Book reviews

The following books are reviewed.

Research Method in the Postmodern JAMES J. SCHEURICH (1997) Qualitative Studies Series 3 London: Falmer Press. 190 pp., ISBN 0 7507 0709 7, hardback, £58.00, ISBN 0 7507 0645 7, paperback, £16.99

Digital Diversions: youth culture in the age of multimedia JULIAN SEFTON-GREEN (Ed.) (1998) London: UCL Press. ISBN 1 85728 856 4, hardback, £48.00, ISBN 1 85728 857 2, paperback, £14.99

Reflective Teacher Development in Primary Science PETER OVENS (2000) London, Falmer Press. 230 pp., ISBN 0 750 70863 8, hardback, £50.00, ISBN 0 750 70862 X, paperback, £15.99     

Reviews

Pat Sadler, Hiroshima Shudo University, The Caring Child by Nancy Eisenberg. Cambridge, Mass, and London: Harvard University Press, 1992, hb ISBN 0 674 09725 4, pb ISBN 0 674 09726 2, US$8.95

Garry Hornby, University of Hull, Youth in Trouble: Educational Responses, by J. F. Schostak. London: Kogan Page, 1991. 192pp., pb. ISBN 0 7494 0372 1, np

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, ‘Some Way to Go’: A Pilot Study on the Appraisal of Educational Resources on Leaving Home and Homelessness, Leaving Home Project. London: Information Services Charity Limited, 1987. 56pp., £4.95

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, Experimental Project. Final Report, Leaving Home Project. London: Information Services Charity Limited, 1991. 30pp., £6

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, ‘Making the Break’: Choices and Decisions Facing Young People Leaving Home, by Philip Hope, edited by Catherine ByGott. London: CSV Advisory Service and Leaving Home Project, 1989. 157pp. plus VHS video ‘Cutting Loose’, 20 min., CSV, 1988. ISBN 0 907829 57 0, £28.25+£2.40 p. & p.

Don Baines, Anglia Polytechnic University, Teacher Training in Secondary Schools, by Rowie Shaw. London: Kogan Page Limited, 1992. 162pp., pb ISBN 0 7494 0637 2, £14.95

Gill Collins, Sovereign Centre Tutorial Unit, Issues: A Cross-Curricular Course for PSE, by John Foster. Hammersmith: Collins Educational, 1992. Pupil Book One, ISBN 0 00 327334 2, £4.95; Teachers Resources One, ISBN 0 00 327339 3, £7.25; Pupil Book Two, ISBN 0 00 327335 0, £4.95; Teachers Resources Two, ISBN 0 00 327340 7, £7.25; Pupil Book Three, ISBN 0 00 327336 9, £4.95; Teachers Resources Three, ISBN 0 00 3273415, £7.25; Pupil Book Four, ISBN 0 00 327337 7, £5.50; Teachers Resources Four, ISBN 0 00 327342 3, £7.95; Pupil Book Five, ISBN 0 00 327338 5, £5.50; Teachers Resources Five, ISBN 0 00 327343 1, £7.95     

Book review

The following books are reviewed.

Value and validity in action research: a guidebook for reflective practitioners EILEEN M. SCHWALBACH (2003) London: Scarecrow Press 121 pp., ISBN 1 57886 017 2 (pb), £10.22

Supporting Teachers, Supporting Pupils D.F. WILSON, 2004 London: RoutledgeFalmer 184 pp., ISBN 0 415 33522 1 (hb), £65, 0 415 33523 X (pb), £22.50     

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     

A Crisis of Confidence in Vocational Education: The Perceptions of Young Workers in Manufacturing Industry

Mary James, University of Cambridge Institute of Education, The Pastoral and the Academic: Conflict and Contradiction in the Curriculum, Sally Power. London: Cassell, 1996. 164pp. hb ISBN 0 304 33223 2, £40.00, pb ISBN 0 304 33225 9, £12.99

