Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Ridley, Dale Scott & Walther, Bill (1995) Creating Responsible Learners: The Role of a Positive Clnssroom Enviroment American Psychological Association, Washington 1-55 798-295-3 614.50 121 pp
Seek, Barbara B (1995) ed lnstructional Design Fundamentals: A Reconsideration Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs. NJ 0-87778-284-9 $37.95 278 pp
Thorley, Lyn & Gregory, Roy (1994) eds Using Group-based Learning in Higher Education Kogan Page, London (and Philadelphia) 0-7494-1246-1 £14.95 194 pp
Wilson, Brent G et al (1994) Technology Making a Difference: The Peakview Elementary School Study ERIC, Syracuse 0-937597-39-2 $17 230 pp
Faludy, Tanya & Faludy, Alexander (1996) A Little Edge of Darkness: A Boy's Triumph over Dyslexia Jessica Kingsley, London 1-85302-357- 4 £9.95 160 pp     

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Salmon, Gilly (2002) E-tivities Kogan Page (London (& Stylus, Sterling VA)) ISBN 0-7494-3686-7 223 pp £19.99
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Pat Sadler, Hiroshima Shudo University, The Caring Child by Nancy Eisenberg. Cambridge, Mass, and London: Harvard University Press, 1992, hb ISBN 0 674 09725 4, pb ISBN 0 674 09726 2, US$8.95

Garry Hornby, University of Hull, Youth in Trouble: Educational Responses, by J. F. Schostak. London: Kogan Page, 1991. 192pp., pb. ISBN 0 7494 0372 1, np

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, ‘Some Way to Go’: A Pilot Study on the Appraisal of Educational Resources on Leaving Home and Homelessness, Leaving Home Project. London: Information Services Charity Limited, 1987. 56pp., £4.95

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, Experimental Project. Final Report, Leaving Home Project. London: Information Services Charity Limited, 1991. 30pp., £6

Gordon Dimmock, Harold Hill Community School, Havering, ‘Making the Break’: Choices and Decisions Facing Young People Leaving Home, by Philip Hope, edited by Catherine ByGott. London: CSV Advisory Service and Leaving Home Project, 1989. 157pp. plus VHS video ‘Cutting Loose’, 20 min., CSV, 1988. ISBN 0 907829 57 0, £28.25+£2.40 p. & p.

Don Baines, Anglia Polytechnic University, Teacher Training in Secondary Schools, by Rowie Shaw. London: Kogan Page Limited, 1992. 162pp., pb ISBN 0 7494 0637 2, £14.95

Gill Collins, Sovereign Centre Tutorial Unit, Issues: A Cross-Curricular Course for PSE, by John Foster. Hammersmith: Collins Educational, 1992. Pupil Book One, ISBN 0 00 327334 2, £4.95; Teachers Resources One, ISBN 0 00 327339 3, £7.25; Pupil Book Two, ISBN 0 00 327335 0, £4.95; Teachers Resources Two, ISBN 0 00 327340 7, £7.25; Pupil Book Three, ISBN 0 00 327336 9, £4.95; Teachers Resources Three, ISBN 0 00 3273415, £7.25; Pupil Book Four, ISBN 0 00 327337 7, £5.50; Teachers Resources Four, ISBN 0 00 327342 3, £7.95; Pupil Book Five, ISBN 0 00 327338 5, £5.50; Teachers Resources Five, ISBN 0 00 327343 1, £7.95     

Book Reviews: CROPLEY, ARTHUR J. 2001. Creativity in Education and Learning – A Guide for Teachers and Educators. London: Kogan Page. 202 pp. ISBN0-7494-3447-3.

Book Review

Book Reviews: CROPLEY, ARTHUR J. 2001. Creativity in Education and Learning – A Guide for Teachers and Educators. London: Kogan Page. 202 pp. ISBN0-7494-3447-3.     

Grant‐maintained schools: Making a difference without being really different 1

Homo Sollers Beats Homo Sapiens. The Fourth Edinburgh Medal Address. Heinz Wolff. Pp. x, 44. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, on behalf of the City of Edinburgh District Council in association with The Edinburgh International Festival of Science and Technology, 1993. £4.95 in paperback. ISBN 0 7486 0442 1.

