Book reviews

Statistical Models for Ordinal Variables. C. C. Clogg and E. S. Shihadeh. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1994, 192 pages.

Graphical Multivariate Analysis with AMOS, EQS and LISREL: A Visual Approach to Covariance Structure Analysis (in Japanese). Yutaka Kano. Kyoto, Japan: Gendai‐Sugakusha, 1997,235 pages.     

Review: Approaches to educational psychology‐some recent textbooks

Blair, G. M., Jones, R. S., and Simpson, R. H., Educational Psychology (4^th Ed.). New York: Macmillan, 1975. 624 pages. $8.95

Craig, R. C., Mehrens, W. H., and Clarizio, H. F., Contemporary Educational Psychology: Concepts, Issues, Applications. New York: Wiley, 1975. 558 pages. $9.95

Gage, N. L., and Berliner, D. C., Educational Psychology. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1975. 869 pages. $9.95

Lefrancois, G., Psychology for Teaching (2nd Ed.). Belmont, Cal.: Wadsworth, 1975. 372 pages. $7.95

Packard, R. G., Psychology of Learning and Instruction. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill, 1975. 480 pages. $9.95

Smith, M. D., Educational Psychology and its Classroom Applications. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1975. 574 pages. $9.95     

Conservation Synergism: New Dynamics for Effective Action

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Epicurean Simplicity, by Stephanie Mills. Washington, DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books. 2002. Hardcover. 218 pages. $22.00. ISBN 1-55963-689-0.

Democracy in Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions, by Thomas C. Beierle and Jerry Cayford. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. 2002. Paperback. 149 pages. $18.95. ISBN 1-891853-54-6.

Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development, by Gerald G. Marten. Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications Ltd. 2001. Paperback. 238 pages. $24.95. ISBN 1-85383-714-8.

Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience, edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Paperback. 190 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-19-514944-0.

Guide To Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, edited by Natalia Mirovitskaya and William Ascher. Durham: Duke University Press. 2001. Paperback. 592 pages. $34.95. ISBN 0-8223-2745-7.

Teaching About Climate Change, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Little-john. 2001. Lewiston, NY: New Society Publishers/Green Teacher. 58 pages. Paperback. ISBN 0-86571-437-1. $12.95.

Interpretation for the 21st Century: Fifteen Guiding Principles for Interpreting Nature and Culture (2nd ed.), by Larry Beck and Ted Cable. Champaign, IL: Sagamore. 2002. Paperback. 204 pages. $24.95. ISBN 1-57167-522-1.     

New Horizons for Environmental Education

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Ecology and Our Endangered Life-Support Systems, Eugene P. Odum. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 1989. 283 pages. Paperback, $15.95. Reviewed by Frank Knight.

Nontoxic, Natural, &; Earthwise, Debra Lynn Dadd. Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. 1990. 360 pages. Paperback, $12.95. Reviewed by Diane Wiessinger.

Dreamers and Defenders: American Conservationists, Douglas H. Strong. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1988. 295 pages. Paperback, $9.95. Reviewed by John F. Disinger.

Seabrook Station: Citizen Politics and Nuclear Power, Henry F. Bedford. University of Massachusetts Press, 1990. 224 pages. Hardback, $22.95. Reviewed by Margaret Millett Zemach.     

Recorded Student Interviews in Improving Instruction

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A Valuable Resource: Key Resources on Teaching, Learning, Curriculum, and Faculty Development By Robert J. Menges and B. Claude Mathis San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988, 406 pages, index, $35. Reviewed by Ohmer Milton

Accomplished Advocates for Change: Women in Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove By Nadya Aisenberg and Mona Harrington Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1988, xii + 207 pages. Reviewed by Amy A. Kass

The Power of Scientific Thought: The Cultural Meaning of the Scientific Revolution By Margaret C. Jacob Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988, xii + 274 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth     

Teaching Teachers

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Women Against the Odds The Campus Troublemakers: Academic Women In Protest By Athena Theodore Houston: Cap and Gown Press, 1986 xxiv + 293 pages, $23.95 hardbound, $15.95 softbound. Reviewed by Claire Hirshfield

“Artistry of Discussion Leadership” and Other Skills Teaching and the Case Method By C. Roland Christensen, with Abby J. Hansen Boston: Harvard Business School, 1987, 290 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by Richard Leahy

Valuable Background Reading College: The Undergraduate Experience in America By Ernest L. Boyer, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching New York: Harper &; Row, 1987, 328 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by Frederick S. Weaver     

Resources In Review

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The RFF Reader in Environmental Science and Resource Management , edited by Wallace E. Oates. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. 1999. Paperback. $22.95. ISBN 0-915707-96-9.