Deborah Braithwaite, Support Service (EBD), Chatham, Kent, Managing Behaviour in the Primary School, J. Docking. London: David Fulton, 1996. 160pp. pb ISBN 1 85346 397 3, £13.99

Val Golightly, Sutton Primary School, Sutton, Cambridgeshire, Quality Circle Time in the Primary School, by Jenny Mosley. Wisbech: LDA, 1996. 255pp. pb ISBN 1 85503 299 5, £19.95

Janet Edwards, Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education, School of Education, Leicester University, Today's Child, Tomorrow's Adult, edited by Tim Khan. Coventry: Community Education Development Centre, 1995. 47pp. pb ISBN 0 9477607 24 2, £7.50 plus 10% p&;p

Janet Edwards, Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education, School of Education, Leicester University, Bringing Learning to Life: Involving the Community in the National Curriculum, by David Howe and Joan Wilson. Coventry: Community Education Development Centre, 1995. 72pp. pb ISBN 0 947607 21 8, £9.95 plus 10% p&;p

Richard Byers, University of Cambridge Institute of Education, Adding Value? Schools' Responsibility for Pupils' Personal Development, edited by Sally Inman and Martin Buck. Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books, 1995. 182pp. pb ISBN 1 85856 044 6, £12.95     

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.     

Current Issues in Pastoral Management

REVIEW ARTICLE

The Health-Related Behaviour Questionnaire Service from the Schools Health Education Unit: Some Comments on the Review by Lambourn, reviewed by Davis Regis

REVIEWS

The Effective Teacher, by Cedric Cullingford. London: Cassell, 1995. 205pp. pb ISBN 0 304 33177 5, £13.99, hb ISBN 0 304 33180 5, reviewed by Don Baines

Cooperation in the Multi-Ethnic Classroom: The Impact of Cooperative Group Work on Social Relationships in Middle Schools, by Helen Cowie, Peter Smith, Michael Boulton and Rema Laver. London: David Fulton Publishers, 1994. 214+viiipp. pb ISBN 1 85346 284 5, £14.99, reviewed by Andrew Wright

Areas for Growth, by James Hanratty. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 108pp. pb ISBN 0 521 46910 4, £25.95, reviewed by Joy Widdows

Refugee Children in the Classroom, by Jill Rutter. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books, 1994. 288pp. pb ISBN 185856 008 X, £13.95, reviewed by Caroline Lodge     

Book reviews

The following books are reviewed.

Teaching Public Issues in the High School D. W. OLIVER & J. P. SHAVER (1966) Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Professional Experience and the Investigative Imagination: the ART of reflective writing RICHARD WINTER, ALYSON BUCK & PAULA SOBIECHOWSKA (1999) London: Routledge. 240 pp. ISBN 0 415 19542 X (hb) £50.00, ISBN 0 415 19543 8 (pb) £ 16.99     

Book review

The following book is reviewed.

Facilitating Reflective Learning in Higher Education ANNE BROCKBANK & IAN MCGILL (1998) Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University Press 256 pp., ISBN 0 335 19685 3 (pb) £22.50, ISBN 0335 19686 1 (hb) £65.00     

Book reviews

The following books are reviewed.

Teachers' work in a globalising economy JOHN SMYTH, ALASTAIR DOW, ROBERT HATTAM, GEOFFREY SCHACKLOCK & ALAN REID (1999) London: RoutledgeFalmer. 240 pp., ISBN 07507 0962 6 (hb) £65.00, ISBN 07507 0961 8 (pb) £19.99

Learning Mathematics: from hierarchies to networks LEONE BURTON (Ed.) (1999) London: RoutledgeFalmer. ISBN 07507 1008 X (hb) £65.00 ISBN 07507 1009 8 (pb)     

In Good Faith: Schools,religion and public funding

In Good Faith: schools, religion and public funding, MARIE PARKER-JENKINS, DIMITRI HARTAS & BARRIE IRVING, 2005 Aldershot: Ashgate, 254 pp., ISBN 0 7546 3351 9 £16.99(pb), 0 7546 3350 0 £55 (hb)     

