Reviews

Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction , M Helander .
The Electronic Text , William Costanzo .
The Artificial Intelligence Debate , Stephen R Graubard .
The Technical Fix: Education, Computers and Industry , Kevin Robins and Frank Webster .
Interactivity: Designing and Using Interactive Video , M Picciotto, I Robertson and R Colley .
Using Television in the Primary School , Ernest Choat and Harry Griffin .
Evaluating Educational Software-A Guide for Teachers , Howard N Sloane et al.
Multi-Media Computer Assisted Learning , Philip Barker (ed).
Higher Education and New Technologies , Hans Oosthoek and Ton Vroeijenstijn (ed).
Improving Teaching and Courses: a Guide to Evaluation , Paul Ramsden and Agnes Dodds .
How to Develop and Present Staff Training Courses , Peter R Sheal .
Making Sense of Experiential Learning: Diversity in Theory and Practice , Susan Warner Weil and Ian McGill (ed).     

Reviews

Psychology for Teachers , David Fontana , Macmillan.
Making Science Education Relevant , Douglas P Newton
Teacher Shortage Subjects: The Contribution of Supported Self-Study and Other Alternative Approaches to the Teaching of Maths, Physics, and CDT , L Gilbert and K Van Haeften .
The Open Learning Pocket Workbook , Roger Lewis and Lesley MacDonald .
Interactive Learning Events: a Guide for Practitioners , Ken Jones .
Computers in Company Training , David Hawkridge, Wendy Newton and Carole Hall .
IT Helps—Information Technology for FE Students with Special Needs , Peter Fowler .
Essential Guide to Interactive Videodisc Hardware and Applications , C R Miller .
Informatics and Education , R Lewis and E D Tagg .
GCSE: a New Teaching Approach , J Christian-Carter and J Burton .
Teaching and Learning with Robots , Colin Terry and Peter Thomas .     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Casey, Jean M (2000) Early Literacy
Casey, Jean M (2000) Creating the Early Literacy Classroom
Moon, Jennifer (2001) Short Courses and Workshops
Nisbet Paul et al (1999) Supportive Writing Technology
Richardson, John (2000) Researching Student Learning
Salmon, Gilly (2000) E-Moderating
Schwartz, Peter et al eds (2001) Problem-based Learning: Case Studies, Experience and Practice
Squires, David et al ed (2000) The Changing Face of Learning Technology
Also received
Kohl, Kay & LaPidus, Jules (eds) (2000) Postbaccalaureate Futures
Marquet, Pascal et al eds (1999) Internet-based Teaching and Learning (IN-TELE) 98
Monk, Martin & Osborne, Jonathan(2000) Good Practice in Science Teaching
Morgan, George A et al (2001) SPSS for Windows
Pant, Madhu & Parkash, Dharam(2000) Television: The Pied Piper of the Century     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Teaching Children with Visual Impairments A.B. Best
Curricula for Diversity in Education: Learning for All 1 Policies for Diversity in Education: Learning for All 2 T. Booth, W. Swann, M. Masterton, P. Potts (eds.)
The Handbook of Assistive Technology: Equipment in Rehabilitation for Health Professionals Gregory Church, Sharon Glennen Chapman and Hall
Maths and Dyslexics Anne Henderson
Teaching Pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties: Practical Approaches Christina Tilstone David Fulton
Working with Children's Phonology G. Lancaster, L. Pope
Children with Language Disorders J. Lees, S. Urwin
Early Language Development - Implications for Clinical and Educational Practice J. Harris
See Me After School Daphne Lennox David Fulton
Improving Children's Reading in the Junior School: Challenges and Responses Peter Pumfrey
Combatting Mental Handicap: Social and Environmental Factors in the Prevention and Amelioration of Mental Handicap P.L.C. Evans, A.D.B. Clarke
Educational Psychology and Primary Education David Galloway, Anne Edwards Longman
I Can Do It Barnardo's
Dyslexia and Mathematics T.R. Miles, E. Miles     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Bonk, Curtis & King, Kira, Electronic Collaborators
Cohn, John et al, Planning for Automation
Cowan, John, On Becoming an Innovative University Teacher
Garg, Suresh et al (eds), Science & Technology through Open & Distance Education
Jonassen, David et al, Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design
Kent, Todd & McNergney, Robert, Will Technology Really Change Education?
Elton, L, Teaching in Higher Education: Appraisal and Training
Littleton, Karen & Light, Paul (eds), Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interaction
Morgan, Colin & Morris, Glyn, Good Teaching & Learning: Pupils & Teachers Speak
Prosser, Michael & Trigwell, Keith, Understanding Learning and Teaching: The Experience in Higher Education
Provenzo, Eugene et al, Computers, Curriculum and Cultural Change     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Cropley, Arthur J Creativity in Education and Learning
Dijkstra, Sanne et al Multimedia Learning: Results and Perspectives
Hartle, Franklin et al Getting the Best out of Performance Management in Your School
Kamp, Di The Excellent Trainer
Latchem, Colin and Hanna, Donald Leadership for 21st Century Learning
McGill, Ian and Beaty, Liz Action Learning
Parkin, Margaret Tales for Coaching
Yates, Chris and Bradley, Jo (eds.) Basic Education at a Distance
Also received:
Davis, Andrew The Limits of Educational Assessment
Frindte, Wolfgang et al (ed.) Internet-based Teaching and Learning (IN-TELE) 99
Miller, Elizabeth B The Internet Resource Directory
Monk, Martin and Osborne, Jonathan Good Practice in Science Teaching
Moxley, David et al Keeping Students in Higher Education
Stone, Randi Best Practices for High School Classrooms     

