BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
National Curriculum Assessment: A Review of Policy 1987–1994 Richard Daugherty (1995)
Beyond Testing: Towards a Theory of Educational Assessment Caroline Gipps (1994)
Effective Assessment and the Improvement of Education: A Tribute to Desmond Nuttall Roger Murphy and Patricia Broadfoot (1995)
Working with Parents of Children with Special Needs Hornby, G.
Changing Theories and Practices of Discipline Roger Slee (1995)
Christian Assemblies for Primary Schools Swain, Revd. S. (1995)     

Book Reviews

Catherine Twomey Fosnot (ed), Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives and Practice.
Basil Bernstein, Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity: Theory, Research, Critique
Robert Jackson, Religious Education, an Interpretive Approach.
Ben Cosin and Margaret Hales (eds), Families, Education and Social Difference.
Gareth Elwyn Jones, The Education of a Nation.
Kamala Nehaul, The Schooling of Children of Caribbean Heritage.
Ann Hodgson and Ken Spours (eds), Dearing and Beyond: 14–19 Qualification, Frameworks and Systems.
Brian Wilcox and John Gray, Inspecting Schools: Holding Schools to Account and Helping Schools to Improve.
Patricia F. Murphy and Caroline V. Gipps (eds), Equity in the Classroom: Towards Effective Pedagogy for Girls and Boys.
Thomas P. Rohlen and Gerald K. LeTendre (eds), Teaching and Learning in Japan.
Alan Ryan, John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism.
Ron Glatter, Philip A. Woods and Carl Bagley (eds), Choice and Diversity to Schooling: Perspectives and Prospects.
Ved Varma (ed), Managing Children with Problems.
Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrison, A Guide to Teaching Practice.
Andy Hargreaves, Lorna Earl and Jim Ryan, Schooling for Change: Reinventing Education for Early Adolescents
Michael Peters and James Marshall, Individualism and Community: Education and Social Policy in the Postmodern Condition     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Interactive Approaches to the Education of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties Beryl Smith (ed.)
The Power to Act Adrian Ward
In Special Need Graham Atherton
Special Education in Change Mel Ainscow (ed.)
My Language, Our Language Bernadette Walsh
Children with Hearing Difficulties A. Webster, D. Wood
The Education of People with Profound and Multiple Handicaps, Resource Materials for Staff Training Judy Sebba
Special Educational Needs: Policy and Practice Roy Evans (ed.)
Bilingualism and Learning Disabilities A.C. Willig, H.S. Greenberg (eds.)
Pre-school Provision for Children with Special Needs Brenda Robson     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
One Step at a Time RNIB
Understanding Mental Health Katherine Greensmith
Child Play: its importance for human development Peter Slade
Policy, Practice and Provision for Children with Specific Learning Difficulties Jill Duffield, Sheila Ridell and Sally Brown
Pastoral Care and Personal-Social Education: Entitlement and Provision Ron Best, Peter Lang, Caroline Lodge and Chris Watkins (eds)
Dear Psychiatrist …. Do Child Care Specialists Understand? Jennie Roberts
Climbing the Walls: Family Perspectives on Epilepsy
Going to Court Sheila Hollins with Valerie Sinason and Julie Boniface St George's Mental Health Library in association with VOICE (UK)
Choice, Opportunity and Learning: Educating children and young people who are physically disabled John Cornwall     

More than a Change in Name?

Remedial services are now becoming 'special needs support teams'. But is this merely a case of 'Plus ça change', ask Dr. Caroline Gipps and Dr. Harvey Goldstein, Institute of Education, London University     

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 in this article:
Improving Learning: New Perspectives , P Ramsden (ed)
Appreciating Adults Learning: from the Learner's Perspective , David Boud and Virginia Griffin (editors)
Creating Adult Learning , H P Stroomberg (ed) Spruyt, Van Mantgem & De Does by Leiden
Educational Technology; the Closing-in or the Opening-out of Curriculum and Instruction , P Kenneth Komoski
Learning from Experience through Games and Simulations (Perspectives on Gaming and Simulation 13) Danny Saunders, Alan Coote and David Crookall (eds)
Hands-on HyperCard , Mimi Jones and Dave Myers
A Handbook of Computer Based Training, (Second Edition) Christopher Dean and Quentin Whitlock
Mind at Large: Knowing in the Technological Age , Paul Levinson
Implications of New Technology for the School Curriculum , Richard Fothergill
New Technologies and Professional Communications in Education (Occasional Paper 13) , David Smith (ed)
Training for School Management , Bruce S Cooper and R Wayne Shute
The 1988 Education Act: A Tactical Guide for Schools , Martin Leonard
Microcomputers in Secondary Education , S Moriguti, S Ohtsuki and T Furugori (eds)
CD-ROM: Fundamentals to Applications , Charles Oppenheim (ed)
Girls and Computers: General Issues and Case Studies of Logo in the Mathematics Classroom (Bedford Way Papers 34) , Celia Hoyles (ed)
The Media Lab , Stewart Brand
Smart Cards: Principles, Practice, Applications , Roy Bright
Geography in the National Curriculum , Richard Daugherty (ed)
Mastering Statistics , T J Hannagan
Dictionary of Image Technology , Bernard Happe (editor)
HyperCard Power: Techniques and Scripts , Carol Kaehler
1989 Open Learning Directory , Training Agency     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Remedial Education Olive C. Sampson Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Shaping the Education of Slow Learners W. K. Brennan Routledge and Kegan Paul.
New Readers Start Here Margaret Redfern (ed.)
A Philosophy of Leisure Kenneth Solly
Language Development in Deaf and Partially Hearing Children D. M. C. Dale Charles C. Thomas
Developmental Features of Visual Communication. A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Deaf Children's Growth in Communicative Competence Bernard T. Tervoort North-Holland Linguistic Series.
Parents of the 'ESN' Sonja Hunt National Elfrida Rathbone Society.
Trends in the Education of Children with Special Learning Needs Alice F. Laing (ed.)
Developmental Features of Visual Communication. A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Deaf Children's Growth in Communicative Competence Bernard T. Tervoort North-Holland Linguistic Series.
Parents of the 'ESN' Sonja Hunt National Elfrida Rathbone Society.
Trends in the Education of Children with Special Learning Needs Alice F. Laing (ed.)     

