Book Reviews

Book Reviews in This Article: Mastering Statistics Second Edition. From Cooperation to Coordination. Implications of New Technology for the School Curriculum.     

Using Assessment to Induct Students and Staff into the PBL Tutorial Process

The introduction of a new problem-based Graduate Medical Course with over 230 students and more than 200 staff required a systematic process for induction into the PBL philosophy and tutorial process. The 4SAT (4 Step Assessment Task) was designed for use as an instrument for formative and summative assessment of reasoning ability, elements of the PBL tutorial (group) process and individual learning outcomes. The instrument was developed through evaluative cycles based upon staff and student feedback, reflection and peer review. The 4SAT has face validity with the learning process and emphasises reasoning and integration of knowledge. An unexpected out come of its development was its use as a powerful tool to induct staff and students into the PBL group processes, scaffold development of hypothetico-deductive reasoning and provide guidance on the depth and breadth of learning expected in the course.     

Leaving Safe Harbors: Toward a New Progressivism in American Education and Public Life. Dennis Carlson. New York and London: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. Pp. x, 200. $ 125.00 (hardcover).

The third edition of the Standards for Academic and Professional Instruction in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, and Educational Policy Studies (Standards) challenge us to envision what “a more holistic, inclusive and intellectually challenging approach to preparing educators” might look like. This article discusses how the operating principles of a teacher education program parallel the commitments for educators found in the Standards and explores why collaborative relationships between teacher education and social foundations matter. Given the current political and social climate surrounding the field of education, it is important for those of us in the field of social foundations to think outside the box.     

ACES: Promoting Professionalism,Collaboration, and Advocacy

Reproduced here is a version of the presidential address delivered at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) luncheon, during the American Counseling Association national convention in Atlanta on March 16, 1993. (Appendix A is a reference list the was available at the luncheon for those who found the content of the message interesting and wanted to pursue it further.)     

Counselor Liability and the Duty To Warn: Selected Cases,Statutory Trends,and Implications for Practice

The authors review selected case law and recently enacted state statutes pertinent to “the duty to warn.” Guidelines for practice in dealing with dangerous clients are offered.