Reviews

Bourner, Tom et al ed (2000) New Directions in Professional Higher Education
Cannon, Robert & Newble, David (2000) Handbook for Teachers in Universities and Colleges
Evans, Terry & Nation, Darryl eds (2000) Changing University Teaching
French, Deanie et al eds (1999) Internet Based Learning
Hunter, Dale et al (1999) Handling Groups in Action
Maier, Pat & Warren, Adam (2000) Integr@ting Technology in Learning and Teaching
Ryan, Steve et al (2000) The Virtual University
Also received
Brown, Sally et al (2000) 500 Tips on Assessment
Entz, Susan & Galarza, Sheri Lyn (2000) Picture This:
Feldman, Alan et al (2000) Network Science, a Decade Later
Jukes, Ian et al (2000) net.savvy
Scott, Elspeth (2000) Managing the Internet in the Primary and Secondary School Library     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Treatment of Hyperactive and Learning Disordered Children D. J. Bakker (eds.) R. M. Knights
Helping Your Handicapped Child Janet Carr
Helping Sick Children Play Barbara F. Weller
Further Education for Handicapped Students K. Dixon, D. Hutchinson (ed.)
Teaching Language and Communication to the Mentally Handicapped Ken Leeming, Will Swann, Judith Coupe, Peter Mittler.
Working with LARSP David Crystal Edward Arnold.
Paediatric Education and the Needs of Exceptional Children Michael J. Guralnick, H. Burtt Richardson Jnr. (ed.)
People Not Patients: Problems and Policies in Mental Handicap Peter Mittler
Learning About Epilepsy William B. Svoboda
No Easy Answers Sally L. Smith     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Christina Tilstone (ed.), Observing Teaching and Learning
Catherine Clark, Alan Dyson and Alan Millward (eds), Theorising Special Education
B. Wong (ed.), Learning About Learning Disabilities
Ann Farrant, Sibling Bereavement: Helping Children Cope with Loss
Alan Roulstone, Enabling Technology: Disabled People, Work and New Technology
Joan Freeman, Educating the Very Able: Current International Research     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Ball, Deborah & Lampert, Magdalene (1998), Teaching, Multimedia, and Mathematics: Investigations of Real Practice
Branch, Robert & Fitzgerald, Mary (1998) (eds), Educational Media and Technology Yearbook Volume 23
Denscombe, Martyn (1998), The Good Research Guide
Ellington, Henry et al (1998), Using Games and Simulations in the Classroom
Harrison, M (1998), Co-ordinating Information and Communications Technology Across the Primary School
Harvey, J (1998) (ed), Evaluation Cookbook
Lehrer, Richard & Chazan, Daniel (1998) (eds), Designing Learning Environments for Developing Understanding of Geometry and Space
Roberts-Phelps, Graham (1998), Training Event Planning Guide
Weinstein, K (1999), Action Learning
Also received
Bond, D & Vaid, A (1998), Archive Education Services
Cohn, John et al (1997), Planning for Automation 2e
Corson, David (1999), Language Policy in Schools
Elgood, Chris (1997), Handbook of Management Games and Simulations
Garg, Suresh et al (1998) (eds), Science & Technology through Open & Distance Education
Gilliatt, Jacqui (1999), Teaching and the Law
Reed, Stephen K (1999), Word Problems: Research and curriculum reform
Salmon, Sheila et al (1996), Power up Your Library: Creating the new elementary school library program
Warschauer, Mark (1999), Electronic Literacies     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
A Survey of Recent Research in Special Education Cyril Cave, Pamela Maddison
Spit Once for Luck John Swain
Ten Years On Gordon Bland
Reading Problems. Identification and Treatment Peter Edwards
Teaching Children with Learning and Behaviour Problems Donald D. Hammill, Nettie R. Bartel
Educational Assessment of Learning Problems: Testing for Teaching Gerald Wallace, Stephen C. Larsen
The Special Children Nancy C. Schumacher
Sharing Sounds—Musical Experiences with Young Children David Evans
A Mentally Handicapped Child in the Family Mary McCormack
Linguistic Investigations of Aphasia Ruth Lesser
Psychological Management of Paediatric Problems, Vols. I & II Phyllis R. Magrab (ed.)     