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

Book reviewed in this article:
Challenging Behaviour: Analysis and Intervention in People with Learning Dvflculties Eric Emerson
Schools' SEN Policies Pack P. Stobbs, T. Mackey, B. Norwich, N. Peacey and P. Stephenson (eds.)
What Teachers Do: Developments in Special Education
P. Gamer, V. Hinchcliffe and S. Sandow
Widening the Perspective, Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland Sally Millar and Alan Wilson (eds.)
The Work Experience Health and Safety Survival Kit, and SEN Supplement Brian Glendinning, Peter Clitheroe
Widening the Perspective, Augmentative Communication in Practice: Scotland Sally Millar and Alan Wilson (eds.)
The Work Experience Health and Safety Survival Kit, and SEN Supplement Brian Glendinning, Peter Clitheroe
Dyslexia: An introductory guide J. Doyle
Disability and Sport K.P. DePauw and S.J. Gavron
The Illusion of Full Inclusion J.M. Kauffman and D.P. Hallahan (eds.)
The Educator's Guide to Students with Epilepsy Robert J. Michael
Children wilh AulisdAsperger Syndrome in Non-Specialist Schools Eileen Wormald and Margaret Shaw     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this articles:
School Inclusion in Iceland: the cloak of invisibility Dora S. Bjarnason
Researching Learning Difficulties: a guide for practitioners Jill Porter and Penny Lacey
Siblings – coming unstuck and putting back the pieces: stories of everyday life with children who are different Kate Strohm
Inclusive Education – readings and reflections Gary Thomas and Mark Vaughan (eds)
The Adolescent with Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) Amanda Kirby
ADHD: How to Deal with Very Difficult Children Alan Train
Psychology for Teaching Assistants Christopher Arnold and Jane Yeomans     

Reviews

Statistics for Education and Physical Education , by L Cohen and M Holliday
Strategies for Improving Visual Learning , by Francis M Dwyer
An Introduction to Educational Computing , by Nicholas J Rush
Audio-Visual Materials for Higher Education 1979–80 , edited by J Ballantyne
European Journal of Science Education, Vol 1, No 1, Taylor and Francis, London, 1979
Literacy: a systematic start , by E Hunter-Grundin
Suggestology and Outlines of Suggestopedy by Dr Georgi Lazanov     

