Education Review

Volume 11 2004

  • Dann, Ruth. (2002). Promoting Assessment as Learning: Improving the Learning Process. Reviewed by Michael Friga, SUNY Cortland
  • Roth, Wolff-Michael and Barton, Angela Calabrese. (2004). Rethinking Scientific Literacy. Reviewed by Jennifer K. Holtz, DePaul University
  • Bohan, Chara Haeussler. (2004) Go to the Sources: Lucy Maynard Salmon and the Teaching of History. Reviewed by Brett A. Berliner, Morgan State University
  • Kumashiro, Kevin K. (2004) Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice. Reviewed by Regina Trudy Praetorius, Louisiana State University
  • Clarke, Anthony and Erickson, Gaalen (Editors). (2003) Teacher Inquiry: Living the Research in Everyday Practice. Reviewed by Alcione N. Ostorga, University of Texas Pan American
  • Spillane, James P. (2004) Standards deviation: how schools misunderstand education policy. Reviewed by Adam Lefstein, King's College
  • Grabelle, Samantha. (2004) The BIG picture: Education is everyone's business. Reviewed by Naomi Jeffery Petersen, Indiana University South Bend
  • Tolley, Kim. (2003) The Science Education of American Girls. Reviewed by Amy E. Ryken, University of Puget Sound
  • Robins, Kevin and Webster, Frank. (2002) The Virtual University? Knowledge, Markets and Management. Reviewed by John Rothfork, Northern Arizona University
  • Tight, Malcolm (2002) Key Concepts in Adult Education and Training. Second Edition. Reviewed by Douglas Fleming, University of British Columbia
  • Starratt, Robert J. (2004) Ethical leadership. Reviewed by Daniel J. Torlone, University of Saint Francis
  • McGuinness, Diane (2004) Early Reading Instruction: What Science Really Tells Us About How to Teach Reading. Reviewed by Gale A. Mentzer
  • Peterson, Nadene & Cortéz González, Roberto. (2000) The Role of Work In People's Lives: Applied Career Counseling And Vocational Psychology. Reviewed by Jennifer M. Whitney, The Ohio State University
  • Belfiore, Mary Ellen; Defoe, Tracy A.; Folinsbee, Sue; Hunter, Judy; & Jackson, Nancy S. (2004) Reading Work: Literacies in the New Workplace. Reviewed by Amy E. Ryken, University of Puget Sound
  • Zimmerman, Barry J. & Schunk, Dale H. (Eds).(2003) Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions. Reviewed by Naomi Jeffery Petersen, Indiana University, South Bend
  • Davies, Brent & Ellison, Linda. (2003) The New Strategic Direction and Development of the School: Key Frameworks for School Improvement Planning. Reviewed by Linda R. Vogel, University of Northern Colorado
  • Teferra, Damtew. (2003) Scientific Communication in African Universities: External Assistance and National Needs. Reviewed by Marc Cutright, Ohio University
  • Freeman, David E. & Freeman, Yvonne S. (2004) Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, and Grammar. Reviewed by Susan Spezzini, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Hamilton, Richard and Moore, Dennis. (Editors). (2004) Educational interventions for refugee children. Theoretical perspectives and implementing best practice. Reviewed by Ruth Rees, Queen's University
  • Scapp, Ron. (2003) Teaching Values: Critical Perspectives on Education, Politics, and Culture. Reviewed by Melanie Shoffner, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  • Sklra, Linda, and Scheurich, James Joseph. (Eds) (2004) Educational Equity and Accountability. Reviewed by Ben Levin, University of Manitoba
  • Mok, Ka-ho, and Welch, Anthony. (2003) Globalization and Educational Restructuring in the Asia Pacific Region. Reviewed by Mary Ratchford Douglass, University of Missouri, Columbia
  • Salmon, Gilly. (2004) E-moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online (2nd Edition). Reviewed by Susan Crichton, University of Calgary
  • Johnson, LouAnne. (2004) The Queen of Education: Rules for Making Schools Work. Reviewed by Alan Haskvitz
  • Author's Rebuttal to the Review of The Queen of Education by LouAnne Johnson