Reviews

Andrew Wright, Whitelands College, Another Step: Challenging Inequalities, by Margaret Robson, Andrew Gregory and Dawn Gill. Association for Curriculum Development, 1991, 297pp., ISBN 1 8540 1 045 X

Di Bentley, School of Education, Roehampton Institute, Skills for the Primary School Child: Personal and Social Education in the Primary School, a pack by the Teachers' Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Drug Education (TACADE) and the Society for the Prevention of Solvent and Volatile Substance Abuse (Re-Solv). Salford: TACADE, 1990, three booklets (57pp., 29pp., 60pp.) and thirty-three workcards, ISBN 0 905954 43 2 (set)

Brenda Hopper, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Gender and Pastoral Care, edited by C. McLaughlin, C. Lodge and C. Watkins. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991, 192pp., pb ISBN 0 63117177 0, £9.99

Shirley Lee, Roehampton Institute, Career Development for Teachers by Jim Donnelly, London: Rogan Page, 1992, 96pp., pb ISBN 0 7494 0645 3, £9.95     

Teacher Education in England and Wales

Teacher Education in England and Wales (Studies in Education, No. 8) GEOFFREY PARTINGTON, 1999 London: Institute of Education, University of London. 163 pp., ISBN 0 225 36476 8, £12     

The Standing Conference on Studies in Education

Dimensions of Discipline: Rethinking Practice in Secondary Schools. David Gillborn, Jon Nixon and Jean Rudduck. Pp 132. Index. Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT for HMSO, 1993. £9.95. ISBN 0–11–270805–6.

Education and Public Policy in Australia. By Simon Marginson. Pp xv, 286. Index. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1993, £35.00 hardback; US $53.95. ISBN 0–521–43345–2.

Naming Silenced Lives: Personal Narratives and Process of Educational Change, edited by Daniel McLaughlin and William G. Tierney. New York and London: Routledge, 1993. Pp. 249., £35 hard, ISBN 0 415 90516 8.

Histoire de l'Agrégation: contribution à I'histoire de la culture scolaire by André Chervel. Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique and Editions Kimé, Paris: 1993. Pp. 289. ISBN 2–7342–0357‐X (INRP)/2–908212–5‐X (Kimé). Price: 170 French francs.

A History of Music Education in England 1872–1928. By Gordon Cox. Scolar Press, Aldershot; 1993. Pp. 196. £35. ISBN 0–85967–978–0.

Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School. Edited by Bob Moon and Ann Shelton Mayes, Pp. ix. 386. Index. London and New York: The Open University, 1994, £10.99. ISBN 0 415 10250 2.

Parents and Schools. Edited by P. Munn. Pp vii, 182. London: Routledge, 1993. £12.95 Paperback. ISBN 0–415–08926–3. Routledge Educational Mangement Series.

Grant Maintainted Schools: Education in the Market Place. John Fitz, David Halpin and Sally Power. Pp x, 125. Index. London: Kogan Page 1993. Flexicover: £14.95. ISBN 0 7494 1067 1. Kogan Page Educational Management Series.

How Fathers Care for the Next Generation: A Four‐Decade Study. By John Snarey, Pp. xii +40 Cambridge, Mass., and London, England. Harvard University Press, 1993. Cloth £27.95/$41.95. ISBN 0–674–40940‐X.

International Handbook of Research and Development of Giftedness and Talent. Edited by K. A. Heller, F. J. Mönks and A. H. Passow. Pp. xvi, 964. Index. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1993. £110. ISBN 0–08–041–398–6.

The Economics of Education. Geraint Johnes. Pp 247. Index. London: Macmillan Press, 1993. £12.99 paperback. ISBN 0–333–56835–4 hc; 0–333–56836–2 pb.