Books Reviews

Children with Learning Difficulties Diane Montgomery
Somebody Else's Children Sally Trench
Straight and Devious Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood L. Robins, M. Rutter (eds.)
Children with ProfoundKomplex Physical and Learning Difficulties Sally Clark
The Special Education Handbook Phillip Williams
Curriculum Access for All NARE
Signposts to Special Needs Margaret Peter (ed.)
Autism. Professional Perspectives and Practice Kathryn Ellis (ed.)
Primary Special Needs and the National Curriculum Ann Lewis
Reappraising Special Needs Education Brahm Norwich
Residential Experience F. Craig (ed.)     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Teaching and Talking With Deaf Children D. Wood, H. Wood, A. Griffiths, H. Howarth John Wiley.
Residential Special Education: Living and Learning in a Special School Ted Cole
The Next Five Years Gordon Roxby.
Good Companions Veronica Sherbourne.
The Education Authorities Directory The Primary Education Directory
Conductive Education P. Cottam, A. Sutton (eds.) Croom Helm.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Collis, Betty and Moonen, Jef, Flexible Learning in a Digital World
Edwards, Helen et al., (ed.) Lecturing: Case Studies, Experience and Practice
Ely, Donald and Plomp, Tjeerd, (ed.) Classic Writings on Instructional Technology II
Hartman, Hope J, (ed.) Metacognition in Learning and in Instruction
Hills, Howard, Team-Based Learning
Jarvis, Peter, (ed.) The Age of Learning
Jarvis, Peter, Universities and Corporate Universities
Jolliffe, Alan et al., The On-Line Learning Handbook
Medsker, Karen and Holdsworth, Kristina Models and Strategies for Training Design
Nicholls, Gill, Professional Development in Higher Education
Olsen, Jerry and Cooper, Paul Dealing with Disruptive Students in the Classroom
Thorne, Kaye and Mackey, David, Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Training
Belfield, Clive R, Economic Principles for Education
Coles, Sue and Rowley, Jenny, Access 2000
Huczynski, Andrzej, Encyclopedia of Development Methods
Januszewski, Alan, Educational Technology: The Development of a Concept
Lachs, Vivi, Making Multimedia in the Classroom
Lensch, Carol, Making Sense of AD/HD
MacFarlane, Bruce and Ottewill, Roger, (ed.) Effective Learning and Teaching in Business and Management
Thier, Herbert with Daviss, Bennett, Developing Inquiry-Based Science Materials
Thissen, David and Wainer, Howard, (ed.) Test Scoring
Wallace, Susan, Teaching and Supporting Learning in Further Education     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Special Educational Needs: Towards a Whole School Approach , Mel Ainscow, Anton Florek (eds.)
Deafness, Development and Literacy , Alec Webster Methuen
Encouraging Classroom Success , Mel Ainscow, David Tweddle
Children with Profound Handicaps Parents' View and Integration , Philip Seed Falmer
A Teacher's Guide to Special Needs: A Positive Response to the 1981 Education Act , J. Solity, E. Raybould
The Consultant Teacher: Special Educational Needs , Ken Jones
Special Education: Research and the Teacher , Bob Hogg (ed.)
Developing Mathematical and Scientific Thinking in Young Children , David Womack
Foundations of Communication and Language , C. Kiernan, B. Reid, J. Goldbart Manchester
Classroom Responses to Learning Difficulties , B. Raban
Classroom Responses to Disruptive Behaviour , J. Gray
Organising a School's Response , K. Postlethwaite
Cognitive Control Therapy with Children and Adolescents , Sebastiano Santostefano
Vocational Evaluation in Special Education , N.C. Hursh, A.F. Kerns
Getting Employed, Staying Employed , S. McLoughlin, J. Garner, M. Callahan
Supported Employment G. Bellamy, L.E. Rhodes, D.M. Monk, J.M. Albin
Integration of Developmentally Disabled Individuals into the Community (2nd ed), I.W. Heal, J.I. Haney, A.R.N. Amado
Management and the Psychology of Schooling , N. Jones, J. Sayer (eds.)
Staff Training in Mental Handicap , J. Hogg, P. Mittler (eds.)
Portage: Pre-Schoolers, Parents and Professionals , R. J. Cameron (ed.)
Extending and Developing Portage , R. Hedderley, K. Jennings (ed.)
Severe Learning Disability and Psychological Handicap , John Clements     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia): Challenges and Responses P.D. Pumfrey, R. Reason
Staff Training and Special Educational Needs Graham Upton (ed.)
The Curriculum Challenge: Access to the National Curriculum for Pupils with Learning Difficulties R. Ashdown, B. Carpenter, K. Bovair (eds.)
Scripted Fantasy in the Classroom E. Hall, C. Hall, A. Leech
Helping Five-to-Eight-Year-Olds with Special Educational Needs M. Chazan, A. Laing, D. Davies
Teaching Pupils with Special Needs M. Burnham, W. Gilmore, H. Brayton
Behind Special Education; A Critical Analysis of Professional Culture and School Organisation Thomas M. Skrtic
Literacy for All Diane Ackerman, Helen Mount David Fulton     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Education of Disturbed Pupils Mary Wilson
Special Provision for Disturbed Pupils: A Survey R. L. Dawson
Music as the Source of Learning Learning Through Music Audrey S. Wisbey MTP
About Our Schools Alec Clegg Basil Blackwell.
A Sensory Motor Program for Language Delayed Children 2–4½ years P. L. Iverson, H. Hewit R. J. Last (eds.)
Handicapped Children in Residential Care: a Study in Policy Failure Ann Shearer
Autism - New Directions in Research and Education
Breakthrough Series
Falcon Comics
Dinosaur Painting Books
Modification of the Mother-Child Interchange in Language, Speech and Hearing Gillian Clezy Edward Arnold.     

Reviews

Conlon, Tom and Cope, Peter eds (1990) Computing in Scottish Education: the First Decade and Beyond .
Jonassen, David and Mandl, Heinz (1990) eds Designing Hypermedia for Larning .
Britton, Bruce and Glyn, Shawn (1989) Computer Writing Environments .
Tufte, Edward R (1990) Envisioning Information .
Fisher, P (1990) Education 2000: Educational Change With Consent .
Sutcliffe, J (1990) Adults with Learning Diffcuklties Open University Press.
Hathaway, Warren (1990) Education and Technology at the Crossroads: Choosing a New Direction .
Hammond, M and Colins, R (1991) Self-Directed Learning: Critical Practice .
Bates, A W (1990) (ed) Media and Technology in European Distance Education .
Moore, Michael G (1990) (ed) Contemporary Issues in American Distance Education .     

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