Institutional Change towards a Sustainability Agenda: How far can theory assist?

Peter A. M. Maassen Governmental Steering and the Academic Culture. Utrecht, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij De Tijdstroom, 1996. Paperback ISBN 9 03521 772 1 Price 52.50Dfl. £17.50 194 pp

M. Cave, S. Hanney, M. Henkel and M. Kogan The Use of Performance Indicators in Higher Education: The Challenge of the Quality Movement (3rd Edition). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1997. Paperback. ISBN 1 85302 345 0 Price £17.95 160 pp Higher Education Policy Series 34 Leo Goedegebuure     

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David Warner and Charles Leonard. The Income Generation Handbook, Second Edition: A Practical Guide for Educational Institutions, Buckingham, UK: The Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) and Open University Press, 1997. ISBN 0–335–19858–9 (hard); 0–335–19862–7 (paper)

Henry D.R. Miller. The Management of Change in Universities: Universities, State and Economy in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, Buckingham, UK: The Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press, 1995. ISBN 0–33.5–19089–8 Price £50.00. 183 pp     

RESOURCES IN REVIEW

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Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management, by Forest L. Reinhardt. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. 2000. Clothbound. 291 pages. $29.95. ISBN 1–57851–192–5.

Eco-Efficiency: The Business Link to Sustainable Development, by Livio D. DeSimone and Frank Popoff. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2000. Paperback. 306 pages. $17.95. ISBN 0–262–54109–2.

Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves: A History of American Environmental Policy, by Richard N. L. Andrews. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1999. Paperback. 463 pages. $30.00. ISBN 0–300–07795–5.

Acting Locally: Concepts and Models for Service-learning in Environmental Studies, edited by Harold Ward. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education. 1999. Paperback. 214 pages. $28.50, or $24.50 for ACHE members. ISBN 1–56377–013–X.

Drowning the Dream: California's Water Choices at the Millennium, by David Carle. Westport, CT: Praeger Press. 2000. Hardback. 235 pages. $45.00. ISBN 0–275–96719–0.

Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals, by Susan K. Jacobson. Washington, DC: Island Press. 1999. Paperback. 356 pages. $27.50. ISBN 1–55963–509–6.

Environmental Connections: A Teacher's Guide to Environmental Studies, by Kathleen B. deBettencourt, Matthew Feeney, A. Nicole Barone, and Keith White, for the Environmental Literacy Council. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt. 2000. Paperback. 196 pages, plus index. $21.95. ISBN 0–7872–7105–5.

Evaluating Environmental Education, by Karel Stokking, Lisette van Aert, Wiem Meijberg, and Anneke Kaskens. 1999. IUCN Commission on Education and Communication. Available from IUCN Publication Services Unit, 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL United Kingdom. ISBN 2–8317–0499–5.

Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children About the Environment (Rev. ed.), by Michael Sanera and Jane S. Shaw. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 1999. Paperback. $12.95. ISBN 0–89526–293–2.     

Evidence of a Shift in the Social Science Perspective on Energy: A Content Analysis of Geo-Abstracts,Part C: Economic Geography, 1966–1978

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Environmental Education for the 21st Century: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives , edited by Patricia J. Thompson. New York: Peter Lang. 1997. Paperback. 356 pages. $32.95. ISBN 0-8204-3749-2.

Fundamentals of Economics for Environmental Managers , by William F. Barron, Robert D. Perlack, and John J. Boland. Westport, CT: Quorum Books. 1998. Hardcover. 224 pages. $65.00. ISBN 1-56720-159-8.

To Dwell With a Boundless Heart: Essays in Curriculum Theory , Hermeneutics, and the Ecological Imagination, by David W. Jardine. New York: Peter Lang. 1998. Paperback. $24.95. ISBN 0-8204-3941-X.

Managing the Commons , Second Edition, edited by John A. Baden and Douglas S. Noonan. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1998. 243 pages. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-253-33361-X. Paperback, $16.95, ISBN 0-253-21153-0.

Pollution Markets in a Green Country Town: Urban Environmental Management in Transition , by Roger K. Raufer. Westport, CT: Praeger. 1998. Hardback. $59.95. ISBN 0-275-96174-5.

