Reviews

Book reviews in this article
Bates, A W (Tony) (1995) Technology, Open Learning and Distance Education
Crook, Charles (1994) Computers and the Collaborative Experience of Learning
Gipps, Caroline V (1994) Beyond Testing
Glover, Derek & Mardle, George (1995) eds The Management of Mentoring: Policy Issues
Harris, Jean Presentation Skills for Teachers Knight, Jim Delegation Skills for Teachers Nelson, Ian Time Management for Teachers
Cotton, Julie (1995) The Theory of Learners , The Theory of Learning , The Theory of Assessment
Holland, Paul & Wainer, Howard (1993) eds Differential Item Functioning
Nathan, Marilyn (1995) The New Teacher's Survival Guide
Riley, Kathryn A & Nuttall, Desmond L (1994) eds Measuring Quality Education Indicators
Ashworth, Allan & Harvey, Roger (1994) Assessing Quality in Further and Higher Education
Schank, Roger & Cleary, Chip (1995) Engines for Education
Sheilds, Mark A (1995) ed Work and Technology in Higher Education: The Social Construction of Academic Computing     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Educational Reform and its Consequences , Sally Tomlinson (ed.) (1994)
Health Options: Complementary Therapies for Cerebral Palsy and Related Conditions , Andrew Vickers (1994)
Handicap: A Parents' Guide to Helping your Child , Andrew Brereton (1994)
A Special Partnership: a Practical Guide for Named Persons and Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs , Linda Kerr, Liz Sutherland and Joyce Wilson (1994)
Making Leisure Provision for People with Profound Learning and Multiple Disabilities , James Hogg and Judith Cavet (eds.) (1995)
History for All , Judy Sebba (1994)
Geography for All , Judy Sebba (1995)
Autism: An Introduction to Psychological Theory , Francesca Happé (1994)
Helping Children with Reading and Spelling , Rea Reason and Rene Boote (1994)
Listen to Me: Communicating the Needs of People with Profund Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities , Pat Fitton (1994)
The Development of Early Communication and Feeding , Juliet Goldbart, Jennifer Warner and Helen Mount (1994)     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
An Agreed Understanding? S. Sandow, D. Stafford, P. Stafford
The Activities Catalog A comprehensive guide to the Activities Catalog B. Wilcox, G.T. Bellamy and others
Micros for Children with Special Needs Mary H. Hope
High Risk Infants: Identification, Assessment & Intervention Louis Rossetti
The Dictionary of Developmental and Educational Psychology R. Harré, R. Lamb (eds.)
Secondary Schools for All? John Sayer
Science for All David J. Reid, Derek Hodson
Helping Clumsy Children with Handwriting J. Alston, S. Bedford
The Caring Role of the Primary School K. David, T. Charlton
Effective Integration Sylvia B. Howarth
Learning Disabilities, Medicine, and Myth Robert B. Johnston
Helping Children Read Roger Morgan     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Virtue Ethics and Moral Education David Carr & Jan Steutel
The Aims of Education Roger Marples (Ed.)
Working the Ruins—Feminist Poststructural Theory and Methods in Education Elizabeth A. St. Pierre & Wanda S. Pillow (Eds)     

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)     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Freedom and Indoctrination in Education: international perspectives . Ben Spiecker and Roger Straughan (Eds)
Postmodernidad y Educación: vaiores y cultura de 10s jóvenes . Gervilla E.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Teaching Language-Disordered Children. A Structured Curriculum Ella Hutt
Basic Family Therapy (2nd edn) P. Barker
Developmental and Language Skills Curriculum Roger J. Rees
Write Your Own Series L. Green
The Star Profile Manual and Record Sheets Chris Williams     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Randy Sailor Problem Sexual Desire , Roger Scruton.
Polanyi's intellectual mission
Everyman Revived: The Common Sense of Michael Polanyi by Drusilla Scott     

Reviews: 6

Lewis, Roger & Whitlock, Quentin (2003) How to plan and manage an e-learning programme Gower (Aldershot UK & Burlington VT) ISBN 0-566-08424-4 185 pp £49.50
http://www.gowerpub.com info@gowerpub.com     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Postmodern Philosophical Critique and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Higher Education Roger P.Mourad Jr, 2000 Westport, CT, Bergin & Garvey
School Choice and Social Justice Harry Brighouse
Reclaiming Education James Tooley, 2000
Professionalism and Ethics in Teaching David Carr     

