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.