Teaching and Learning and the Challenge of Educational Reform

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Resources In Review

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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.     

Toward an Urban Ecological Structure

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Environmental Education in the 21st Century: Theory, Practice, Progress and Promise , by Joy A. Palmer. London/New York: Routledge. 1998. Paperback. 284 pages. ISBN 0-415-13197-9.

Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society , 2nd Edition, by Eugene P. Odum. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. 1997. Paperback. 330 pages. $24.95. ISBN 0-87893-630-0.

Yakoana: The Voice of Indigenous Peoples . New York: Parabola, 1997. Color video, 60 minutes, $29.95. ISBN 0-930407-43-1.

In Accord with Nature: Helping Students Form an Environmental Ethic Using Outdoor Experience and Reflection , by Clifford Knapp. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. 1999. Paperback. $19.00. ISBN 1-880785-20-X.

An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues , 2nd Edition, by Kevin T. Pickering and Lewis A. Owen. New York: Routledge. 1997. Hardback. 512 pages. $100. ISBN 0-415-14098-6. Paperback. $22.99 ISBN 0-415-14099-4.

John Muir: To Yosemite and Beyond , edited by Robert Engberg and Donald Wesling. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press. 1999. Paperback. 171 pages. $12.95. ISBN 0-87480-580-5.

Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems , by Steve Lerner. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1998. Paperback. 397 pages. $16.50. ISBN 0-262-2124-X.     

A Design for Teaching a New Land Ethic to Junior High Students

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Water: Sacred and Profaned , Bayland Productions. Palo Alto, CA: Foundation for Global Community. 1998. 27 minutes. Videotape (closed captioned). $20.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. ISBN 0-9638679-9-7.

Interactive Earth: A Global Learning Tool. WorldLink Media. San Francisco: Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley. 1997. CD-ROM with User's Guide. $89.95.

Vital Signs 1998: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future , edited by Lester R. Brown, Michael Rentier, and Christopher Flavin. New York: Norton. 1998. Paperback. 204 pages. $12.00. ISBN 0-393-31762-5.

The Coming Age of Scarcity: Preventing Mass Death and Genocide in the Twenty-first Century , edited by Michael N. Dobkowski and Isidor Wallimann. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. 1998. Paperback. $34.95. ISBN 0-8516-2744-0.

Exploring Ecology and Its Applications: Readings From American Scientist, edited by Peter Kareiva. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. 1998. Paperback. $24.95. ISBN 0-87893-414-6.

Refraining Deforestation: Global Analysis and Local Realities: Studies in West Africa , by James Fairhead and Melissa Leach. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. 1998. Paperback. 238 pp. $22.99. ISBN 0-415-18591-2.

Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges, and Other Institutions , by Sarah Hammond Creighton. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1998. Paperback. 337 pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-262-53151-8.     

Resources In Review

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The RFF Reader in Environmental Science and Resource Management , edited by Wallace E. Oates. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. 1999. Paperback. $22.95. ISBN 0-915707-96-9.

Science through Multiple Intelligences: Patterns that Inspire Inquiry , by Robert Barkman. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press, Inc. 1999. Paperback. 165 pages. $39.00. ISBN 1-56976-096-9.

Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet , edited by Ronald Bailey. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2000. Paperback. 362 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-07-134260-5.

Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists (A Conservative Manifesto) , by Peter Huber. New York: Basic Books. 1999. Hardcover. $25.00. ISBN 0-468-03112-9.

Song of the Meadowlark , by James Eggert. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. 1999. Paperback. 145 pages. $12.95. ISBN 1-58008-034-0.

The Greening of Planet Earth: The Effects of Carbon Dioxide on the Biosphere , Greening Earth Society, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 805, Arlington, VA 22203-4193; tel. 703-907-6168; fax 703-907-6161; info@greeningearthsociety.org. 1992. Color. 27 min 50 s. $15.00.

The Greening of Planet Earth Continues: The Promise for the 21st Century & Beyond , Greening Earth Society. 1998. Color. 27 min 30 s. $15.00 (or both for $25.00).

