of the paradox, is to risk knowingness: a condition which, appearing to challenge our alterity but in fact often confirming it, holds an ambiguous place in the ‘ethics of belief’ and has largely escaped philosophical attention. Like alterity, knowingness can only be approached indirectly. Charles Dickens, in David Copperfield, is exemplary in the way he handles these themes.