A Primer for Environmental Literacy , by Frank B. Golley. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1998. Paperback. 272 pages. $18.00. ISBN 0-300-07049-7.

Ecological Education in Action: On Weaving Education , Culture, and the Environment, edited by Gregory A. Smith and Dilafruz R. Williams. New York: State University of New York Press. 1999. Paperback. 244 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-7914-3986-0.

The Gods Played Here , by Karen LaMantia-Ashikeh. Union City, CA: Rainbow Enterprises. 1998. 3″ disk, or order online (www.1stbooks.com). $5.95.     

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.     

Toward an Urban Ecological Structure

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Environmental Education in the 21st Century: Theory, Practice, Progress and Promise , by Joy A. Palmer. London/New York: Routledge. 1998. Paperback. 284 pages. ISBN 0-415-13197-9.

Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society , 2nd Edition, by Eugene P. Odum. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. 1997. Paperback. 330 pages. $24.95. ISBN 0-87893-630-0.

Yakoana: The Voice of Indigenous Peoples . New York: Parabola, 1997. Color video, 60 minutes, $29.95. ISBN 0-930407-43-1.

In Accord with Nature: Helping Students Form an Environmental Ethic Using Outdoor Experience and Reflection , by Clifford Knapp. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. 1999. Paperback. $19.00. ISBN 1-880785-20-X.

An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues , 2nd Edition, by Kevin T. Pickering and Lewis A. Owen. New York: Routledge. 1997. Hardback. 512 pages. $100. ISBN 0-415-14098-6. Paperback. $22.99 ISBN 0-415-14099-4.

John Muir: To Yosemite and Beyond , edited by Robert Engberg and Donald Wesling. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press. 1999. Paperback. 171 pages. $12.95. ISBN 0-87480-580-5.

Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems , by Steve Lerner. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1998. Paperback. 397 pages. $16.50. ISBN 0-262-2124-X.     

The Williams Center for Environmental Studies

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Triumph of the Mundane: The Unseen Trends That Shape Our Lives and Environment, by Hal Kane. Washington, DC: Island Press. 2001. Hardback. 195 pages. $22.95. ISBN 1-55963-715-3.

Voices for the Watershed: Environmental Issues in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Drainage Basin, edited by Gregory Gilpin Beck and Bruce Littlejohn. Montreal: McGill-McQueen's University Press. 2000. Clothbound. 300 pages. $32.95 US. ISBN 0-7735-2003-1.

A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization, by John Perlin. 1989, reprinted 1997. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 445 pages. Paperback. $26.50. ISBN 0-674-30892-1.

Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change, by Lesley Head. New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Paperback. 179 pages. $24.95. ISBN 0-340-73114-1.

ePopulation Reports. Population and the Environment: The Global Challenge, produced by the Population Information Program at the Center for Communications Programs, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect, by David W. Orr. Washington, DC: Island Press. 1994. Paperback. 222 pages. $18.95. ISBN 1-55963-295-X.     

Resources In Review

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Essential Readings in Environmental Education , edited by Harold R. Hungerford, William J. Bluhm, Trudi L. Volk, and John M. Ramsey. Champaign, IL: Stipes. 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-87563-756-6.

The Industrial Green Game: Implications for Environmental Design and Management , edited by Deanna Richards. Washington, DC: National Academy of Engineering, National Academy Press. 1997. Hardback. 224 pp. $39.95. ISBN 0-309-05294-7.

Stories in the Land: A Place-Based Environmental Education Anthology , with an introductory essay by John Elder. Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society. 1998. Paperback. 127 pp. $8.00. ISBN 0-913098-51-5.

Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization , by Vaclav Smil. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1998. Hardcover. 210 pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-262-19410-4.

Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability: The Case of Mexico City , by Keith Pezzoli. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1998. Hardcover. 464 pages. $40.00. ISBN 0-262-16173-7.

Tunnel Visions: Into the Sea of Uncertainty. Ben Lomond , CA: The Video Project, TUN-546-0. 1998. $99.95 institutions, $69.95 individuals; $5.95 shipping and handling. Available as one video of 57 minutes or two videos of 27 1/2 minutes each.

Biodiversity and Conservation , by Michael J. Jeffries. New York: Routledge. 1997. Paperback. 208 pp. $25.99. ISBN 0-415-14905-3.

