The Improvement of Teaching Based on Group Reports of the Oxford Conference,Miami University,Oxford, Ohio,July, 1947

The Diploma Disease: Education, Qualification, and Development by Ronald Dore. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. 227 pp. $15.00 cloth, $5.50 paper.

Public Policy and Private Higher Education edited by David W. Breneman and Chester E. Finn, Jr. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1978. $16.95 cloth, $7.95 paper.

Toward a New World Outlook: A Documentary History of Education in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1976 edited by Shi Ming Hu and Eli Seifman. New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1977. 335 pp. $21.50 cloth, $9.95 paper.

Classroom Discipline for Effective Teaching and Learning by Laurel N. Tanner. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. 214 pp.

The Gifted and the Creative: A Fifty-Year Perspective edited by Julian C. Stanley, William C. George, and Cecilia H. Solano. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. 284 pp. $4.95.     

Academic Attitudes,Expectations, and Achievement

Scholars Who Teach: The Art of College Teaching: Edited by Steven M. Cahn: Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1978, Cloth $14.95, Paper $7.95, 246 pages. Reviewed by Marilyn L. Schaefer.

Support for Teaching at Major Universities: Edited by Stanford C. Ericksen with John A. Cook.: Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, Fall, 1979. $3.00. Reviewed by Kurt F. Geisinger.     

Humanism,the university and the monastic life: The case of Robert Joseph,monk of evesham

Education Accountability: An Analytic Overview by M. Kogan. Pp. 178. London: Hutchinson, 1986, £8.95.

Handbook of Moral Development. Edited by Gary L. Sapp. Pp. 296. Birmingham, Alabama: Religious Education Press, 1986. $14.95.

Human Conditions. The Cultural Basis of Educational Development. By Robert A. LeVine and Merry L. White. Pp. 245 + vii. New York and London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1986. £17.50.

Classroom Environment by Barry J. Fraser 226 pp. Beckenham, Kent: Croom Helm, 1986, £17.95. hbk.

The Developmental Psychology of Music. By David J. Hargreaves. Pp. 260. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. £8.95.

Girls into Maths Can Go. Edited by Leone Burton. Pp. 257. Eastbourne: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Ltd., 1986, £5.75.

Work Out Biology A‐Level By G. W. Stout and N. P. O. Green 230 Pp. Basingstoke, Hants: Macmillan Education Ltd., 1986. £5.95.

Education and Class: The Irrelevance of IQ Genetic Studies by M. SchifT and R. Lewontin. Pp, 243. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. £30.00.

Children, Youth and Families: the Action‐Research Relationship. Edited by Robert N. Rapoport. Pp. 320. Cambridge, New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1986. £27.50.

Standards and Criteria in Higher Education. Edited by G. C. Moodie. Pp. viii + 170. London: NFER‐Nelson, 1986. £15.95.

C. Durucan: Continuing Education in British Universities. Department of Adult Education, University of Nottingham, 1986. 165 pp. £8.95.

Adult Education: International Perspectives from China. Edited by Chris Duke. Pp. 254. London: Croom Helm, 1987. £19.95.

Philosophy of Lifelong Education. By K. Wain. Pp. 259. Beckenham: Croom Helm Ltd., 1987. HB £22.50.

Planning Adult Learning: Issues, Practices and Directions. By W. M. Rivera. Pp. 189. Beckenham: Croom Helm Ltd., 1987. H.B. £19.95.

Growing and Structure of Distance Education. By B. Holmberg. Pp. 163. Beckenham: Croom Helm Ltd., 1986. H.B. £17.95.

Professional Parents: Parent Participation in Four Western European Countries by Nicholas Beattie. Pp. viii + 289. London and Philadelphia: The Falmer Press, 1985. £

Western Perspectives on Soviet Education in the 1980. Edited by J. J. Tomiak. Pp. 217. London: Macmillan, in association with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, 1986. £29.50.     

Tourists of History: Memory,Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero,by Marita Sturken

Cultural and Scientific Speech Education Today. Compiled and Edited By W. Aethur Cable. Expression Company, Boston 1930, pp. 206; $2.00.

Contemporary Speeches. Compiled by James M. O'Neill and Floyd K. Riley. New York: The Century Company, 1930; pp. xviii, 558.

Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation (Revised Edition). By Gertrude E. Johnson. New York: The Century Company, 1930; pp. 638; $2.50.

Influencing Behavior Through Speech. By Howard Hubert Higgins. Boston: The Expression Company, 1930: pp. ix, 346; $2.50.

Strategy in Handling People. By Ewing T. “Webb and J. B. Morgan. Boulton, Pierce and Company, 232 East Erie Street, Chicago, 1930; pp. 260; $3.00.

Ralph Dennis

The Story of the Drama (Beginnings to Commonwealth). By Joseph Richard Taylor. Boston: The Expression Company, 1930; pp. xxv, 555.

Medieval Rhetoric and Poetic. By Charles Sears Baldwin. New York: Macmillan, 1928, pp. xi, 321, $2.50.

Greek Rhetoric and Literary Criticism. By W. Rhys Roberts. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928, pp. 164.

Acting, Its Theory and Practice. By Lane Crauford. New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1930: pp. xiii, 248; $3.00.

The American Public Mind. By Peter Odegard. New York: Columbia University Press, 1930; pp. 308. Teachers are always being told that “here is a book that must

David Lloyd George. By J. Hugh Edwards, M. P. New York: Sears and Co., 1929, 2 vols.

Evangelized America. By Grover C. Loud. New York: Lincoln McVeagh, 1928.

The Stammering Century. By Gilbert Seldes. New York: John Day Co., 1928.

Conversation. By Andre Maurois ; translated by Yvonne Dufour. New York: E. P. Dutton &; Company, 1930; 82 pp.     

The secondary school,teacher and the annual convention

Disraeli, A Picture of the Victorian Age, by André Maurois. New York: Appleton and Co., 1928: pp. xiii, 379: $3.

Westminster Voices: Studies in Parliamentary Speech. By James Johnston. London: Hodder and Stoughton: pp. 255.

Representative Phi Beta Kappa Orations: Second Series. Edited by Clark S. Northup, with an introduction by C. F. Thwing. New York: The Elisha Parmele Press, 1927: pp. 554.

Milton on Education: The Tractate of Education with supplementary extracts from other writings of Milton. Edited by O. M. Ainsworth. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928: pp. xiv, 369.

Classified Speech Models. Collected by William Norwood Brigance. New York: F. S. Crofts &; Co., 1928: 413 pp.

The Towel. By G. Oscar Russell. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 1928: pp. 353.

Das russische Theater. By Joseph Gregor and Rene Fueloep‐Miller. Zurich, Leipzig, Wien: Amalthea, 1927: 137 pp., 405 plates.

The Technique of Controversy. Principles of Dynamic Logic. By Boris B. Bogoslovsky, Ph. D. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, the International Library of Psychology, Philosophy, and Scientific Method, 1928: pp. viii, 266.

Fifty Orations That Have Won Prizes in Speaking Contests. Compiled by Winston H. Ashley, with an Introduction by William Norwood Brigance. New York: Noble and Noble, 1928: pp. xx, 390: $2.

Public Speaking, A Treatise on Delivery. By Edwin DuBois Shurter. New Edition, New York: Allyn and Bacon, 1927: pp. vii, 176.

A Lecture on Lectures. By Sir Arthur Quiller‐Couch. London: The Hogarth Press, 1927: pp. 48.     

Banning Queer Blood: Rhetorics of Citizenship,Contagion, and Resistance,by Jeffrey A. Bennett

The Voice in Speech. By Clara Kathleen Rogers. Boston: Published by the Author, 1915. Cloth, pp. 123. $1.25.

Correct Pronunciation. By Julian W. Abernethy, Ph.D. New York: Charles E. Merrill Co., 1912. Pp. 173.

The Technic of the Speaking Voice. By John R. Scott. Published by the Author, Columbia, Mo.: Cloth, pp. 534.

The Structure of an Effective Public Speech. By Harry B. Bradbury. Greenfield, Mass.: T. Morey &; Son, 1915. Pp. 85, cloth, 60 cents.     