The Multicultural Dimension of the National Curriculum. Edited by Anna S. King and Michael J. Reiss. pp 297. London: The Falmer Press, 1993. £12.95. ISBN 0750700696 paperback. Also available in hardback.

Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals. By Iris Murdoch Pp. 512. Index. London: Chatto and Windus 1992. £20.00. ISBN 0 7011 3998 6.

World Yearbook of Education 1993; Special Needs Education. Edited by Peter Mittler, Ron Brouillette and Duncan Harris (Series Editor). Pp x 276. Index. London. Kogan Page. 1993. £32.00. ISBN 0 7494 0854 5. 11th in the series World Yearbook in Education.

The European and American University since 1800; historical and sociological essays. Edited by Sheldon Rothblatt and Björn Wittrock. pp. xi. 370. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press. 1993. £37.50. ISBN 0 521 43165 4 hardback.

Learner Managed Learning. Edited by Norman Graves. Pp x, 185. Index. Leeds: Higher Education for Capability and World Education Fellowship, 1993. £13.95 flexicover, ISBN 0–9521325–08.

Conflict in Child and Adolescent Development; edited by Shantz C. U. and Hartup, W. W. Pp. 453. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. £40/$59.95 hardcover only. ISBN 0–521–40416–9. Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development.

Children's Learning Difficulties: A cognitive approach by J. Dockrell and J. McShane. Pp. viii, 245. Index. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993. £40 hard cover; £12.99 flexicover. ISBN 0–631–17016–2 hc; 0–631–17017–0 fc.

The Schoolhome: Rethinking Schools for Changing Families by Jane Roland Martin. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: 1992. 237 pp. ISBN 0–674–79265–3. Price: $24.95.

Assessing the National Curriculum Edited by Philip O'Hear and John White. Pp 138. Index. London: Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd. 1993 £11.95 Paperback. ISBN 1 85396 232 5

Partnership in Initial Teacher Training: Talk and Chalk, Clare Hake, pp 36, London, Institute of Education, Tufnell Press £3.95 ISBN 1 872767 46 X The London File: Papers from the Institute of Education.

The Promise and Perils of Educational Comparison by Martin McLean. Pp. 40. London: Institute of Education, University of London, 1992: The London File ISBN 1 872767 31 1, £3.95

Case Studies in Teaching in Higher Education by Peter Schwartz and Graham Webb. Pp. 162; London: Kogan Page, 1993. £16.95; ISBN 0–7494–0972‐X.

Educational Values for School Leadership by Sylvia West. Pp x, 160. London: Kogan Page 1993. £14.95. ISBN 0 7494 0839 1. The Management and Leadership in Education Series.

Equality and Achievement in Education by James S. Coleman. Pp xi, 340. Boulder, San Francisco &; London: Westview Press 1993. £30.50 hardcover: £13.50 paperback. ISBN 0–8133–7791–9 hc;‐1860–2 pbk. Social Inequality Series #1.

Children in Time and Place, developmental and historical insights, edited by Elder, G., Modell, J., Parke, R.: pp. 289, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993. £35.00 hardback, ISBN 0 521 41784 8     

T. S. Eliot and educational aims

Priorities in Religious Education. Edited by Brenda Watson. Pp viii, 210+. Index. London: Falmer Press, 1992. £12.95 paperback. ISBN 0–75070–017–3.

The Victorian Governess by Kathryn Hughes. Pp. xvi, 256. London and Rio Grande: The Hambledon Press, 1993. £25 hardcover. ISBN 1–85285–002–7.

The Church Colleges 1918–1939: The Struggle for Survival. By Mark Lofthouse. Rearsby: J. Billings, 9 Church Leys Avenue, LE7 4YF. Pp. xviii, 116, £12 hardback, £6.50 paperback. ISBN 0 9520022 0 5 hardback, 0 9520022 1 3 paperback.