Reviews

Psychology for Teachers , David Fontana , Macmillan.
Making Science Education Relevant , Douglas P Newton
Teacher Shortage Subjects: The Contribution of Supported Self-Study and Other Alternative Approaches to the Teaching of Maths, Physics, and CDT , L Gilbert and K Van Haeften .
The Open Learning Pocket Workbook , Roger Lewis and Lesley MacDonald .
Interactive Learning Events: a Guide for Practitioners , Ken Jones .
Computers in Company Training , David Hawkridge, Wendy Newton and Carole Hall .
IT Helps—Information Technology for FE Students with Special Needs , Peter Fowler .
Essential Guide to Interactive Videodisc Hardware and Applications , C R Miller .
Informatics and Education , R Lewis and E D Tagg .
GCSE: a New Teaching Approach , J Christian-Carter and J Burton .
Teaching and Learning with Robots , Colin Terry and Peter Thomas .     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: THE TROUBLE WITH ENGLISH The Challenge of English in the National Curriculum, edited by Robert Protherough and Peter King Routledge, 1995 LITERATURE AT THE HEART?Valuing English: Reflections on the National Curriculum (Quality in Secondary Schools and Colleges series), by Roger Knight (series editor Clyde Chitty) David Fulton Publishers, 1996 A CREATIVE APPROACH TO LITERARY THEORY—OR A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO CREATIVE WRITING?English as a Creative Art—Literary Concepts Linked to Writing, by Linden Peach and Angela Burton David Fulton Publishers, 1995     

Review Symposium

Constructing Educational Inequality: An Assessment of Research on School Processes . By Peter Foster, Roger Gomm and Martyn Hammersley. Reviewed by John Eggleston, Jo-Anne Dillabough and Gill Crozier with a reply from the authors     

Book Reviews

Special Children: meeting the challenge in the primary school.
Assessment in Speech and Language Therapy
The Visually Impaired: Curricular Access and Entitlement in Further Education.
Empowering Parents and Teachers: Working for Children.
The Children Act and Schools: A Guuide to Good Practice
Pear Tree Tomorrow A detailed video cassette about the dance-movement-therapy work carried out by pupils at Meldreth Manor School under the direction of Hilary Barratt.     

Some Student Comparisons

Abstract

The First Feminist Revolution: In Adamless Eden: The Community of Women Faculty at Wellesley By Patricia Ann Palmieri New Haven. Conn.: Yale University Press. 1995. 382 pages. $35. Reviewed by Frieda A. Stahl.

An Essential Guide: Learning Networks A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning OnlineBy Linda Harasim, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Lucio Teles, and Murray Turoff Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1995, 329 pages, $35. Reviewed by Roger H. Marty.     

Reviews

Fisher, Robert (1990) Teaching Children to Think .
Dennison, B and Kirk, R (1990) Do, Review, Learn, Apply .
Poster, Cyril and Krugr, Angelica ed (1990) Community Education in the Western World .
Finlayson, J ed (1990) All Our Futures: Four Studies of Development Through Education and Training .
Lowe, Roy Editor editor (1989) The Changing Secondary School .
McBride, Rob editor (1989) The In-service Training of Teachers .
Bell, Chris and Harris, Duncan editors (1990) Assessment and Evaluation: World Yearbook of Education .
Foster, Pablo (1990) Manual for Staff Development Trainers .
Hilsman, H R (1989) The New Electronic Media .
Braker, John and Tucker, Richard editors (1990) The Interactive Learning Revolution .
Mirabito, M M and Morgenstern, B L (1990) The New Communications Technologies .
Taylor, Charles (1988) The Art and Science of Lecture Demonstration Opportunities for Adults .
Jones Ken (1989) A Sourcebook of Management Simulations .
Farmer, Bob, Eastcott, Diana and Lantz, Brian editors (1990) Aspects of Educational and Training Technology XXIII: Making Learning Systems Work .     

Book Review

Book reviewed in this article:
Assessment in Early Childhood Education G. M. Blenkin and A. V. Kelly (Eds.)     

Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Literacy Cruses and Reading Policies Children Still Can't Read! by Janet Soler and Roger Openshaw Routledge
Making Literacy Real Theories and practices for Learning and Teaching by Joanna Larson and Jackie Marsh Sage
Situated Language and Learning a Critique of Traditional Schooling by James Paul Gee Routledge
Creative Writing Education, Culture and Community by Rebecca O'Rourke     

Technology, Narcissism, and the Moral Sense: Implications for Instruction

Numerous researchers (Kohn, 1994; Kottler, 1992; Katz, 1993a, 1995; Streibel, 1994; Tingle, 1992) have recently examined the rise of narcissism in American culture and especially its relationship to education. However, William Damon's (1995) analysis of narcissism, which he frames against the larger dynamic of related social and cultural realities, is particularly engaging, although somewhat ominous:
"Our heightened concern with children's internal mental states has combined with the increased child-centeredness of modern times to create crippling imbalances in children's views of themselves and the world. When we tell children that their first goal is self-love, we are suggesting to them that they are the center of the universe. By contributing further to the already child-centered orientation of modern culture, this emphasis can push a child toward a narcissistic insensitivity to the needs of others. We should not dispute the value of self-love, but we should question its utility as a primary goal in raising and educating children." (p. 77)
Damon's assessment of child-rearing practices offers compelling reasons to reconsider self-love as the central focus of such practices. His comments are additionally significant because they suggest a causative connection between child-centeredness and narcissism and between narcissism and social insensitivity. "In citing these connections, Damon is echoing Christopher Lasch's (1979) equally troubling warning made almost twenty years ago in The Culture of Narcissism —a warning linking the 'culture of narcissism' to numerous dysfunctions within social institutions, including a multiplicity of failings in schooling." (Ryan, 1997, p. 233)