The Natural Wealth of Nations: Harnessing the Market for the Environment , by David M. Roodman. New York: W.W. Norton. 1998. Paperback. 304 pp. $13.00. ISBN 0-393-31852-4.

Evaluation: A Systematic Approach , Sixth Edition, by Peter H. Rossi, Howard E. Freeman, and Mark W. Lipsey. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 1999. Hardback. 500 pp. $59.95. ISBN 0-7619-0893-5.     

Discrepancies Among Teachers' Priorities for and Knowledge of Freshwater Topics

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A Blueprint for Environmental Education , edited by Jane S. Shaw. Bozeman, MT: Political Economy Research Center. 1999. Paperback. ISBN 0-9668243-1-8.

Environmental Education and Biodiversity , edited by Arjen E. J. Wals. Wageningen, The Netherlands: National Reference Centre for Nature Management. 1999. Paperback. ISBN 90-75789-03-3.

The Environmental Impact Statement Process and Environmental Law , by Emmett B. Moore. Columbus, OH: Battelle Press. 2000. Paperback. 162 pages. $19.95. ISBN 1-57477-092-6.

Caring for Plunet Earth, Volume 1: The Great Lakes, CD-ROM , Grand Rapids, MI: Center for Environmental Study. 1998. $39.00. Formatted for Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1

Edgar Beaver's Destiny: An Environmental Fable , by Joseph Petulla. Available through Xlibris Corporation (www.Xlibris.com). 2000. Paperback. 124 pages. $16.00. ISBN 0-7388-2471-2.

A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story , by William Souder. New York: Hyperion. 2000. Hardback. Illustrated. 299 pages. $23.95. ISBN 0-7868-6360-9.

Environmental Education and Communication for a Sustainable World: Handbook for International Practitioners , edited by Brian A. Day and Martha C. Monroe. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development. 2000. Paperback. 138 pages. ISBN 0-89492-108-8.     

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The RFF Reader in Environmental Science and Resource Management , edited by Wallace E. Oates. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. 1999. Paperback. $22.95. ISBN 0-915707-96-9.

Science through Multiple Intelligences: Patterns that Inspire Inquiry , by Robert Barkman. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press, Inc. 1999. Paperback. 165 pages. $39.00. ISBN 1-56976-096-9.

Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet , edited by Ronald Bailey. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2000. Paperback. 362 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-07-134260-5.

Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists (A Conservative Manifesto) , by Peter Huber. New York: Basic Books. 1999. Hardcover. $25.00. ISBN 0-468-03112-9.

Song of the Meadowlark , by James Eggert. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. 1999. Paperback. 145 pages. $12.95. ISBN 1-58008-034-0.

The Greening of Planet Earth: The Effects of Carbon Dioxide on the Biosphere , Greening Earth Society, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Suite 805, Arlington, VA 22203-4193; tel. 703-907-6168; fax 703-907-6161; info@greeningearthsociety.org. 1992. Color. 27 min 50 s. $15.00.

The Greening of Planet Earth Continues: The Promise for the 21st Century & Beyond , Greening Earth Society. 1998. Color. 27 min 30 s. $15.00 (or both for $25.00).

Nature's Nation: An Environmental History of the United States , by John Opie. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. 1998. Paperback. 515 pages. ISBN 0-15-500219-8.

Visions of Paradise: Glimpses of Our Landscape's Legacy , by John Warfield Simpson. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1999. Clothbound. 387 pages. $35.00. ISBN 0-520-21364-5.

Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy , by J. Baird Callicott. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1999. Paperback. 427 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-7914-4084-2.

The Morning After Earth Day , by Mary Graham. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 1999. Hardcover, 153 pages. ISBN 0-8157-3236-8.

Natural Resource Management and Institutional Change , by Diana Carney and John Farrington. New York: Routledge. 1998. Hardback. 120 pages. $60.00. ISBN 0-415-18604-8.

Green Ink: An Introduction to Environmental Journalism , by Michael Frome. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. 1998. Paperback. 204 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-87480-582-1.     