The Rationality of Feeling: Understanding the Arts in Education by David Best. Pp 211. London &; Washington DC: The Falmer Press (A member of the Taylor &; Francis Group), 1992. £13.95. ISBN 0 75070 056 4 (cased) &; 0 75070 057 2 (paper). Series: The Falmer Press Library on Aesthetic Education (Editor: Peter Abbs)

The Braid of Literature: Children's Worlds of Reading. Shelby Anne Wolff and Shirley Brice Heath. London: Harvard University Press, October 1992. £19.95. ISBN 0–674–08040–8

Quality Assurance in Training and Education. By Richard Freeman. London: Kogan Page, 1993. Pp. 176. £14.95. ISBN 0–7494–0868–5 (pbk)

Effective Schools for Disaffected Pupils by Paul Cooper. Pp x, 267. London: Routledge, 1993. £35 hardback, £11.99 paperback. ISBN 0–415–06483‐X hardback, 0–415–06484–8 paperback.

The IEA Study of Written Composition II: Education and Performance in Fourteen Countries. Edited by A. C. Purves. Pps 290. Oxford/New York/Seoul/Tokyo. Pergamon Press 1992. £44.50/$65 hardback. ISBN 0–08–041397/8 (v. 2) International Studies in Educational Achievement, Volume 6

Education Answers Back: Critical Responses to Government Policy. Edited by Clyde Chitty &; Brian Simon. Pp xv, 181. Index. London. Lawrence &; Wishart, 1993. £9.99 flexicover. ISBN 0 85315 781 2

A History of Youth, Michael Mitterauer (translated from the German by Graeme Dunphy), p. xii + 256, Blackwell, Oxford, 1992, hb £40.00 pb £13.99, ISBN hb 0631179836 pb 061179844, in series Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times, eds., Peter Laslett and Michael Anderson.

Teaching about Europe by Margaret Shennan. Pp xviii, 281. Index. London: Cassell, 1991. £35 hardcover; £12.99 paperback. ISBN 0–304–32292‐X hb; 0–304–32288–1 pbk. Cassell Council of Europe Series.

Mentoring: Perspectives on School‐Based Teacher Education. Eds. Donald Mclntyre, Hazel Hagger and Margaret Wilkin. Pp. 236. London: Kogan Page Ltd. £27.50 hardcover. ISBN 0–7494–0678‐X.

Secondary School Teaching and Educational Psychology by David Galloway and Anne Edwards. Pp x, 160. Index, Longman London and New York 1992. Paperback. ISBN 0–582–49724–8. The Effective Teacher Series.

Oxford, Cambridge and the Changing Idea of the University. The challenge to donnish domination. Ted Tapper and Brian Salter. Pp ix, 262. Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press, 1992. £40 hardcover. ISBN 0–335–15694–0.

Education 16–19 in Transition by Eric Macfarlane. Pp xvi 136. London: Routledge 1993. £30 hardback, £11.99 paperback. ISBN 0–415–08085–1, ISBN 0–415–08086‐X (pbk). Educational Management Series. Edited by Cyril Poster.     

Reviews

Bolter, Jay David (1991) Writing Space: the Computer, Hypertext and the History of Writing .
Swain, Dwight V & Swain, Joye R (1991) Scripting for the New AV Technologies (second edition) .
Rumble, Greville and Oliveira, Joao (1992) eds Vocational Education at a Distance: International Perspectives .
Bound, D and Feletti, G eds (1991) The Challenge of Problem-based Learning .
Field, Laurie and Drysadale, Dennis (1991): Training for Competence .
Galloway, David and Edwards, Anne (1992) Primary School Teaching and Educational Psychology .     

Reviews: 9

Rudestam, Kjell & Schoenholtz-Read, Judith ed (2002) Handbook of online learning Sage (Thousand Oaks CA & London) ISBN 0-7619-2403-5 460 pp £35 (boards £69)
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Husen's Reflections The Learning Society Revisited , Torsten Husen (Oxford, Pergamon, 1986), 296 pp., £12.95, ISBN 008 032 6609.
All that Glisters … Politics and the Academy: Arnold Toynbee and the Koraes Chair Richard Clogg, (London, Frank Cass, 1986), 117 pp., £19.50, ISBN 07146 32902.
Laughing Through Our Tears Professor Lapping Sends his Apologies, The Best of Laurie Taylor , Laurie Taylor, (Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham Books, 1986), 149 pp., £4.95, ISBN 0948 080 086.     