Nature's Nation: An Environmental History of the United States , by John Opie. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. 1998. Paperback. 515 pages. ISBN 0-15-500219-8.

Visions of Paradise: Glimpses of Our Landscape's Legacy , by John Warfield Simpson. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1999. Clothbound. 387 pages. $35.00. ISBN 0-520-21364-5.

Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy , by J. Baird Callicott. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1999. Paperback. 427 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-7914-4084-2.

The Morning After Earth Day , by Mary Graham. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 1999. Hardcover, 153 pages. ISBN 0-8157-3236-8.

Natural Resource Management and Institutional Change , by Diana Carney and John Farrington. New York: Routledge. 1998. Hardback. 120 pages. $60.00. ISBN 0-415-18604-8.

Green Ink: An Introduction to Environmental Journalism , by Michael Frome. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. 1998. Paperback. 204 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-87480-582-1.     

Conservation Synergism: New Dynamics for Effective Action

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Epicurean Simplicity, by Stephanie Mills. Washington, DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books. 2002. Hardcover. 218 pages. $22.00. ISBN 1-55963-689-0.

Democracy in Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions, by Thomas C. Beierle and Jerry Cayford. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. 2002. Paperback. 149 pages. $18.95. ISBN 1-891853-54-6.

Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development, by Gerald G. Marten. Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications Ltd. 2001. Paperback. 238 pages. $24.95. ISBN 1-85383-714-8.

Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience, edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Paperback. 190 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-19-514944-0.

Guide To Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, edited by Natalia Mirovitskaya and William Ascher. Durham: Duke University Press. 2001. Paperback. 592 pages. $34.95. ISBN 0-8223-2745-7.

Teaching About Climate Change, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Little-john. 2001. Lewiston, NY: New Society Publishers/Green Teacher. 58 pages. Paperback. ISBN 0-86571-437-1. $12.95.

Interpretation for the 21st Century: Fifteen Guiding Principles for Interpreting Nature and Culture (2nd ed.), by Larry Beck and Ted Cable. Champaign, IL: Sagamore. 2002. Paperback. 204 pages. $24.95. ISBN 1-57167-522-1.     

The Williams Center for Environmental Studies

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Triumph of the Mundane: The Unseen Trends That Shape Our Lives and Environment, by Hal Kane. Washington, DC: Island Press. 2001. Hardback. 195 pages. $22.95. ISBN 1-55963-715-3.

Voices for the Watershed: Environmental Issues in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Drainage Basin, edited by Gregory Gilpin Beck and Bruce Littlejohn. Montreal: McGill-McQueen's University Press. 2000. Clothbound. 300 pages. $32.95 US. ISBN 0-7735-2003-1.

A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization, by John Perlin. 1989, reprinted 1997. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 445 pages. Paperback. $26.50. ISBN 0-674-30892-1.

Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change, by Lesley Head. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Paperback. 179 pages. $24.95. ISBN 0-340-73114-1.

ePopulation Reports. Population and the Environment: The Global Challenge, produced by the Population Information Program at the Center for Communications Programs, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect, by David W. Orr. Washington, DC: Island Press. 1994. Paperback. 222 pages. $18.95. ISBN 1-55963-295-X.     

Evidence of a Shift in the Social Science Perspective on Energy: A Content Analysis of Geo-Abstracts,Part C: Economic Geography, 1966–1978

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Environmental Education for the 21st Century: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives , edited by Patricia J. Thompson. New York: Peter Lang. 1997. Paperback. 356 pages. $32.95. ISBN 0-8204-3749-2.

Fundamentals of Economics for Environmental Managers , by William F. Barron, Robert D. Perlack, and John J. Boland. Westport, CT: Quorum Books. 1998. Hardcover. 224 pages. $65.00. ISBN 1-56720-159-8.

To Dwell With a Boundless Heart: Essays in Curriculum Theory , Hermeneutics, and the Ecological Imagination, by David W. Jardine. New York: Peter Lang. 1998. Paperback. $24.95. ISBN 0-8204-3941-X.