Encouragement Works Best; Positive Approaches to Classroom Management. By Frank Merrett. Pp. viii, 136. London: David Fulton Publishers, 1993. £10.99 (pbk) ISBN 1–85346–254–3.

The Origins and Development of High Ability: Ciba Foundation Symposium 178. Edited by Gregory R Bock and Kate Ackrill. Pp viii + 258. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1993. £45.00. ISBN 0–471–93945–5.

Distance Education for Teacher Training. Edited by Hilary Perraton. Pp viii, 411. Index. London, Routledge 1993. £40 hardcover. ISBN 0–415–09465–8.

Educational Provision for our Youngest Children. European Perspectives. Edited by Tricia David. Pp x 193. Index. London: Paul Chapman Publishing, 1993. £15.95. ISBN 1 85396 204 X.

Researchon Teacher Thinking: Understanding Professional Development. Edited by Christopher Day, James Calderhead, and Pam Denicolo. 256 pages. London: Falmer Press, 1993. Cloth £38 Paperback £13.95. ISBN Cloth 0 75070 177 3 Paper 0 75070 178 1

The Order of Knowledge. Geoffrey Powell. Pp 154. Aldershot: Avebury, 1993. £35.00 hardback ISBN 1 85628 555 3. Avebury Series in Philosophy.     

Book Reviews

Comparative and International Research in Education: globalisation, context and difference MICHAEL CROSSLEY &KEITH WATSON, 2003 London, RoutledgeFalmer 177 pp (_ix), £75.00 (hbk), £22.50 (pbk) ISBN 0-415-19122-X (hbk), 0-19122-X (pbk)     

Institutional Change towards a Sustainability Agenda: How far can theory assist?

Peter A. M. Maassen Governmental Steering and the Academic Culture. Utrecht, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij De Tijdstroom, 1996. Paperback ISBN 9 03521 772 1 Price 52.50Dfl. £17.50 194 pp

M. Cave, S. Hanney, M. Henkel and M. Kogan The Use of Performance Indicators in Higher Education: The Challenge of the Quality Movement (3rd Edition). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1997. Paperback. ISBN 1 85302 345 0 Price £17.95 160 pp Higher Education Policy Series 34 Leo Goedegebuure     

T. S. Eliot and educational aims

Priorities in Religious Education. Edited by Brenda Watson. Pp viii, 210+. Index. London: Falmer Press, 1992. £12.95 paperback. ISBN 0–75070–017–3.

The Victorian Governess by Kathryn Hughes. Pp. xvi, 256. London and Rio Grande: The Hambledon Press, 1993. £25 hardcover. ISBN 1–85285–002–7.

The Church Colleges 1918–1939: The Struggle for Survival. By Mark Lofthouse. Rearsby: J. Billings, 9 Church Leys Avenue, LE7 4YF. Pp. xviii, 116, £12 hardback, £6.50 paperback. ISBN 0 9520022 0 5 hardback, 0 9520022 1 3 paperback.

The Rationality of Feeling: Understanding the Arts in Education by David Best. Pp 211. London &; Washington DC: The Falmer Press (A member of the Taylor &; Francis Group), 1992. £13.95. ISBN 0 75070 056 4 (cased) &; 0 75070 057 2 (paper). Series: The Falmer Press Library on Aesthetic Education (Editor: Peter Abbs)

The Braid of Literature: Children's Worlds of Reading. Shelby Anne Wolff and Shirley Brice Heath. London: Harvard University Press, October 1992. £19.95. ISBN 0–674–08040–8

Quality Assurance in Training and Education. By Richard Freeman. London: Kogan Page, 1993. Pp. 176. £14.95. ISBN 0–7494–0868–5 (pbk)

Effective Schools for Disaffected Pupils by Paul Cooper. Pp x, 267. London: Routledge, 1993. £35 hardback, £11.99 paperback. ISBN 0–415–06483‐X hardback, 0–415–06484–8 paperback.