Aspects of the work of Matthew Arnold for royal commissions

The Arts 5–16: Changing the Agenda. John White, pp. 38. London: The Tufnell Press, for the University of London Institute of Education. 1992. £3.95 flexicover. ISBN 1 872767 06 0. The London File. Music Education and the National Curriculum. Keith Swanwick. pp. 33. London: The Tufnell Press, for the University of London Institute of Education. 1992. £3.95 flexicover. ISBN 1 872767 11 7. The London File.

Barry Troyna &; Richard Hatcher, Racism in Children's Lives: A Study of Mainly White Primary Schools. London: Routledge and National Children's Bureau, 1992. Pp. xii, 216. ISBN 0–415–06085–0 hbk., ISBN 0–415–06086–9 pbk.

D. Phillips (ed), Lessons in Cross‐National Comparison in Education, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education No. 1, 1991, vi + 176 pp. Triangle Books, Wallingford, £18. ISBN 1–873927–02–9.

Government, Schools and the Law. P. Meredith. Pp. xv, 218. Index. London and New York: Routledge. 1992. £35.00 hbk. ISBN 0–415–03658–5.

Education, Culture and Society. Some Perspectives on the 19th and 20th Centuries. Essays. Presented to J. R. Webster. Edited by Gareth Elwyn Jones, pp. xii, 248. Index, Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1991, £25.00 ISBN 0–7083–1132–6.

Steiner Education in theory and practice, Gilbert Childs, 288 pp. Edinburgh: Floris Books, 1992, £12.95 net, ISBN 0–86315–131–0

The Learning University: Towards a New Paradigm? By Chris Duke, Pp. xix, 136. Open University Press, 1992. £12.99. ISBN 0 335 15653 3

Learning to Teach in Higher Education. By Paul Ramsden. Pp. xiv, 290 London and New York: Routledge, 1992. £35 (hbk.) £12.99 (pbk.) ISBN 0–415–06414–7, ISBN 0–415–06415–5 (pbk.)

Children of the Cities, J. Boyden with P. Holden. Pp. viii, 152. Index, London: Zed Books Ltd., 1991. Flexicover, $10.95. ISBN 0–86232–957–4.

Initial Teacher Education: Policies and Progress. Edited by N. J. Graves. Pp. 160. London: Kogan Page in association with the Institute of Education, University of London, 1990. £22.50 hardback. ISBN: 07494 0095 1

Patterns of Educational Integration, Wade B. and Moore, M., Pp. ix, 173, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Triangle Books Ltd., 1992, £13.95 paperback. ISBN 1 873927 01 0.

Assessment in Early Childhood Education. Edited by Geva M. Blenkin and A. V. Kelly. Pp. x, 189. Index. London: Paul Chapman Publishing, 1992, £11.95 paperback. ISBN 1–85396–1537.

The Psychologist as Educator: The Writings of R. A. C. Oliver, (1989), Pearson, R., Turner, J. D. and Forrest, G. M. School of Education, University of Manchester. Pp. 192. £10. ISBN 0 902252 1718 6.

Fashioning The Feminine: Girls, Popular Culture and Schooling. By Pam Gilbert and Sandra Taylor. Pp. viii, 171. North Sydney NSW: Allen &; Unwin, 1991. £9.95. ISBN 0 04 442337 3.

Education and International Cultural Cooperation. Prem Kirpal. Pp. x, 295. Index. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House PVT Ltd, 1991. £18.95. ISBN 0–7069–5777–6:

Japan and Education, Michael D. Stephens. Pp. x, 166. Basingstoke and London: Macmillan Academic and Professional Ltd, 1991. £29.50. ISBN 0–333–52645–7.     