Reviews

Berres, Michael et at (eds), Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today
Burt, Gordon, Face to Face with Distance Education
Doud, David & Feletti, Grahame E (eds), The Challenge of Problem-based Learning (2nd edition)
Koschmann, Timothy (ed), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Paradigm
Lankshear, Colin et al, Changing Literacies
Liston, Daniel & Zeichner, Kenneth, Culture and Teaching
Sutherland, Peter (ed), Adult Learning
White, Roger Crombie, Curriculum Innovation: A Celebration of Classroom Practice     

Reviews

David Boud et al (ed.), Peer Learning in Higher Education
Gavin Fairbairn & Susan Fairbairn, Reading at University
Daniel Muijs & David Reynolds, Effective Teaching
Leslie Rae, Develop your Training Skills
Lucy Seifert, Pen and Paper Games for Training
John Stephenson (ed.), Teaching and Learning On-Line
Also received
H. H. Adelsbergeret al (ed.), Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training
Peter Davies, 70 Activities for Tutor Groups
Hubert Dreyfus, On the Internet
Rolf Erikson, & Carolyn Markuson, Designing a School Library Media Center for the Future
Laurence Viennot, Reasoning in Physics     

Reviews

Bazeli, Marilyn J & Heintz, James L Technology Across the curriculum: Activities and Ideas
Dills, Charles R. & Romiszowski, Alexander (eds) Instructional Development Paradigms
Hartley, James Learning and Studying
Joyce, Bruce et al Models of Learning—Tools for Teaching
Woods, Peter et al Restructuring Schools, Reconstructing Teachers
Bartram, Sharon & Gibson, Brenda Training Needs Analysis
Burgess, William Guide to Distance Learning
Cooper, Gail & Cooper, Garry Virtual Field Trips
Crawford, Megan et al Leadership and Teams in Educational Management
Cunningham, Carmela & Coombs, Norman Information Access and Adaptive Technology
Gillmon, Eve Building Teachers' ICT Skills
Gustafson, Kent & Branch, Robert Survey of Instructional Development Models
Latchem, Colin & Lockwood, Fred (eds) Staff Development in Open and Flexible Learning
Lawler, Robert Learning with Computers
Novak, Joseph Novak, Joseph (1998) Learning, Creating and Using Knowledge
Smith, Cecil & Pourchot, Thomas (eds) Adult Learning and Development     

Reviews

Abbott, Chris (2001) Changing Education
Bassey, Michael (1999) Case Study Research in Educational Settings
Knasel, Eddy et al (2000) Learn for your life
Lockwood, Fred & Gooley, Anneeds (2001) Innovation in Open and Distance Learning
Simons, Robert-Jan et al ed (2000) New Learning
Williams, Marcia et al (1999) Distance Learning
Also received
Branch, Robert & Fitzgerald, Mary Ann(2001) Educational Media and Technology Handbook
Leask, Marilyn ed (2001) Issues in Teaching Using ICT
Linn Marcia & Hsi, Sherry (2000) Computers, Teachers, Peers
Rylatt, Alastair (2001) Learning Unlimited
Stuart, Roderick (1998) Team Development Games for Trainers
Whittaker, Mike & Cartwright, Ann (2000) The Mentoring Manual
Wood, Terryeds et al eds (2001) Beyond Classical Pedagogy
Yates, Chris & Bradley, Jo ed (2000) Basic Education at a Distance     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Making Difficulties: Research and the Construction of SEN
One of the family RNIB (1995)
1) First sight
2) Going my way
3) Making contact
4) That's what it's all about
One of the family - the complete set RNIB (1995)
Innovations in Educating Communities about Learning Disabilities
Turn Your School Round Mosley, J. (1993)
Coping with Unhappy Children Varma, V. (ed.) 1993
Extending Horizons A partnership project by The National Council for Educational Technology (1995)
Putting the Code of Practice into Practice Wedell, K. (1995)
Towards inclusive schools? Catherine Clark, Alan Dyson and Alan Millward (eds.) (1995)
Children's Understanding of Disability Lewis, A. (1995)     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Barron, Ann & Orwig, Gary, New Technologies for Education: a Beginner's Guide
Crawford, Roger, Managing Information Technology in Secondary Schools
de Cicco, Eta et al, Using the Internet in Secondary Schools
Mason, Robin, Globalising Education—Trends and Applications
Monteith, Maria, IT for Learning Enhancement
Torrance, Harry & Pryor, John, Investigating Formative Assessment
Warren, Adam et al, Technology in Teaching and Learning: An Introductory Guide
Maier, Pat et al, Using Technology in Teaching and Learning
Lajoie, Susanne P, Reflections on Statistics: Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Grades K-12
Topping, Keith & Ehly, Stewart (eds), Peer Assisted Learning
Walker, D, Education in the Digital Age
Also received:
Benson, Allen C, Securing PCs and Data in Libraries and Schools
Black, Dolores et al, 500 Tips for Getting Published
Calder, Judith & McCollum, A, Open and Flexible Learning in Vocational Education and Training
Harvey, Alun, Interactive Directory of Learning Resources
Roberts-Phelps, Graham, Flip Chart Games for Trainers
Scott, Elspeth, Managing the Internet in the School Library     