King PARS,Academic Nebuchadnezzer

The Modern American College: Responding to the New Realities of Diverse Students and a Changing Society By Arthur W. Chickering and Associates San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, xvii + 783 pages, $27.95 Reviewed by James L. Bess

Teaching Values in College Richard L. Morrill San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1980, 169 pages, index, $13.95 Reviewed by Frederick Stirton Weaver     

What one child read,and why

College Geography. By Roderick Peattie (Ohio State University). Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1926. Pp. xii + 495. Price, $3.

The Middle Country. By Olivia Price. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. 176. Price, $1.

A Treasury of Verse for School and Home. Selected by M. G. Edgar and Eric Chilman. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1926. Pp. xix + 523. Price, $2.50.

Eskimo Legends. By Roy J. Snell. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1925. Pp. 203. Price, 80 cents.

Speech Correction. By R. C. Borden and A. C. Busse (New York University). New York: F. S. Crofts &; Co., 1925. Pp. 295.

Bemol and Kusum. By Herbert E. Wyman. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1925. Pp. 272. Price, $1.36.

Vocational Guidance and Counseling. By Alanson H. Edgerton (University of Wisconsin). New York: The Macmillan Co., 1926. Pp. xvii + 213.

Technical Education. By C. T. Millis. New York: Longmans, Green &; Co., 1925. Pp. vii + 183. Price, $2.25.

The Shop Teacher's Standard Class Record. By Walter R. Cannon. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1925. Prices: 75 cents, cloth bound; 45 cents, paper bound.

Problems and Projects in Industrial Arts. By Kenneth R. La Voy. Peoria, III : The Manual Arts Press, 1924. Pp. 142. Price, $1.25.

Can You Solve It? By Arthur Hirschberg. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1926. Pp. 320. Price, $2.

The Enchanted Christmas Tree. By Perciyal Wilde. New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1925. Pp. 51. Price, $1.

Junior‐High‐School Procedure. By F. C. Touton (University of Southern California) and Alice Ball Struthers. Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1926. Pp. xvii + 595. Price, $2.60.

Introduction to Advertising. By Arthur Judson Brewster (Syracuse University) and Herbert Hall Palmer (Syracuse University). Chicago: A. W. Shaw Co., 1925. Pp. xii + 373.

The Problems of Childhood. By Angelo Patri. New York: D. Appleton &; Co., 1926. Pp. xvi + 309.

Bookkeeping and Accounting Practice. By S. R. Hoover. Chicago: A. W. Shaw Co., 1923. Pp. xii + 309.

Vocational Self‐Guidance. By Douglas Fryer (New York University). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1925. Pp. xvii + 385. Price, $3.

Personnel Problems of the Teaching Staff. By E. E. Lewis (Superintendent of Schools, Flint, Mich.). The Century Co., 1925. Pp. xvii + 460.

The Clapp Drill Book in Arithmetic. By Frank Leslie Clapp (University of Wisconsin). Newark, N. J.: Silver, Burdett &; Co., 1926. Book IV, pp. iii + 97; Book V, pp. iii + 108; Book VI, pp. iii + 119; Book VII, pp. iii + 117; Book VIII, pp. iii + 119; Teacher's Manual, pp. iv + 39. All paper‐bound.

Furniture Projects. By Frederick J. Bryant. Peoria, Ill.: The Manual Arts Press, 1926. Pp. 47. Price, 56 cents.

Job Sheets in Practical Woodwork. By Arthur G. Brown and F. E. Tustison (Stout Institute). Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., 1925. Pp.31. Price per set, 56 cents.

Harper's Anthology: Prose and Harper's Anthology: Poetry. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1926. Pp. 894 and 876.

The Smedley and Olsen New Primer. By Eva A. Smedley and Martha C. Olsen. Chicago: Hall and McCreary Co., 1926. Pp. 128. Price, 60 cents.

Work and Play With Words. By N. H. Hall and Matilda Breuer. Chicago: Hall &; McCreary Co., 1926.

Qualitative Analysis. By W. N. Masters (North Texas State Teachers College). Dallas: The Southern Publishing Co., 1926. Pp. viii + 107. Price, $1.40.

Jimmie and the Junior Safety Council. By Stella Boothe. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. ix + 246. Price, $1.20.