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     

Rough winds do Shake: Higher education in transition

The Management of Change: universities, state and economy in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, HENRY D.R. MILLER, 1995, Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University Press. viii + 183pp, ISBN 0-3355-19089-8 (hardback)

The Postmodern University? Contested Visions of Higher Education in Society, ANTHONY SMITH & FRANK WEBSTER (Eds), 1997, Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education/Open University, Press. xi + 125pp. ISBN 0-335-19958-5 (paperback), ISBN 0-335-19959-3 (hardback)     

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.     

Resources In Review

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Toxics Release Inventory Package , by the National Science Teachers Association. Arlington, VA. 1999. Boxed Set. $35.00. ISBN 0-87355-171-0.

Introduction to Environmental Geology , by Edward A. Keller. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall. 1999. Softcover. 383 pages. $50.00. ISBN 0-02-363290-9.

The National Environmental Policy Act: An Agenda for the Future , by Lynton Keith Caldwell. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1999. Clothbound. 272 pp. $29.95. ISBN 0-253-33444-6.

The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century , edited by Kevin Doyle for The Environmental Careers Organization. Washington, DC: Island Press. 1999. Paperback. 280 pages. $17.95. ISBN 1-55963-586-X.

Garbage, Trash, and Refuse: Problems and Issues, an Extended Case Study for the Investigation and Evaluation of Community-Based Solid Waste Issues , by Harold R. Hungerford, William J. Bluhm, and Austin Winther. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Company. 1999. Spiralbound. 183 pages. ISBN 0-87563-880-5.

Threatened and Endangered Animals, an Extended Case Study for the Investigation and Evaluation of Issues Surrounding Threatened and Endangered Animals of the United States, Teachers Edition , by Harold R. Hungerford, David Hagengruber, and William J. Bluhm. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Company. 1999. Spiralbound. 192 pages. ISBN 0-87563-874-0.

The Environment: Principles and Applications , by Chris Park. New York: Routledge. 1997. Paperback. 598 pp. $35.00. ISBN 0-415-12200-7.     

A Design for Teaching a New Land Ethic to Junior High Students

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Water: Sacred and Profaned , Bayland Productions. Palo Alto, CA: Foundation for Global Community. 1998. 27 minutes. Videotape (closed captioned). $20.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. ISBN 0-9638679-9-7.

Interactive Earth: A Global Learning Tool. WorldLink Media. San Francisco: Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley. 1997. CD-ROM with User's Guide. $89.95.

Vital Signs 1998: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future , edited by Lester R. Brown, Michael Rentier, and Christopher Flavin. New York: Norton. 1998. Paperback. 204 pages. $12.00. ISBN 0-393-31762-5.

The Coming Age of Scarcity: Preventing Mass Death and Genocide in the Twenty-first Century , edited by Michael N. Dobkowski and Isidor Wallimann. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. 1998. Paperback. $34.95. ISBN 0-8516-2744-0.

Exploring Ecology and Its Applications: Readings From American Scientist, edited by Peter Kareiva. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. 1998. Paperback. $24.95. ISBN 0-87893-414-6.

Refraining Deforestation: Global Analysis and Local Realities: Studies in West Africa , by James Fairhead and Melissa Leach. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. 1998. Paperback. 238 pp. $22.99. ISBN 0-415-18591-2.

Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges, and Other Institutions , by Sarah Hammond Creighton. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1998. Paperback. 337 pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-262-53151-8.     

The treasury grants, 1833–1839

Theory of Education by Margaret Sutherland. 182 pp. Longman (London and New York), £6.75, 1988.

Review of Child Psychology and Childhood Education. By Lawrence Kohlberg. Longman, New York. 1987. 440 pages, index.

Literacy, Schooling and Revolution by Colin Lankshear with Moira Lawler. 1987. London: The Falmer Press, pp. xiv + 260.

Making the Future: Politics and Educational Reform in the United States, England, the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba. Edited by Edgar B. Gumbert, 139 pp. Atlanta, Georgia: Centre for Cross‐cultural Education, College of Education, Georgia State University, 1988. US‐Dollar 11.95.

University Adult Education in Crisis. By John McIlroy and Bruce Spencer. Pp xi, 206. Leeds: Leeds Studies in Adult and Continuing Education, University of Leeds Department of Adult and Continuing Education, 1988. £5.50. ISBN 0.907644.05.7.