The IEA Study of Written Composition II: Education and Performance in Fourteen Countries. Edited by A. C. Purves. Pps 290. Oxford/New York/Seoul/Tokyo. Pergamon Press 1992. £44.50/$65 hardback. ISBN 0–08–041397/8 (v. 2) International Studies in Educational Achievement, Volume 6

Education Answers Back: Critical Responses to Government Policy. Edited by Clyde Chitty &; Brian Simon. Pp xv, 181. Index. London. Lawrence &; Wishart, 1993. £9.99 flexicover. ISBN 0 85315 781 2

A History of Youth, Michael Mitterauer (translated from the German by Graeme Dunphy), p. xii + 256, Blackwell, Oxford, 1992, hb £40.00 pb £13.99, ISBN hb 0631179836 pb 061179844, in series Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times, eds., Peter Laslett and Michael Anderson.

Teaching about Europe by Margaret Shennan. Pp xviii, 281. Index. London: Cassell, 1991. £35 hardcover; £12.99 paperback. ISBN 0–304–32292‐X hb; 0–304–32288–1 pbk. Cassell Council of Europe Series.

Mentoring: Perspectives on School‐Based Teacher Education. Eds. Donald Mclntyre, Hazel Hagger and Margaret Wilkin. Pp. 236. London: Kogan Page Ltd. £27.50 hardcover. ISBN 0–7494–0678‐X.

Secondary School Teaching and Educational Psychology by David Galloway and Anne Edwards. Pp x, 160. Index, Longman London and New York 1992. Paperback. ISBN 0–582–49724–8. The Effective Teacher Series.

Oxford, Cambridge and the Changing Idea of the University. The challenge to donnish domination. Ted Tapper and Brian Salter. Pp ix, 262. Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press, 1992. £40 hardcover. ISBN 0–335–15694–0.

Education 16–19 in Transition by Eric Macfarlane. Pp xvi 136. London: Routledge 1993. £30 hardback, £11.99 paperback. ISBN 0–415–08085–1, ISBN 0–415–08086‐X (pbk). Educational Management Series. Edited by Cyril Poster.     

Lord Butler and the education act of 1944

Children's Problems in Text Comprehension: an Experimental Investigation. N. Yuill and J. Oakhill. Pp. xi, 241. Author and subject index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £30.00 Hardback. ISBN 0 521 35324 6 Series. Cambridge Monographs and Texts in Applied Psycholinguistics.

Education and the Social Order, 1940–1990, By Brian Simon. Pp. 646. London: Lawrence &; Wishart, 1991. £39.95 hardback. ISBN 0–85315–734–0. Studies in the History of Education Series.

An Educational War on Poverty: American and British Policy‐Making 1960–80. By Harold and Pamela Silver. Pp. xii, 447. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £45.00 hb. ISBN 0–521–38149–5.

Emerging as a Teacher by R. V. Bullough, J. G. Knowles, and N. A. Grow. Pp. xii, 224. London and New York: Routledge 1991. £35 hb, £11.99 pb, ISBN: 0–415–03862–6 and 0–415–07040–6 (pb) Series: Investigating Schooling.

Teacher Supply and Teacher Quality (Issues for the 1990s) Edited by Gerald Grace and Martin Lawn. Pp iv, 92. Clevedon, Philadelphia and Adelaide: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 1991. £23 hb, £7.95 pb, ISBN: 1–85359–156–4 and 1–85359–6 pb.

The Teaching of Values: caring and appreciation. By James L. Jarrett. pp. x 248 incl. Index. London and New York: Routledge, 1991. £35.00 Hb.; £12.99 Pb. ISBN Hb.: 0 415 05287 4; Pb.: 0 415 05288 2.

Thinking in Education. By Matthew Lipman. Pp. ix, 280. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. £35.00/$49.50 hardcover; £12.95/$19.95 papercover. ISBN 0 521 40032 5 hc; 0 521 40911 X pc.