Philosophy. By Alexander Meiklejohn. Chicago: American Library Association, 1926. Pp. 51; Prices: cloth, $0.50; paper, $0.35.

Psychology and Its Use. By Everett Dean Maetin. Chicago: American Library Association, 1926. Pp. 47. Prices: cloth, $0.50; paper, $0.35.

Salesmanship Applied. By Paul W. Ivey (Northwestern University). Chicago: An enjoyable, stimulating book. The general reader can profitably peruse it for self‐protection or to enable him to appreciate really fine sales art when used on him.

Teaching Dull and Retarded Children. By Annie Dolman Inskeep. New York : The Macmillan Co., 1926. Pp. xix + 455.

Geometry Reader. By Julius J. H. Hayn. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1925. Pp. 320. Price, $1.80.

Famous English Books. By Amy Cruse. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Pp. 284. Price, $2.

Trail Makers. By Zoe Meyer. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Pp. viii + 217.

Deadwood Gold. By George W. Stokes and Howard R. Driggs (New York University). Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. xii + 163. Price, $1.

My Cut‐a‐Picture Book. By Anna Eliza Sample. Newark, N. J.: Silver, Burdett &; Co., 1926. Pp. v + 122.

The Indians and the Oki. By A. Templeton Mitchell. Chicago: Row, Peterson &; Co., 1925. Pp. vi + 282.

Poetry for Junior High Schools. Edited by Elias Lieberman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Pp.: Book One, xxv + 198; Book Two, xxviii + 164.     

Learning, knowing and being in the world: postformalism, Einstein, and lessons from a kid named Larry

I describe how Joe Kincheloe experienced learning from a peer during his pre-school life only to see how his friend was unable to succeed at school. Joe’s commitment to empowered cognition was grounded first, by his friend, Larry’s mentorship—teaching him the environmental nuances of the mountains in rural Tennessee, and secondly, the contradiction of schooling being unable to afford learning for Larry. This article discusses how Kincheloe became a scholar, the salience of Einstein’s work with his own, and the evolution of his research and scholarship. Examples of Kincheloe’s work addressed are: postformalism, bricolage, critical theory, and alternative knowledges, and how this work has contributed to science education.

Against the Tide: Critics of Digitalization; Warners,Sceptics, Scaremongers,Apocalypticists. 20 Portraits by Otto Peters

Distance Education: A Spectrum of Studies. Edited by B. N. Koul and Janet Jenkins. (London: Kogan Page, 1990, 260 pp., £25).     

Agile Software Development: Principles,Patterns, and Practices

Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices by Robert C. “Uncle Bob” Martin is one of the Agile movement's seminal works. This reading considers the viability of human performance technology coexisting with the Agile development methodologies. Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices (2002; ISBN: 978‐0‐135‐97444‐5; 529 pages; $56.00) is published by Prentice Hall (hard cover).     

The Shaping of the American High School by Edward A. Krug. New York: Harper and Row, 468 pp. $8.00

Teaching Strategies for the Social Studies: Inquiry, Valuing, and Decision Making by James A. Banks with Ambrosa A. Clegg, Jr. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1973. 590 pp. $10.75.

Between Harvard and America: The Educational Leadership of Charles W. Eliot by Hugh Hawkins, New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. 332 pp. $12.50.

Men of Athens by Rex Warner. New York: Viking Press Company, Inc., 1972. 264 pp. $16.95.

Educational Technology: Instructional Programming and Didakometry by Ake Bjerstedt. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1972. 300 pp. $9.50.     

Speech: The wedemeyer award, 1989

Beyond the Text: Contemporary Writing on Distance Education. Edited by Terry Evans and Bruce King (Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1991, 264 pp., $25.50 Australian Dollars).     

Two-parameter characterization of low cycle, hysteretic fatigue data

The aim of this research is to characterize the development of fatigue damage by means of stress-strain hysteresis. Experiments were conducted on 14 specimens made of cold-finished unannealed AISI 1018 steel. Results demonstrate that the mechanical hysteresis loop areas, when plotted as a function of the number of loading cycles, show significant variations and demonstrate the three principal stages concerning the progress of the fatigue failure--initial accommodation, accretion of damage and terminal failure. These three stages of fatigue are marked by the transitions at cycles N2 and N3. Experimental results show that although fatigue life Nf ranges from 2644 cycles to 108 992 cycles, the ratios of N2/Nf and N3/Nf tend to be stable： N2/Nf=I 0.7%, N3/Nf=91.3%.     