Anxiety and education

A Lesson For Us All. The making of the national curriculum. By Duncan Graham with David Tytler. Pp. 160. Index. London: Routledge, 1993. £12.99. ISBN 0–415–08928‐X (pbk)

Schools in Wales 1500–1900: a Social and Architectural History by Malcolm Seaborne. Pp. 273. Denbigh: Gee &; Son Ltd., 1992. £15.00 hardback, ISBN 0–7074–0222–0

School and Community in Rural Wales by J. Roger Webster, 345 pp., Aberystwyth, Y Ganolfan Astudiaethau Addysg, 1991, £7.95 paper, ISBN 1 85644 139 3

Developing Assessment for the National Curriculum. Edited by Caroline Gipps. Pp viii, 103. London: Kogan Page in association with The Institute of Education, University of London, 1992. £12.95 paperback. 0–7494–0837–5. The Bedford Way Series.

Schools and Employment Law. By Patricia Leighton. Pp 168. London: Cassell, 1992. £14.95 paperback. ISBN 0–304–32445–0.

Policy and Power in Education: The rise and fall of the LEA. H. Heller with P. Edwards. Pp 232. Index. London: Routledge, 1992. £35 hardcover. ISBN 0–415–06982–3. Routledge Educational Management Series.

Public Expenditure on Higher Education: a Comparative Study in the Member States of the European Community. Frans Kaiser, Raymond J. G. M. Florax, Jos. B.J. Koelman, Frans A. van Vught. Pp 251. Index. London: Jessica Kingsley, 1992. 00.00 hardcover. ISBN 1 85302 532 1 hc. Higher Education Policy Series, Volume 18.

The Search for Enlightenment: The Working Class and Adult Education in the Twentieth Century Edited by Brian Simon. Pp 334. Index. Name Index. Leicester: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 1992. £10.95 flexicover. ISBN 1 872941 21 4.

Integrating Special Children: Some Ethical Issues. Edited by Gavin and Susan Fairbairn. Ppxi, 163. Index. Aldershot: Avebury, 1992. £30 hardback. ISBN 1 85628 259 7.

The Search for Quality: Planning for Improvement and Managing Change. By Del Goddard and Marilyn Leask. Pp xii, 242. Paul Chapman Publishers, 1992. £14.95. Paperback. ISBN 1–85396–190–6. Education Management Series.

Developing Resourceful Humans: adult education within the economic context. Edited by Lynn Elen Burton. Pp xvi, 222. Index. London: Routledge 1992 £40 hardcover. ISBN 0–415–00121–8.

Community Education in the Third World. Edited by Cyril Poster and Jurgen Zimmer. Pp. viii 253. London: Routledge, 1992. £35 hardcover. ISBN 0 415 04209 7.

Teachers’ Voices for School Change: An Introduction to Educative Research. Andrew Gitlin et al. Pp 207. London: Routledge, 1992. £35.00 hardback; £11.99 paperback. ISBN 0 415 05612 8 hb; ‐ 05613 6 pb. Routledge series in Investigating Schooling.

The Contours of Christian Education. Edited by J. Astley and D. Day. Pp 428. Index. Great Wakering, Essex (Great Britain). McCrimmons, 1992. £8.50p, Flexicover. ISBN 0 85597 495 8.

Women and Literacy, Marcela Ballara, xii, 84 pages, London, Zed Books, 1992. £29.95 hardcover; £9.95 paperback. ISBN 1–85648–980–9 (hardcover); ISBN 1–85649–981–7 (paperback). Women and World Development Series.     

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Hewson, Claire et al (2003) Internet research methods Sage (London & Thousand Oaks CA) ISBN 0-7619-5920-3 155 pp £18.99 (boards £60)
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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     

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Whitehead, Bruce et al (2003) Planning for technology Corwin (Thousand Oaks CA (& Sage, London)) ISBN 0-7619-4596-2 233 pp £27 (boards £58)
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Tagore—pioneer in education

Educating the Respectable: A Study of Fleet Road Board School, Hampstead, 1879–1903. By W. E. Marsden. London: The Woburn Press, 1991. Pp. xvi, 281. £30, hardback. ISBN 0–7130–0184–4.

’Race’, ethnicity and education: teaching and learning in multi‐ethnic schools. By David Gillborn. Pp. xvi, 245. London: Unwin Hyman, 1990. ISBN 0–04–445398. Key issues in education, series editor: Robert Burgess.