Managing the Commons , Second Edition, edited by John A. Baden and Douglas S. Noonan. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1998. 243 pages. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-253-33361-X. Paperback, $16.95, ISBN 0-253-21153-0.

Pollution Markets in a Green Country Town: Urban Environmental Management in Transition , by Roger K. Raufer. Westport, CT: Praeger. 1998. Hardback. $59.95. ISBN 0-275-96174-5.

A Primer for Environmental Literacy , by Frank B. Golley. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1998. Paperback. 272 pages. $18.00. ISBN 0-300-07049-7.

Ecological Education in Action: On Weaving Education , Culture, and the Environment, edited by Gregory A. Smith and Dilafruz R. Williams. New York: State University of New York Press. 1999. Paperback. 244 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-7914-3986-0.

The Gods Played Here , by Karen LaMantia-Ashikeh. Union City, CA: Rainbow Enterprises. 1998. 3″ disk, or order online (www.1stbooks.com). $5.95.     

Discrepancies Among Teachers' Priorities for and Knowledge of Freshwater Topics

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A Blueprint for Environmental Education , edited by Jane S. Shaw. Bozeman, MT: Political Economy Research Center. 1999. Paperback. ISBN 0-9668243-1-8.

Environmental Education and Biodiversity , edited by Arjen E. J. Wals. Wageningen, The Netherlands: National Reference Centre for Nature Management. 1999. Paperback. ISBN 90-75789-03-3.

The Environmental Impact Statement Process and Environmental Law , by Emmett B. Moore. Columbus, OH: Battelle Press. 2000. Paperback. 162 pages. $19.95. ISBN 1-57477-092-6.

Caring for Plunet Earth, Volume 1: The Great Lakes, CD-ROM , Grand Rapids, MI: Center for Environmental Study. 1998. $39.00. Formatted for Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1

Edgar Beaver's Destiny: An Environmental Fable , by Joseph Petulla. Available through Xlibris Corporation (www.Xlibris.com). 2000. Paperback. 124 pages. $16.00. ISBN 0-7388-2471-2.

A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story , by William Souder. New York: Hyperion. 2000. Hardback. Illustrated. 299 pages. $23.95. ISBN 0-7868-6360-9.

Environmental Education and Communication for a Sustainable World: Handbook for International Practitioners , edited by Brian A. Day and Martha C. Monroe. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development. 2000. Paperback. 138 pages. ISBN 0-89492-108-8.     

Resources In Review

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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.     

Research abstracts

Abstracts are compiled by Eric Plotnick, ERIC Clearninghouse on Information & Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-4100. Telephone: 315-443-3640; toll-free: 800-464-9107. Internet: eric@ericir.syr.edu.     

Research abstract

Abstracts are compiled by Nancy R. Preston, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-4100. Telephone: 315-443-3640; toll-free: 800-464-9107. Internet: eric@ericir.syr.edu.     

World War II — Survey of Recent Literature

We Make the Road by Walking by Myles Horton and Paolo Freire. Edited by Brenda Bell, John Gaventa, and John Peters. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990, 248 pp., hardcover. (ISBN 0-8722-771-3)

The Color of Strangers, The Color of Friends: The Play of Ethnicity in School and Community by Alan Peshkin. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991, 304 pp., softcover. (ISBN 0-226-66201-2)

In the Mind's Eye by Thomas G. West, Buffalo. New York: Prometheus Books, 1991, 359 pp., hardcover. (ISBN 0-87975-646-2)     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Lesley Pugsley (2004) The University Challenge, Higher Education Markets and Social Stratification . Aldershot: Ashgate. 182pp. ISBN 0-7546-3987-8; £45.
Burton R. Clark (2004) Sustaining Change in Universities: Continuities in Case Studies and Concepts . Maidenhead: Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University Press. 210pp. ISBN 0-3352-1590-4; £19.99.     