Patient Tales: Case Histories and the Uses of Narrative in Psychiatry,by Carol Berkenkotter

Selling the Free Market: The Rhetoric of Economic Correctness. By James Arnt Aune. New York: Guilford, 2001; pp. 217. $30.00.

The War Against the Poor. By Herbert Gans. New York: Basic, 1995; pp. 195. $12.60.

Created Unequal. By James Galbraith. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000; pp. 368. $26.00.

Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times. By Robert McChesney. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1999; pp. 427. $34.95.

The Working Class Majority: America's Best‐Kept Secret. By Michael Zweig. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000; pp. 208. $14.95.

While‐Collar Sweatshop. By Jill Andresky Fraser. New York: Norton, 2001; pp. 352. $26.95.

Protest and Popular Culture: Women in the U.S. Labor Movement, 7894–7917. By Mary E. Triece. Boulder: Westview, 2001; pp. 320. $44.00.

The Cultural Front. By Michael Denning. London: Verso, 1998; pp. 556. $22.00.     

Applied positive psychology: Improving everyday life,health, schools,work, and society

Multiple disciplines guide our practice, but none is more relevant than the wholesome approach of positive psychology. In Applied Positive Psychology: Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work, and Society (2011), the editors address four core areas: society, human development, institutional organizations, and future directions. The strength of this book lies in its comprehensive compilation of research‐based, applied, and integrated practices for improving the living, working, and social conditions of those we strive to help every day. Applied Positive Psychology: Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work, and Society (ISBN: 978‐0‐415‐87781‐7) is published by Routledge.     

The Development of Giftedness and Talent Across the Life Span. Horowitz,F. D., Subotnik,R. F., & Matthews,D. J. (2009)

Doll, B. and Doll, C. (1997). Bibliotherapy With Young People: Librarians and Mental Health Professionals Working Together. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., (124 pp., $23.00 Pb, ISBN: 1–56308–407–4)

Ford, D. Y. (1996). Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students: Promising Practices and Programs. New York, NY: Teachers College Press (236 pp.,$24.95, ISBN‐0–8077–3535–3).

Harris, V.J. (1997). Using Multiethnic Literature in the K‐8 Classroom. Norwood, MA: Christopher‐Gordon Publishers, Inc. (300 pp., SBN 0–926842–60–9).

Ellis, A. and Llewellyn, M. (1997). Dealing with Differences: Taking Action on Class, Race, Gender and Disability. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press, Inc. (158 pp., $24.95 paper, ISBN‐0–8039–6430–7).

Delisle, R. (1997). How to Use Problem‐Based Learning in the Classroom. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (107 pp., $12.95 paper, ISBN 0–87120–291–3).

Torp, L., &; Sage, S. (1998). Problems as Possibilities: Problem‐based learning for K‐12 education. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (102 pp., $15.95 paper, ISBN 0–87120–297–2)     

Increasing school personnel's self-efficacy,knowledge, and response regarding nonsuicidal self-injury in youth

Rates of students engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are rising and additional supports in the schools are needed (Nock, 2010, Ann Rev Clin Psychol, 6, 339–363; Stargell et al., 2017, Prof Sch Couns, 21, 37-46). School psychologists, school counselors, and school nurses are key personnel in responding to self-injurious behaviors within the school setting. The results of a practice-based research project are described, in which school psychologists, school counselors, and school nurses participated in training to increase their self-efficacy, knowledge, and response in regard to NSSI. The training provided information regarding best practice in responding to NSSI in youth (Hasking et al., 2016, Sch Psychol Int, 37(6), 644–663; Kanan et al., 2008, Sch Psychol Forum: Res Prac, 2, 67–79; Walsh & Muehlenkamp, 2013, Sch Psychol Forum: Res Prac, 7, 161–171). This exploratory study indicated that training positively impacted participants' perceived self-efficacy and knowledge with respect to responding to youth who engage in NSSI. Handouts and resources for school-based staff are included. Limitations and future directions are discussed.