A Common Policy for Education. By Mary Warnock. Pp 185. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. £12.95.

Effective Teaching in Higher Education. By George Brown and Madeleine Atkins. Pp vii, 245. London: Methuen. 1988, Price £9.95, ISBN 0–416–09082–6.

Curriculum y Educación. Edited by J. Sarramona. Pp 176. Barcelona: Ediciones CEAC, 1987. No price.

Power to the Parents: reversing educational decline. By Antony Flew. Pp. xii, 171. London: Sherwood Press, 1987. £6.95.

Speaking Mathematically: Communication in Mathematics Classrooms. David Pimm. Pp. 217. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1987. ISBN 0–7102–1133–3. £17.95.

Computing and Change on Campus. S. Kiesler and L. Sproull, Cambridge University Press, 1988, £15.00, pp 254, Cambridge.     

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The Grammar Schools of Medieval England: A. F. Leach in Historical Perspective. By John N. Miner. Pp. xx, 355. Montreal, McGill ‐ Queen's University Press, 1990. £40, cloth. ISBN 0–7735–0634–9.

Pupil Welfare and Counselling. By David Galloway. Pp.v, 128. London: Longman, 1990. £5.95 flexicover. ISBN 0–582–00330X. The Effective Teacher Series.

Foundations of Distance Education. By Desmond Keegan. Pp. x 214. London: Routledge 1990. £10.95. ISBN 0–415–03162–1, 0–415–01052–7.

The Voice of Liberal Learning. Edited by Timothy Fuller. Pp. 166. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 1989. Price £20 (cloth) and £6.95 (paper). ISBN 0–300–04344–9 and 0–300–04753–3.

Teachers’ Case Studies in Educational Management. Edited by Margaret Preedy. Pp. 303, index. London: Paul Chapman Press, 1989. Flexicover £8.95. ISBN 1–85396–069–1. Management in Education Services.

Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality and Political Control. Edited by James J. Shields, Jr. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989. Pp. 294 $24.95 ISBN 0–271–00658–7

British Universities and Teacher Education: A Century of Change. Edited by John B. Thomas. Pp. VIII, 214. Indexes. London: Falmer Press, 1990. £21.00 hardcover; £9.95 flexicover, ISBN 1–85000–706–3hc; ‐707–1fc.

Assessing Radical Education. By Nigel Wright. Pp. xii, 244. Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989. £29.50 hardback; £9.99 paperback ISBN 0–335–09228–4 (hardback) ISBN 0–335–09227–6 (paperback) Innovations in Education series.

GCSE in Practice ‐ Managing Assessment Innovation. By Mary Grant. Pp. × 180. Index. Windsor: NFER ‐ NELSON 1989. £9.95. ISBN 07005 1240.3 (paperback) NFER Research Library.

Quality in Teaching: Arguments for a Reflective Profession. Edited by Wilfred Carr. Pp. x, 232. Index. Lewes, Falmer Press 1989. £10.95 paperback, £25 cloth, ISBN 1–85000–546‐X cloth, ISBN 1–85000–547–8, paperback.

Managing Schools. By John Sayer. Pp. 134. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. £6.50 pbk, ISBN 0–340–41670‐X.

The Examiner. James Booth and the origins of common examinations. By Frank Foden. Pp. 221. Leeds. 1989. £8.50. ISBN 0–907644–06–6. Leeds Studies in Adult and Continuing Education by the School of Continuing Education.     

Conservation Synergism: New Dynamics for Effective Action

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Epicurean Simplicity, by Stephanie Mills. Washington, DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books. 2002. Hardcover. 218 pages. $22.00. ISBN 1-55963-689-0.

Democracy in Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions, by Thomas C. Beierle and Jerry Cayford. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. 2002. Paperback. 149 pages. $18.95. ISBN 1-891853-54-6.

Human Ecology: Basic Concepts for Sustainable Development, by Gerald G. Marten. Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publications Ltd. 2001. Paperback. 238 pages. $24.95. ISBN 1-85383-714-8.

Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience, edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Paperback. 190 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-19-514944-0.

Guide To Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, edited by Natalia Mirovitskaya and William Ascher. Durham: Duke University Press. 2001. Paperback. 592 pages. $34.95. ISBN 0-8223-2745-7.

