Education Review-a journal of book reviews

Education Review

Volume 7 2000

R. Murray Thomas. (1998) Conducting Educational Research: A Comparative View. Reviewed by Steven I. Miller, Loyola University Chicago
Schmidt, Jeff. (2000) Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes their Lives. Reviewed by Andi O'Conor, Ohio University
Ravitch, Diane. (1996) National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide. Reviewed by Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Fishman, Stephen and McCarthy, Lucille. (1998). John Dewey and the Challenge of Classroom Practice. Reviewed by Joyce Cassidy, University of Wyoming
Gilbert, Rob and Gilbert, Pam. (1998). Masculinity Goes to School. Reviewed by Kim Jones, Ohio University and Trimble (OH) Local Schools
Macedo, Donaldo and BartolomÃ©, Lilia I. (1999). Dancing with Bigotry: Beyond the Politics of Tolerance. Reviewed by Donald S. Blumenfeld-Jones, Arizona State University
McNeil, Linda M. (2000) Contradictions of School Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testing. Reviewed by Clint Taylor, California State University, Los Angeles
Sullivan, Keith (Ed.) (1998). Education and Change in the Pacific Rim: Meeting the Challenges. Reviewed By Wing-Leong Cheung, The University of Queensland
Maranto, Robert; Milliman, Scott; Hess, Frederick; and Gresham, April. (Eds). (1999). School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools. Reviewed by Audrey Amrein, Arizona State University
Hlatshwayo, Simphine. (2000) Education and Independence: Education in South Africa, 1658-1988. Reviewed by Robert F. Lawson, Ohio State University
Chazan, Daniel (2000). Beyond Formulas in Mathematics and Teaching: Dynamics of the High School Algebra Classroom. Reviewed by James Telese, University of Texas, Brownsville
Gaile Sloan Cannella. (1997) Deconstructing Early Childhood Education: Social Justice & Revolution. Reviewed by Abdeljalil Akkari, Fribourg University
MacSwan, Jeff. (1999). A Minimalist Approach To Intrasentential Code Switching. Reviewed by Pepi Leistyna, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Senge, Peter M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning. Reviewed by Eric Brown, Ohio University
Angus, David L. & Mirel, Jeffrey E. (1999) The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995. Reviewed by Robert L. Hampel, University of Delaware
Fraser, James W. (1997). Reading, Writing, and Justice: School Reform as if Democracy Really Matters. Reviewed by Jerry D. Johnson, Ohio University
Thrupp, M. (1999). Schools Making a Difference: Let's be Realistic! School Mix, School Effectiveness and the Social Limits of Reform. Reviewed by Bev Rogers, University of South Australia
Dweck, C. S. (1999). Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development. Reviewed by Sherri L. Horner, Wendy L. Jordanov & Leslie Coleman, University of Memphis
Siegel, Harvey (1997). Rationality redeemed? Further dialogues on an educational ideal. Reviewed by Mike Gunzenhauser, Oklahoma State University
Gallas, Karen. (1997). Sometimes I can be anything: Power, gender, and identity in a primary classroom. Reviewed by William Pawluk, California State University, Los Angeles
Maeroff, Gene I. (1999). Altered Destinies: Making life better for schoolchildren in need. Reviewed by Richard W. Race, Keele University
Fenske, Robert H.; Geranios, Christine A.; Keller, Jonathan E.; and Moore, David E. (1997). Early Intervention Programs: Opening the Door to Higher Education. Reviewed by Donna M. Butler, The University of Pennsylvania
Higgerson, Mary Lou and Rehwaldt, Susan S. (1993). Complexities of Higher Education Administration: Case Studies & Issues. Reviewed by Gypsy M. Denzine, Northern Arizona University
Bernardo, A. B. I. (1998). Literacy and the Mind: The Contexts and Cognitive Consequences of Literacy Practice. Reviewed by Ailie Cleghorn, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Long, Delbert H. and Long, Roberta A. (Ed). (1999). Education of Teachers in Russia. Reviewed by Sergei N. Shirobokov, Omsk State Pedagogical University, Russia
Blake, Nigel; Smeyers, Paul; Smith, Richard; and Standish, Paul. (1998) Thinking Again: Education After Postmodernism. Reviewed by Richard W. Race, Keele University
Michel, Sonya. (1999). Children's Interests/Mothers' Rights: The Shaping of America's Child Care Policy.
Rose, Elizabeth. (1999). A Mother's Job: The History of Day Care, 1890-1960. Reviewed by Kriste Lindenmeyer, Tennessee Technological University
Fine, Michelle; Weis, Lois; Powell, Linda C. and Wong, L. Mun (Eds.). (1997). Off White: Readings on Race, Power, and Society. Reviewed by Audrey Thompson, University of Utah
Schunk, Dale H., & Zimmerman, Barry J. (Eds). (1998). Self-Regulated Learning: From Teaching to Self-Reflective Practice. Reviewed by Gypsy M. Denzine, Northern Arizona University
Lucas, Christopher J. (1994). American Higher Education: A History. K. B. Melear, Florida State University
Blair, Maud, Holland, Janet and Sheldon, Sue (1995). Identity and Diversity: Gender and the Experience of Education. Reviewed by John R. Kellogg, Ohio University
Paulston, Rolland G. (Ed). (1996). Social Cartography: Mapping Ways of Seeing Social and Educational Change. Reviewed by Irving Epstein, Illinois Wesleyan University
Herbert M. Kliebard (1999). Schooled To Work: Vocationalism and the American Curriculum, 1876-1946. Reviewed by William Blank, University of South Florida