  • Zwick, R. (Ed.). (2004) Rethinking the SAT: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions. Reviewed by Ethan Arenson, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Vincent, Carol (Ed.) (2003) Social Justice, Education and Identity. Reviewed by Eric Jabal, OISE of the University of Toronto
  • Kenny, Lorraine D. (2000) Daughters of Suburbia: Growing Up White, Middle Class, and Female. Reviewed by Kate K. Paxton, Arizona State University
  • MacBeath, John and Sugimine, Hidenori with Sutherland, Gregor, and Mishimura, Miki. (2003) Self-evaluation in the Global Classroom. Reviewed by Mary Ransdell, University of Memphis
  • Murphy, J. (Ed.). (2002) The educational leadership challenge: Redefining leadership for the 21st century. Reviewed by Arnold B. Danzig & Trisha Fritz, Arizona State University
  • Kohn, Alfie. (2004) What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated? and More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies. Reviewed by Mohammed S. Almosa, University of Minnesota
  • National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine. (2004) Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn. Reviewed by Terrell L. Strayhorn, Virginia Tech
  • Graves, Joseph L. (2002) The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium. Reviewed by Matthew W. Hughey, University of Virginia
  • Forbes, Sally & Briggs, Connie. (2003) Research in Reading Recovery (Volume Two). Reviewed by Guy Trainin & Mindy Murphy Easley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • Goodman, Robin Truth. (2004) World, Class, Women: Global Literature, Education and Literature. Reviewed by Sheila L. Macrine, Saint Joseph's University
  • Patchen, Martin. (2004) Making Our Schools More Effective: What Matters and What Works. Reviewed by Alan Haskvitz
  • Stringer, Ernest T. (2004) Action research in education. Reviewed by Eugene Bartoo, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  • Thelin, John R. (2004) A History of American Higher Education. Reviewed by Michael W. Simpson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Kirp, David L. (2003) Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education. Reviewed by John Rothfork, Northern Arizona University
  • Cooter, R.B. (Ed.). (2004) Perspectives on rescuing urban literacy education: Spies, saboteurs and saints. Reviewed by Irene Rosenthal, The College of St. Rose
  • Ordorika, Imanol. (2003) Power and Politics in University Governance: Organization and Change at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Reviewed by James J. Harrington, Nativity Preparatory School
  • Addis, Cameron. (2003) Jefferson's Vision for Education, 1760-1845. Reviewed by Aaron Cooley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • O'Grady, Jean and French, Goldwin. (Eds.) (2000) Northrop Frye's Writings on Education. Reviewed by Brian Russell Graham, University of Glasgow
  • Brabeck, M., Walsh, M. and Latta, R. (Eds.) (2003) Meeting at the Hyphen: Schools -- Universities -- Communities -- Professions in Collaboration for Student Achievement and Well Being. Reviewed by Elsie M. Szecsy, Arizona State University
  • Bess, James. (Ed.). (1996).\ Teaching well and liking it: Motivating faculty to teach effectively. Reviewed by Jim Vander Putten, University of Arkansas-Little Rock
  • Lindaman, Dana and Kyle Ward. (2004) History Lessons: How Textbooks from around the World Portray U.S. History. Reviewed by Brett Berliner, Morgan State University
  • Nisbett, Richard E. (2004) The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently ... and Why. Reviewed by Karen E. Petersen, Portland State University
  • Stead, Tony. (2004) Time for nonfiction [Four tape video set]. Reviewed by Cathy Tower, University of Toledo, and Alison K. Billman, Michigan State University
  • Johnson, Susan Moore. (2004 ) Finders and Keepers: Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive in Our Schools. Reviewed by Susannah Buckley, Creighton School District, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Stern, Sol. (2003) Breaking Free. Reviewed by Andrew Brodsky, University of Colorado