Science through Multiple Intelligences: Patterns that Inspire Inquiry , by Robert Barkman. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press, Inc. 1999. Paperback. 165 pages. $39.00. ISBN 1-56976-096-9.

Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet , edited by Ronald Bailey. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2000. Paperback. 362 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-07-134260-5.

Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists (A Conservative Manifesto) , by Peter Huber. New York: Basic Books. 1999. Hardcover. $25.00. ISBN 0-468-03112-9.

Song of the Meadowlark , by James Eggert. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. 1999. Paperback. 145 pages. $12.95. ISBN 1-58008-034-0.

The Greening of Planet Earth: The Effects of Carbon Dioxide on the Biosphere , Greening Earth Society, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 805, Arlington, VA 22203-4193; tel. 703-907-6168; fax 703-907-6161; info@greeningearthsociety.org. 1992. Color. 27 min 50 s. $15.00.

The Greening of Planet Earth Continues: The Promise for the 21st Century & Beyond , Greening Earth Society. 1998. Color. 27 min 30 s. $15.00 (or both for $25.00).

Nature's Nation: An Environmental History of the United States , by John Opie. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. 1998. Paperback. 515 pages. ISBN 0-15-500219-8.

Visions of Paradise: Glimpses of Our Landscape's Legacy , by John Warfield Simpson. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1999. Clothbound. 387 pages. $35.00. ISBN 0-520-21364-5.

Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy , by J. Baird Callicott. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1999. Paperback. 427 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-7914-4084-2.

The Morning After Earth Day , by Mary Graham. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 1999. Hardcover, 153 pages. ISBN 0-8157-3236-8.

Natural Resource Management and Institutional Change , by Diana Carney and John Farrington. New York: Routledge. 1998. Hardback. 120 pages. $60.00. ISBN 0-415-18604-8.

Green Ink: An Introduction to Environmental Journalism , by Michael Frome. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. 1998. Paperback. 204 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-87480-582-1.     

The Great Teacher is a Creative Individual

Paradoxes of Education in a Republic By Eva Brann The University of Chicago Press, 1979,172 pages, $12.95. Reviewed by Perry C. Mason.

Group Memory: A Guide to College and Student Survival in the 1980s By Alston Chase Boston: Little, Brown, xviii + 330 pages, $12.95 Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth.

Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and Its Decline By John Simon New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1980, 222 pages, index, $12.95. Reviewed by Carol A. Martin.     

Sharing the Excitement of Learning

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Toward a Literate America Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs To Know By E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987, xvii + 251 pages, $16.95. Reviewed by Fauneil J. Rinn

Changing the Odds Academic Women, Working towards Equality By Angela Simeone South Hadley, Massachusetts: Bergin &; Garvey, 1987, 161 pages, $27.95 hardbound, $10.95 softbound. Reviewed by Pheme Perkins

Fruitful Background for Reasonable Discussion Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education By Bruce Kimball New York: Teachers College/Columbia University, 1986, xix + 293 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Geoffrey Comber     

Toward an Urban Ecological Structure

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Environmental Education in the 21st Century: Theory, Practice, Progress and Promise , by Joy A. Palmer. London/New York: Routledge. 1998. Paperback. 284 pages. ISBN 0-415-13197-9.

Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society , 2nd Edition, by Eugene P. Odum. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. 1997. Paperback. 330 pages. $24.95. ISBN 0-87893-630-0.

Yakoana: The Voice of Indigenous Peoples . New York: Parabola, 1997. Color video, 60 minutes, $29.95. ISBN 0-930407-43-1.