Key Concepts For Understanding Curriculum, Colin J. Marsh, 221 pp, London, The Falmer Press 1992, £32.00 cloth; £11.95 paperback. ISBN 0–75070–008–4 (cloth); 0–75070–009–2 (pbk) The Falmer Press Teachers’ Library: 5.

Collected Writings on Education and Drama by Dorothy Heathcote. Edited by Liz Johnson and Cecily O'Neill; pp. 218. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1991. $34.95 (cloth), $12.95 (paper) ISBN 0–8101–1003–2 (cloth) ISBN 0–8101–0999–9 (paper)

What Future for Education? Brian Simon. Pp 208. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1992. ISBN 0–85315–754–5. £8.99

Risky Business? Robert MacDonald and Frank Coffield. Pp x, 295. Basingstoke Falmer Press, 1991. £34.00 (hardback); £12.95 (paperback) ISBN 1–85000–897–3 (hardback); 1–85000–898–1 (paperback).

Adult Education in Development: methods and approaches from changing societies, Veronica McGivney and Frances Murray, 109 pages, Leicester, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 1991, £8.95, ISBN 1 872941 08 7.

Opening Colleges to Adult Learners, Veronica McGivney (ed), 159 pages, Leicester, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 1991 (report of NIACE/TEED Project) £11.95, ISBN 1 872941 06 0.

Learning and Leisure: a study of adult participation in learning and its policy implications. Naomi Sargant, 132 pages, Leicester, NIACE 1991 £12.95 ISBN 1 872941 11 7.

The Primary Head and The Secondary Head, Edited by Peter Mortimore and Jo Mortimore. Pp 132, 174. London: Paul Chapman, 1991. £11.95 each (pbk). ISBN 1–85396–140‐X and 1–85396–141–8.

Management in Education Series: Roles, Responsibilities and Reflections.

Empowering the Parents: How to Break the Schools Monopoly. Ed. David G. Green. Pp. ix, 90. London: Institute of Economic Affairs: Health and Welfare Unit, 1991. £6.95. ISBN 0–255 36270–6     

Reviews

The Grammar Schools of Medieval England: A. F. Leach in Historical Perspective. By John N. Miner. Pp. xx, 355. Montreal, McGill ‐ Queen's University Press, 1990. £40, cloth. ISBN 0–7735–0634–9.

Pupil Welfare and Counselling. By David Galloway. Pp.v, 128. London: Longman, 1990. £5.95 flexicover. ISBN 0–582–00330X. The Effective Teacher Series.

Foundations of Distance Education. By Desmond Keegan. Pp. x 214. London: Routledge 1990. £10.95. ISBN 0–415–03162–1, 0–415–01052–7.

The Voice of Liberal Learning. Edited by Timothy Fuller. Pp. 166. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 1989. Price £20 (cloth) and £6.95 (paper). ISBN 0–300–04344–9 and 0–300–04753–3.

Teachers’ Case Studies in Educational Management. Edited by Margaret Preedy. Pp. 303, index. London: Paul Chapman Press, 1989. Flexicover £8.95. ISBN 1–85396–069–1. Management in Education Services.

Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality and Political Control. Edited by James J. Shields, Jr. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989. Pp. 294 $24.95 ISBN 0–271–00658–7

British Universities and Teacher Education: A Century of Change. Edited by John B. Thomas. Pp. VIII, 214. Indexes. London: Falmer Press, 1990. £21.00 hardcover; £9.95 flexicover, ISBN 1–85000–706–3hc; ‐707–1fc.

Assessing Radical Education. By Nigel Wright. Pp. xii, 244. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989. £29.50 hardback; £9.99 paperback ISBN 0–335–09228–4 (hardback) ISBN 0–335–09227–6 (paperback) Innovations in Education series.

GCSE in Practice ‐ Managing Assessment Innovation. By Mary Grant. Pp. × 180. Index. Windsor: NFER ‐ NELSON 1989. £9.95. ISBN 07005 1240.3 (paperback) NFER Research Library.