Becoming a Reader: the Experience of Fiction from Childhood to Adulthood. By J. A. Appleyard, S.J. Pp. x, 228. Index. Cambridge: University Press, 1990. £27.50/$34.50 hardcover. ISBN 0–521–38364.

Delivering Quality in Vocational Education. D. Müller and P. Funnell. Pp. 180 inc. index. London: Kogan Page, 1991. £25.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0–74940–174–5. Series New Developments in Vocational Education (Series editors P. Funnell and D. Miiller).

Vocational Education and the Challenge of Europe. P. Funnell and D. Müller. Pp. 176 inc index. London: Kogan Page, 1991. £25.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0–74940–127–3. Series New Developments in Vocational Education (Series editors P. Funnell and D. Miiller).

Children with Special Needs. Assessment, Law and Practice ‐ Caught in the Act. By Harry Chasty and John Friel. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1991. Pp. 201. £9.95 (pbk). ISBN 1–85302–096–6.

Education and Policy in England in the Twentieth Century. Peter Gordon, Richard Aldrich and Dennis Dean. Pp. vii, 355. London: The Woburn Press, 1991. £35 hardcover. ISBN 0–7130–0181‐X (cased), ISBN O‐713O‐4016–5 (pbk).

Romantic Understanding: The Development of Rationality and Imagination, Ages 8–15. By Kieran Egan. Pp. ix, 300. Index. New York and London: Routledge, 1990. £30.00 hardcover. ISBN 0–415–90050–6.

Understanding Intelligence. By Ken Richardson. Pp. 154. Index. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1991. £10.99 paperback; £32.50 hardback. ISBN 0–335–09397–3.

Intelligence and Realism: A Materialist Critique of IQ. By Roy Nash. Pp. 173. Index. Basingstoke: MacMillan Press, 1990. £35.00 hardback. ISBN 0–333–53455–7.

Doing Educational Research. Edited by Geoffrey Walford. Pp. xi, 237. London: Routledge, 1991. £35.00 hardback, £10.95 paperback. ISBN 0–415–05289–0 he; 0–415–05290–4 pbk.

Becoming a Person. Edited by M. Woodhead, R. Carr and P. Light. Pp. xiii, 346. Index. London: Routledge, 1991. £8.99. ISBN 0–415–05829–5. Child Development in Social Context, Volume 1.

Learning to Think. Edited by P. Light, S. Sheldon and M. Woodhead. Pp. xi, 339. Index. London: Routledge, 1991. £8.99. ISBN 0–415–05825–2. Child Development in Social Context, Volume 2.

Growing up in a Changing Society. Edited by M. Woodhead, P. Light and R. Carr. Pp. xi, 350. Index. London: Routledge, 1991. £8.99. ISBN 0–415–05827–9. Child Development in Social Context, Volume 3.

Training Adult Educators on Western Europe, edited by Peter Jarvis and Alan Chadwick, publ. by Routledge in association with European Bureau of Adult Education 1991, 235 pages £35.

Assessment and Testing: a survey of research. By Robert Wood. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991, 273 pp. (incl. index). £40.00. ISBN 0–521–0369–3.

Education and The Social Construction of Race. Peter Figueroa. Pp. xiii, 216. Index. London: Routledge, 1991. £35.00 hardcover. ISBN 0–415–00914–6.     

The Standing Conference on Studies in Education

Dimensions of Discipline: Rethinking Practice in Secondary Schools. David Gillborn, Jon Nixon and Jean Rudduck. Pp 132. Index. Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT for HMSO, 1993. £9.95. ISBN 0–11–270805–6.

Education and Public Policy in Australia. By Simon Marginson. Pp xv, 286. Index. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1993, £35.00 hardback; US $53.95. ISBN 0–521–43345–2.

Naming Silenced Lives: Personal Narratives and Process of Educational Change, edited by Daniel McLaughlin and William G. Tierney. New York and London: Routledge, 1993. Pp. 249., £35 hard, ISBN 0 415 90516 8.

Histoire de l'Agrégation: contribution à I'histoire de la culture scolaire by André Chervel. Institut National de Recherche Pédagogique and Editions Kimé, Paris: 1993. Pp. 289. ISBN 2–7342–0357‐X (INRP)/2–908212–5‐X (Kimé). Price: 170 French francs.