In Accord with Nature: Helping Students Form an Environmental Ethic Using Outdoor Experience and Reflection , by Clifford Knapp. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. 1999. Paperback. $19.00. ISBN 1-880785-20-X.

An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues , 2nd Edition, by Kevin T. Pickering and Lewis A. Owen. New York: Routledge. 1997. Hardback. 512 pages. $100. ISBN 0-415-14098-6. Paperback. $22.99 ISBN 0-415-14099-4.

John Muir: To Yosemite and Beyond , edited by Robert Engberg and Donald Wesling. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press. 1999. Paperback. 171 pages. $12.95. ISBN 0-87480-580-5.

Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems , by Steve Lerner. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1998. Paperback. 397 pages. $16.50. ISBN 0-262-2124-X.     

Students' Views of Teaching

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Much To Do About Writing: Teaching and Assessing Writing By Edward M. White San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985, 304 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David Taylor

A Poignant, Colorful Portrait: Refugee Scholars in America: Their Impact and Their Experiences By Lewis A. Coser New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984, xviii + 351 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by R. W. Franklin     

Review section

Structural Equation Modeling: Concepts, Issues, and Applications. Rick H. Hoyle (Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995, 289 pages.

Statistics as Principled Argument. Robert P. Abelson. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995, 198 pages.     

Book reviews

H.R. Kells Self‐Study Processes: A Guide to Self‐Evaluation in Higher Education (4th Edition). Phoenix, AZ: The Oryx Press, 1995. Paperback. ISBN 0 89774 903 0 Price $34.95 (North America) 194pp

David Warner and David Palfreyman (eds) Higher Education Management, The Key Elements. Buckingham: The Society for Research on Higher Education and Open University Press, 1996. Paperback. ISBN 0 335 19569 5 Price £19.99. 239 pages.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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BEATING THE COLLEGE BLUES, SECOND EDITION. Paul A. Grayson and Philip W. Meilman. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1999, 234 pages. Reviewed by Jeffrey S. Kaye.

CHEMICALS FOR THE MIND:PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. Ernest Keen. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000, 142 pages. Reviewed by Gerald Amada.

RECLAIMING OUR CHILDREN: A HEALING PLAN FOR A NATION IN CRISIS. Peter R. Breggin. New York: HarperCollins, 2000, 340 pages. Reviewed by Leighton C. Whitaker.     

Resources In Review

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Toxics Release Inventory Package , by the National Science Teachers Association. Arlington, VA. 1999. Boxed Set. $35.00. ISBN 0-87355-171-0.

Introduction to Environmental Geology , by Edward A. Keller. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1999. Softcover. 383 pages. $50.00. ISBN 0-02-363290-9.

The National Environmental Policy Act: An Agenda for the Future , by Lynton Keith Caldwell. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1999. Clothbound. 272 pp. $29.95. ISBN 0-253-33444-6.

The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century , edited by Kevin Doyle for The Environmental Careers Organization. Washington, DC: Island Press. 1999. Paperback. 280 pages. $17.95. ISBN 1-55963-586-X.

Garbage, Trash, and Refuse: Problems and Issues, an Extended Case Study for the Investigation and Evaluation of Community-Based Solid Waste Issues , by Harold R. Hungerford, William J. Bluhm, and Austin Winther. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Company. 1999. Spiralbound. 183 pages. ISBN 0-87563-880-5.

Threatened and Endangered Animals, an Extended Case Study for the Investigation and Evaluation of Issues Surrounding Threatened and Endangered Animals of the United States, Teachers Edition , by Harold R. Hungerford, David Hagengruber, and William J. Bluhm. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Company. 1999. Spiralbound. 192 pages. ISBN 0-87563-874-0.

The Environment: Principles and Applications , by Chris Park. New York: Routledge. 1997. Paperback. 598 pp. $35.00. ISBN 0-415-12200-7.     