Quality in Teaching: Arguments for a Reflective Profession. Edited by Wilfred Carr. Pp. x, 232. Index. Lewes, Falmer Press 1989. £10.95 paperback, £25 cloth, ISBN 1–85000–546‐X cloth, ISBN 1–85000–547–8, paperback.

Managing Schools. By John Sayer. Pp. 134. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. £6.50 pbk, ISBN 0–340–41670‐X.

The Examiner. James Booth and the origins of common examinations. By Frank Foden. Pp. 221. Leeds. 1989. £8.50. ISBN 0–907644–06–6. Leeds Studies in Adult and Continuing Education by the School of Continuing Education.     

Science in the extra‐mural departments of British universities 1946–67

Private Schools and Public Policy: International Perspectives. Edited by William Lowe Boyd and James G. Cibulka. Pp. vi, 363. London, New York, Philadelphia: The Falmer Press, 1989. £11.95, ISBN 1–85000–447–1 fc. Education Policy Perspectives

Thomas Arnold Headmaster: A Reassessment. By Michael McCrum. Pp. viii, 157. Oxford University Press, 1989. £17.50. ISBN 0–19–211798‐X.

Primary Understanding: Education in Early Childhood. By Kieran Egan. Pp xvi, 287. New York, London: Routledge, 1988. £25.00. ISBN 0–415–90003–4

Towards Democratic Schooling: European Experiences. Edited by K. Jensen and S. Walker. Ppxii, 199. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989. £10.95 (paperback) £27.50 (hardback). ISBN 0–335–09567–4 (paperback) CP335–09568–2 (hardback).

The Ethics of Educational Research. Edited by Robert G. Burgess. Pp x, 236. Index. Lewes, East Sussex: The Falmer Press, 1989. £25.00 hardcover; £9.95 flexicover. ISBN 1 85000 297 5 hc;‐ 1 85000 298 3 fc. Social Research and Educational Studies Series: 8.

The Educational Insiders: a study of the Society of Education Officers 1971–88. D. A. Howell. Pp x, 240, Index. Harlow: Longman Group U.K., 1989. £25 limp bound. ISBN 0 582 05920 8.

Multicultural Education in a Global Society. By James Lynch. Pp. xxi, 191. Index. Lewes: The Falmer Press (Taylor and Francis Group), 1989, £9.95 flexicover ISBN 1 85000 558 3

Research Papers in Education Volume 4: Number 3; October 1989 (Festschrift for Jack Wrigley) pp. 94. Windsor: NFER‐Nelson, 1989. ISSN: 0267 1522

The Changing Secondary School. Edited by Roy Lowe. Pp 233. Index. The Falmer Press, 1989. £9.95 paper, ISBN 1–85000–556–7 pbk; £20.00 cloth, ISBN‐555–9.

The Search for Enlightenment: The Working Class and Adult Education in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Brian Simon. Pp 334. London: Lawrance and Wishart, 1990. £19.95. ISBN 0 85315 683 2.

Literacy and Popular Culture: England 1750–1914. By David Vincent. Pp xii, 362. Index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. £32.50/$49.50 hardcover. ISBN 0–521–33466–7.

The Social Contexts of Schooling. Edited by Mike Cole. Pp ix, 251. London, New York, Philadelphia: The Falmer Press, 1989. £25.00 cloth, £9.95 Paper. ISBN 1–85000–450–1, 1–85000–451‐X (pbk)

Working with Parents. A Whole‐school Approach. By John Bastiani. Pp x, 140. Windsor: NFER‐Nelson, 1989. £8.50 paperback. ISBN‐7005–1183‐Ofc. Parents and Teachers, Volume 3.

Industry, Children and the Nation: An analysis of national identity in school textbooks. By John Ahier p.p. 203. Index. Falmer Press, 1988. No price given. ISBN 1 85000 408 0.