Teaching About Climate Change, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Little-john. 2001. Lewiston, NY: New Society Publishers/Green Teacher. 58 pages. Paperback. ISBN 0-86571-437-1. $12.95.

Interpretation for the 21st Century: Fifteen Guiding Principles for Interpreting Nature and Culture (2nd ed.), by Larry Beck and Ted Cable. Champaign, IL: Sagamore. 2002. Paperback. 204 pages. $24.95. ISBN 1-57167-522-1.     

Policy development and educational research: The Hungarian experience

Heather Eggins (ed) Women as Leaders and Managers in Higher Education Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press, July 1997. ISBN 0335 19879 1 Price: hb £45.00 pb £16.99 160 pp     

The educational researches of the Manchester statistical society, 1830–1840

Case Studies in Curriculum Administration History. Edited by Henning Haft and Stefan Hopmann. Pp. ix, 206. Index. Basingstoke: The Falmer Press, 1990. £10.95. ISBN 1–85000–858–2.

Education, Work and Pay in East Africa. By Arthur Hazlewood with Jane Armitage, Albert Berry, John Knight and Richard Sabot. Pp. xxxiv, 337. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. £37.50. ISBN 0–19–828685–6.

Constructing the Subject: Historical origins of psychological research. By Kurt Danziger. Pp. ix, 254. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0–521–36358–6. £25 h/b.

Education, Training and Employment, Volume 1: Educated Labour ‐ The Changing Basis of Industrial Demand, Volume 2: The Educational Response. Edited by Geoff Esland. Vol. 1 pp. xviii + 329, Index. ISBN 0–201–54424–5; Vol. 2 pp. xx + 373, Index. ISBN 0–201–54430‐X. Wokinghanv. Addison‐Wesley in association with The Open University, 1991. £12.95 each.

The Philosophy of Mathematics Education. By Paul Ernest. Pp. xiv, 329. Index. Basingstoke: The Falmer Press, 1991. £30 cloth; £13.95 paper. ISBN 1–85000–666–0 (cloth); 1–85000–667–9 (paperback). Studies in Mathematics Education.

Ethnic Differences. By J. Perlman. Pp. 321. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. £12.95. ISBN 0–521–38975–5.

Education and the Global Concern. By Torsten Husén. Oxford and New York: Pergamon Press, 1990. Pp. xii, 162. ISBN 0–08–040489–8.

Technical Education and the State Since 1850. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Edited by Penny Summerfield and Eric J. Evans. Pp. 223. Manchester University Press, 1990. £29.95. ISBN 0–7190–2967–8.

The High Status Track. Edited by Paul William Kingston and Lionel S. Lewis. Pp. xxxiv, 254, Index. New York: State University of New York Press, 1990. $54 cloth/ $17.95 paper. ISBN 0–7914–0010–7.

Emily Davies and the Liberation of Women 1830–1921. By Daphne Bennett. London: André Deutsch, 1990. Pp. 251. £15.95 ISBN 0–233–981194–1.

A Higher Education: The CNAA and British Higher Education 1964–1989. By Harold Silver. Pp. 294. London: Falmer Press, 1990. ISBN 1–85000–701–2 £12.95 p/b.

The Social Psychology of the Primary School. Edited by Colin Rogers and Peter Kutnick. Pp. 259. London: Routledge, 1990. ISBN 0–415–02400–5, hardback £35.

Classroom Ethnography. By Martyn Hammersley. Pp. xi, 164, Index. Buckingham: Open University Press and Toronto: OISE Press, 1990. £9.99 ISBN 0–7744–0354–3. In the series Modem Educational Thought.

Access and Alternative Futures for Higher Education. Edited by Gareth Parry and Clive Wake. Pp. xv, 228. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. ISBN 0–340–51919–3. £12.95 p/b.

Education and the Good Life. By John White. London: Kogan Page, 1990. Pp. 188. ISBN 0–7494–0096‐X. £22.50 hardback.

Girls in their Prime: Scottish Education Revisited. Edited by Fiona M. S. Paterson and Judith Fewell. Pp. 168. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1990. £8.50. ISBN 0–7073–0578–0.