Great Teaching and the Fullness of Life

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Issues in Academic Freedom George S. Worgul, Jr., editor Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1992, 184 pages, $32.50 Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth

A Different Sort of Time: The Life of Jerrold R. Zacharias, Scientist, Engineer, Educator By Jack S. Goldstein Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1992, 310 pages, $35.00 Reviewed by Frieda A. Stahl     

Calculating degrees of freedom for a structural equation model

Multivariate Analysis of Categorical Data: Theory. John P. Van de Geer, Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993, 104 pages.

Multivariate Analysis of Categorical Data: Applications. John P. Van de Geer, Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993, 128 pages.     

Evidence of a Shift in the Social Science Perspective on Energy: A Content Analysis of Geo-Abstracts,Part C: Economic Geography, 1966–1978

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Environmental Education for the 21st Century: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives , edited by Patricia J. Thompson. New York: Peter Lang. 1997. Paperback. 356 pages. $32.95. ISBN 0-8204-3749-2.

Fundamentals of Economics for Environmental Managers , by William F. Barron, Robert D. Perlack, and John J. Boland. Westport, CT: Quorum Books. 1998. Hardcover. 224 pages. $65.00. ISBN 1-56720-159-8.

To Dwell With a Boundless Heart: Essays in Curriculum Theory , Hermeneutics, and the Ecological Imagination, by David W. Jardine. New York: Peter Lang. 1998. Paperback. $24.95. ISBN 0-8204-3941-X.

Managing the Commons , Second Edition, edited by John A. Baden and Douglas S. Noonan. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1998. 243 pages. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-253-33361-X. Paperback, $16.95, ISBN 0-253-21153-0.

Pollution Markets in a Green Country Town: Urban Environmental Management in Transition , by Roger K. Raufer. Westport, CT: Praeger. 1998. Hardback. $59.95. ISBN 0-275-96174-5.

A Primer for Environmental Literacy , by Frank B. Golley. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1998. Paperback. 272 pages. $18.00. ISBN 0-300-07049-7.

Ecological Education in Action: On Weaving Education , Culture, and the Environment, edited by Gregory A. Smith and Dilafruz R. Williams. New York: State University of New York Press. 1999. Paperback. 244 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-7914-3986-0.

The Gods Played Here , by Karen LaMantia-Ashikeh. Union City, CA: Rainbow Enterprises. 1998. 3″ disk, or order online (www.1stbooks.com). $5.95.     

The Problem of the Inarticulate

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A Few Good Apples An Apple for My Teacher: Twelve Authors Tell About Teachers Who Made the Difference Edited by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987, xiv + 186 pages, $10.95 Reviewed by Roy Starling

Abrasive but Hopeful: The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students By Allan Bloom New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987, 392 pages, $18.95 Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth     

Discrepancies Among Teachers' Priorities for and Knowledge of Freshwater Topics

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A Blueprint for Environmental Education , edited by Jane S. Shaw. Bozeman, MT: Political Economy Research Center. 1999. Paperback. ISBN 0-9668243-1-8.

Environmental Education and Biodiversity , edited by Arjen E. J. Wals. Wageningen, The Netherlands: National Reference Centre for Nature Management. 1999. Paperback. ISBN 90-75789-03-3.

The Environmental Impact Statement Process and Environmental Law , by Emmett B. Moore. Columbus, OH: Battelle Press. 2000. Paperback. 162 pages. $19.95. ISBN 1-57477-092-6.

Caring for Plunet Earth, Volume 1: The Great Lakes, CD-ROM , Grand Rapids, MI: Center for Environmental Study. 1998. $39.00. Formatted for Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1

Edgar Beaver's Destiny: An Environmental Fable , by Joseph Petulla. Available through Xlibris Corporation (www.Xlibris.com). 2000. Paperback. 124 pages. $16.00. ISBN 0-7388-2471-2.

A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story , by William Souder. New York: Hyperion. 2000. Hardback. Illustrated. 299 pages. $23.95. ISBN 0-7868-6360-9.

Environmental Education and Communication for a Sustainable World: Handbook for International Practitioners , edited by Brian A. Day and Martha C. Monroe. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development. 2000. Paperback. 138 pages. ISBN 0-89492-108-8.