A History of Music Education in England 1872–1928. By Gordon Cox. Scolar Press, Aldershot; 1993. Pp. 196. £35. ISBN 0–85967–978–0.

Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School. Edited by Bob Moon and Ann Shelton Mayes, Pp. ix. 386. Index. London and New York: The Open University, 1994, £10.99. ISBN 0 415 10250 2.

Parents and Schools. Edited by P. Munn. Pp vii, 182. London: Routledge, 1993. £12.95 Paperback. ISBN 0–415–08926–3. Routledge Educational Mangement Series.

Grant Maintainted Schools: Education in the Market Place. John Fitz, David Halpin and Sally Power. Pp x, 125. Index. London: Kogan Page 1993. Flexicover: £14.95. ISBN 0 7494 1067 1. Kogan Page Educational Management Series.

How Fathers Care for the Next Generation: A Four‐Decade Study. By John Snarey, Pp. xii +40 Cambridge, Mass., and London, England. Harvard University Press, 1993. Cloth £27.95/$41.95. ISBN 0–674–40940‐X.

International Handbook of Research and Development of Giftedness and Talent. Edited by K. A. Heller, F. J. Mönks and A. H. Passow. Pp. xvi, 964. Index. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1993. £110. ISBN 0–08–041–398–6.

The Economics of Education. Geraint Johnes. Pp 247. Index. London: Macmillan Press, 1993. £12.99 paperback. ISBN 0–333–56835–4 hc; 0–333–56836–2 pb.

Encouragement Works Best; Positive Approaches to Classroom Management. By Frank Merrett. Pp. viii, 136. London: David Fulton Publishers, 1993. £10.99 (pbk) ISBN 1–85346–254–3.

The Origins and Development of High Ability: Ciba Foundation Symposium 178. Edited by Gregory R Bock and Kate Ackrill. Pp viii + 258. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 1993. £45.00. ISBN 0–471–93945–5.

Distance Education for Teacher Training. Edited by Hilary Perraton. Pp viii, 411. Index. London, Routledge 1993. £40 hardcover. ISBN 0–415–09465–8.

Educational Provision for our Youngest Children. European Perspectives. Edited by Tricia David. Pp x 193. Index. London: Paul Chapman Publishing, 1993. £15.95. ISBN 1 85396 204 X.

Researchon Teacher Thinking: Understanding Professional Development. Edited by Christopher Day, James Calderhead, and Pam Denicolo. 256 pages. London: Falmer Press, 1993. Cloth £38 Paperback £13.95. ISBN Cloth 0 75070 177 3 Paper 0 75070 178 1

The Order of Knowledge. Geoffrey Powell. Pp 154. Aldershot: Avebury, 1993. £35.00 hardback ISBN 1 85628 555 3. Avebury Series in Philosophy.     

Review

Books reviewed:
Ted Tapper and David Palfreyman (eds) (2005) Understanding Mass Higher Education, Comparative Perspectives on Access. Oxon: Routledge-Falmer. 269pp. ISBN 0-415-35491-9; hardback, £55. Reviewed by Eileen Trotter, University of Salford, UK     

Reviews

Books reviewed
Ronald Barnett (2003) Beyond All Reason: Living with Ideology in the University . Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press. 231 pp; ISBN 0-335-20894-0 (hb.) £65; 0-335-20893-2 (pb.) £22.50.
Cecile Deer (2002) Higher Education in England and France Since the 1980s . Oxford: Symposium Books. 208 pp; ISBN 1-873927-64-9. £24.00 (pb).     

Flexible Learning in a Digital World

This article and the book around which it based [Collis & Moonen (2001) Flexible Learning in a Digital World: experiences and expectations (London, Kogan Page)] is about changes in learning, teaching, the support and enterprise of education, and the role of technology in those changes. It considers these changes in a broad and integrated way using flexible learning as the integrating concept.     

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Also received
Note that mention here does not preclude later fuller review.
Banes, David & Walter, Richard (2002) Internet for all David Fulton (London) ISBN 1-85346-881-9 136 pp £16
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