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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     

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Books reviewed:
Brown, Erica Loss, Change and Grief: An Educational Perspective
Montgomery, Marilyn Building Bridges with Parents: Tools and Techniques for Counselors
Blyth, Eric and Milner, Judith (eds) Improving School Attendance
Reid, David (ed.) Mentoring and Tutoring (journal)
Redding, Janette (ed.) Refugee Education Handbook
Family Policy Studies Centre Teenage Pregnancy and the Family ; Other papers in the series include: The School Standards and Framework Bill and the Family ; Families and Childcare ; Supporting Families     

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Books reviewed:
Wayne Martino and Bob Meyenn (eds), What About the Boys? Issues of Masculinity in Schools
Eileen Carnell and Caroline Lodge, Supporting Effective Learning
Richard Nelson–Jones, Essential Counselling Skills: The Skilled Client Model
Hilary Claire, Not Aliens. Primary School Children and the Citizenship/PSHE Curriculum
Giles Barrow, Delivering Effective Behaviour Support in Schools
Giles Barrow, Emma Bradshaw and Trudi Newton, Improving Behaviour and Raising Self–Esteem in the Classroom: A Practical Guide to Using Transactional Analysis
Graham Davies, PSE in Focus – Sex Education
AMS Educational, SENTER CD: The Pocket Bookshop     

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Books reviewed:

Bleach, K. Raising Boys’ Achievement in Schools

Farrant, Ann Sibling Bereavement: Helping Children Cope with Loss

Mallon, Brenda Helping Children to Manage Loss: Positive Strategies for Renewal and Growth

Calvert, Mike and Henderson, Jenny (eds) Managing Pastoral Care

Holden, Cathie and Clough, Nick (eds) Children as Citizens: Education for Participation     

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Jonathan Long suggests that current interpretations of values education are dominated by a number of ideas that appear to make attempts to achieve clarity and consensus extremely difficult. He argues that ‘essential to the successful development and promotion of values in a secular state educational system is a shifting of emphasis which enables us to see the context as an opportunity rather than a problem’. He goes on to suggest that schools should focus on what he describes as the ‘roots’ of values. In his view, these roots involve the questions ‘What is it to be human?’ and ‘What counts as human flourishing?’. Thus, schools must engage with issues of identity and direction.     

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Books reviewed:
Apple, Michael W. and Beane, James A. (eds) Democratic Schools: Lessons from the Chalk Face
Collins, Una M. and McNiff, Jean (eds) Rethinking Pastoral Care
Leyden, Susan Supporting the Child of Exceptional Ability at Home and School
Grampian Police Learning for Life – Vol 1. Interactive CD ROM
Whitmore, Kingsley, Hart, Hilary and Willems, Guy (eds) A Neurodevelopmental Approach to Specific Learning Disorders     

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Books reviewed;
Carol S. Dweck, Self‐Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development
Joan Barton, and Shaun McCarthy, Pupil Mentoring     

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Monica Shah, Working with Parents
Marianna Csoti, Contentious Issues: Discussion Stories for Young People
Sylvia McNamara and Gill Moreton, Changing Behaviour: Teaching Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Primary and Secondary Classrooms
Audrey Osler, Cathy Street, Marie Lall and Kerry Vincent, Not a Problem? Girls and School Exclusion
Chalkface Project, Challenges for the ASDAN Bronze and Silver Awards
Chalkface Project, Developing Good Relationships and Respecting Differences
Chalkface Project, Considering Moral and Social Dilemmas
Chalkface Project, Setting Targets and Monitoring Progress for Students with Special Needs     

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Books reviewd
R. Klein, Defying Disaffection: How Schools are Winning the Hearts and Minds of Reluctant Students
C. Wright, D. Weekes and A. McGlaughlin, 'Race', Class and Gender in Exclusion from School
S. Decker, S. Kirby, A. G. Wood and D. Moore, (eds) Taking Children Seriously: Applications of Counselling and Therapy in Education
Denis Lawrence, Teaching with Confidence: A Guide to Enhancing Teacher Self-Esteem
J. Elliott and M. Place, Children in Difficulty: A Guide to Understanding and Helping     

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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     

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Sally Inman with Helena Burke, School Councils: An Apprenticeship in Democracy
Kathryn Riley and Elle Rustique–Forrester, Working with Disaffected Students: Why Students Lose Interest in School and What We Can Do About It
Ted Huddlestone and Don Rowe, Good Thinking, Education for Citizenship and Moral Responsibility, Volume 1 KS3
Ted Huddlestone and Don Rowe, Good Thinking: Education for Citizenship and Moral Responsibility, Volume 2 KS4
Ted Huddlestone and Don Rowe, Good Thinking: Education for Citizenship and Moral Responsibility, Volume 3, 16–19–year–olds
Katherine Weare, Promoting Mental, Emotional and Social Health: A Whole School Approach     

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Books reviewed:
Bleach, K. Raising Boys' Achievement in Schools

Farrant, Ann Sibling Bereavement: Helping Children Cope with Loss
Mallon, Brenda Helping Children to Manage Loss: Positive Strategies for Renewal and Growth
Calvert, Mike and Henderson, Jenny (eds) Managing Pastoral Care
Holden, Cathie and Clough, Nick (eds) Children as Citizens: Education for Participation     

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Books reviewed:
Susan Askew (ed.) Feedback for Learning
Paul Cooper, Mary Jane Drummond, Susan Hart, and Colleen McLaughlin, Positive Alternatives to Exclusion
Pamela Munn, Gwynedd Lloyd and Mairi Ann Cullen, Alternatives to Exclusion from School
Peter Hook and Andy Vass, Confident Classroom Leadership
Peter Hook and Andy Vass, Creating Winning Classrooms
Susan Carrell, Group Exercises for Adolescents: A Manual for Therapists Update     

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Marilyn Tatarkowski points to Dearing's suggestion that all providers of education and training should take spiritual and moral issues into account in the design and delivery of the curriculum. In her own FE college she found that social science students were generally positive about the idea of a forum to discuss religious and spiritual issues, and that a high percentage of them had become more interested in this area since moving into HE. Having provided a detailed analysis of the concept of spiritual development, she ends by providing both a justification for the inclusion of spiritual development in the FE curriculum and some suggestions as to how this might be done.     

Editorial Reviews and Book Reviews

Visual Literacy: Image, Mind & Reality Paul Messaris. Derek Jarman's Garden Derek Jarman - with photographs by Howard Sooley. Picture My World: Photography in Primary Education Kamina Walton.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Marianne Coleman, Women as Headteachers: Striking the Balance