Understanding and Supporting Inhibitory Control: Unique Contributions From Proactive Monitoring and Motoric Stopping to Children’s Improvements With Practice

Children struggle to stop inappropriate behaviors. What interventions improve inhibitory control, for whom, and why? Prior work suggested that practice proactively monitoring for relevant signals improved children’s inhibitory control more than practice with motoric stopping. However, these processes were not clearly dissociated. This study tested 162 seven- to nine-year-old children (89 female, 72 male, 1 unreported; 82% White) on the stop-signal task, following monitoring or stopping-focused practice. Both methods improved inhibitory control, supported generalization, and interacted ( = .20–.73). Practice approaches differentially impacted variability ( = .01–.09). Only monitoring benefits showed signs of depending upon proactive control ( = .02). These findings highlight unique contributions of attentional and stopping processes to inhibitory control, suggesting possibilities for tailored interventions.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Ridley, Dale Scott & Walther, Bill (1995) Creating Responsible Learners: The Role of a Positive Clnssroom Enviroment American Psychological Association, Washington 1-55 798-295-3 614.50 121 pp
Seek, Barbara B (1995) ed lnstructional Design Fundamentals: A Reconsideration Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs. NJ 0-87778-284-9 $37.95 278 pp
Thorley, Lyn & Gregory, Roy (1994) eds Using Group-based Learning in Higher Education Kogan Page, London (and Philadelphia) 0-7494-1246-1 £14.95 194 pp
Wilson, Brent G et al (1994) Technology Making a Difference: The Peakview Elementary School Study ERIC, Syracuse 0-937597-39-2 $17 230 pp
Faludy, Tanya & Faludy, Alexander (1996) A Little Edge of Darkness: A Boy's Triumph over Dyslexia Jessica Kingsley, London 1-85302-357- 4 £9.95 160 pp     

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Books reviewed
Ronald Barnett (2003) Beyond All Reason: Living with Ideology in the University . Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press. 231 pp; ISBN 0-335-20894-0 (hb.) £65; 0-335-20893-2 (pb.) £22.50.
Cecile Deer (2002) Higher Education in England and France Since the 1980s . Oxford: Symposium Books. 208 pp; ISBN 1-873927-64-9. £24.00 (pb).     

Rough winds do Shake: Higher education in transition

The Management of Change: universities, state and economy in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, HENRY D.R. MILLER, 1995, Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University Press. viii + 183pp, ISBN 0-3355-19089-8 (hardback)

The Postmodern University? Contested Visions of Higher Education in Society, ANTHONY SMITH & FRANK WEBSTER (Eds), 1997, Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University, Press. xi + 125pp. ISBN 0-335-19958-5 (paperback), ISBN 0-335-19959-3 (hardback)     

大口径石英毛细管气相色谱法测定盐酸尼非卡兰中有机残留溶剂

通过外标定量法 ,利用大口径石英毛细管柱测定盐酸尼非卡兰中有机溶剂甲醇、氯仿、吡啶、四氢呋喃和二甲基甲酰胺的残留量 .该方法的相关系数均大于 0 .99,相对标准偏差小于 7.0 % ,最小检出量 :甲醇为 1× 10 -3 μg ;氯仿为 2× 10 - 3μg ;吡啶为 5× 10 -3 μg;四氢呋喃为 2× 10 -3 μg ;二甲基甲酰胺为 8× 10 -3 μg.     

不同稀释液对波尔山羊精液冷冻效果的比较

本实验采集4头波尔山羊种公羊精液,比较4种精液冷冻保存稀释液配方[A葡萄糖-柠檬酸钠-乙二胺四乙酸;B乳糖-葡萄糖-柠檬酸钠;C葡萄糖-柠檬酸钠-三羟甲基氨基甲烷;D蔗糖-葡萄糖-柠檬酸-谷氨酸-三羟甲基氨基甲烷]并进行细管和颗粒不同冻精制作,测定解冻后精子活率、畸形率、顶体完整率.结果表明,D稀释液解冻后的精子活率平均为40.50%,顶体完整率50.25%,优于A和B液,呈显著或极显著差异(P<0.05,P<0.01),而C稀释液解冻后的精子活率平均为38.5%,顶体完整率48.48%,优于A和B(P<0.05);细管冻精效果优于颗粒冻精(P<0.05).结论:最佳处理方式为利用D稀释液配方进行细管冻精.