Reviews

Nigel Blake and Paul Standish, Enquiries at the Interface: Philosophical Problems of Online Education
Esther Cameron, Facilitation Made Easy
Judith Christian–Carter, Mastering Instructional Design in Technology–Based Training
Ian Forsyth, Teaching and Learning Materials and the Internet
Paula Gillespie et al (ed.), Writing Center Research
Walt Heineke and Jerry Willis, Methods of Evaluating Educational Technology
Richard Lomax, Statistical Concepts for Education and Behavioral Sciences
Chandra Mehrotra, Distance Learning
Manuel Ortega and José Bravo, Computers and Education
Christopher Wolfe (ed.), Learning and Teaching on the World Wide Web
Stephen Bigger and Erica Brown (ed.), Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education
Etan de Cicco, Using the Internet in Secondary Schools
Sue Drew and Rosie Bingham, The Student Skills Guide
Keith Ross, Teaching Secondary Science
Neil Selwyn and Stephen Gorard, The Information Age: Technology, Learning and Exclusion     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Abbott, Chris Special Educational Needs and the Internet
Bolter, Jay D Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext and the Remediation of Print
Brant, Liz & Harvey, Tony Choosing and Using Music in Training
Clarke, Alan Designing Computer-Based Learning Materials
Cole, Robert A Issues in Web-Based Pedagogy
Evans, Norman The Institute for Learning and Teaching
Goodson, Carol Providing Library Services for Distance Education Students
Hammersley, Martyn Educational Research: Policy-making and Practice
Hazemi, Reza & Hailes, Stephen ed The Digital University
Hopkins, David & Harris, Alma Creating the Conditions for Teaching and Learning
Ketteridge, Stephen The Effective Academic
Khan, Badrul Web-Based Training
Lea, Mary & Nicoll, Kathy ed Distributed Learning
Macdonald, Ranald & Wisdom, James ed Academic and Educational Development
Miller, Andrew Mentoring Students and Young People
Russell, Terry Teaching and Using ICT in Secondary Schools
Schostak, John F Understanding, Designing and Conducting Qualitative Research in Education
Shayer, Michael & Adey, Philip ed Learning Intelligence
Tilling, Mike The Learning Organiser     

Reviews

Books Reviewed:
Burt, Gordon (1999) Questioning Quality
Eisenstadt, Marc & Vincent, Tom ed (2000) The Knowledge Web
Gilbert, Nigel & Troitzsch, Klaus (1999) Simulation for the Social Scientist
Kember, David (2000) Action Learning and Action Research
Smithers, Alan & Robinson, Pamela (2000) Further Education Re-formed
Simpson, Ormond (2000) Supporting Students in Open and Distance Learning
Also received
Brown, Stephen ed (1999) Open and Distance Learning: Case Studies for Industry and Education
Casey, Jean M (2000) Early Literacy
Casey, Jean M (2000) Creating the Early Literacy Classroom
Jenkins, Clare & Morley, Mary ed (1999) Collection Management in Academic Libraries
Race, Phil (1998) 500 Tips for Open and Flexible Learning
Rubin, Richard (1998) Foundations of Library and Information Science
Schwehn, Mark ed (2000) Everyone a Teacher
Tye, Barbara (2000) Hard Truths
Fawkes, Steve et al eds (1999) Using Television and Video to Support Learning