  • Crossley, Michael & Watson, Keith (2003) Comparative and International Research in Education: Globalization, Context and Difference. M. Fernanda Astiz, Canisius College
  • Smith, Mary Lee with Miller-Kahn, Linda; Heinecke, Walter; Jarvis, Patricia F; and Noble, Audrey. (2003). Political Spectacle and the Fate of American Schools. Reviewed by Joanne Bookmyer, University of California, Davis
  • Perry, Theresa; Steele, Claude & Hilliard III, Asa. (2003) Young, gifted and black: Promoting high achievement among African-American students. Reviewed by Robert Q. Berry III, Old Dominion University
  • Tiramonti, G., & Filmus, D. (2001) Sindicalismo docente y reforma en America Latina (Teachers' Unions and Reform in Latin America) (1 ed.). Reviewed by Sarah A. Robert, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Holyfield, Lori. (2002) Moving Up and Out: Poverty, Education, and the Single Parent Family. Michele S. Moses, Arizona State University
  • Perry, Theresa; Steele, Claude & Hilliard III, Asa. (2003) Young, gifted and black: Promoting high achievement among African-American students. Reviewed by Robert Q. Berry III, Old Dominion University
  • Mercogliano, Chris. (2003) Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed. Reviewed by Terry L. Stoops, University of Virginia
  • Carlson, Dennis (2002) Leaving Safe Harbors: Toward a New Progressivism in American Education and Public Life. New York, NY: Routledge Farmer. Reviewed by Richard J. Marchesani, Elmira College
  • Melton, Reginald F. (2002) Planning and developing open and distance learning: A quality assurance approach. Reviewed by Cheri A. Toledo, Illinois State University
  • Carchidi, Daniel M. (2003) The Virtual Delivery and Virtual Organization of Postsecondary Education. Reviewed by Elsie M. Szecsy, Arizona State University
  • Outcalt, Charles. (2002). A Profile of the Community College Professorate, 1975-2000. Reviewed by John P. Murray, Texas Tech University
  • Johnson, Benjamin; Kavanagh, Patrick; and Mattson, Kevin (Eds.). (2003) Steal This University: The Rise of the Corporate University and the Academic Labor Movement. Reviewed by John Rothfork, Northern Arizona University
  • Carnoy, M., Elmore, R., & Sisken, L. S. (Eds.) (2003) The new accountability: High schools and high-stakes testing. Reviewed by Sharon L. Nichols, Arizona State University
  • Kortman, S. A., & Honaker, C. J. (2002) The BEST Mentoring Experience: A Framework for Professional Development. Reviewed by Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary
  • Janovy, Jr., John. (2003) Teaching in Eden: Lessons from Cedar Point. Reviewed by Ruth Rees, Queen's University
  • Saltman, K.J., & Gabbard, D.A. (Eds.). (2003) Education as enforcement: The militarization and corporatization of schools. Reviewed by Michael W. Simpson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Wagner, Tony. (2002) Making the grade: Reinventing America's schools. Reviewed by Dick Carpenter, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  • Cornford, James and Pollock, Neil. (2003) Putting the University Online: Information, Technology and Organizational Change. Reviewed by F. Nevra Seggie, Michigan State University
  • Preston, David Seth (ED.). (2003) The Idea of Education. Reviewed by David J. Roof, University of New Mexico
  • Fu, Danling (2003) An Island of English: Teaching ESL in Chinatown. Reviewed by Clarissa Thompson, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Ramanathan, Vai. (2002) The Politics of TESOL Education: Writing, Knowledge, Critical Pedagogy. Reviewed by Jon Reyhner, Northern Arizona University
  • Fullan, Michael. (2003) The Moral Imperative of School Leadership. Reviewed by Anthony H. Normore, Florida International University
  • Bok, Derek. (2003) Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Reviewed by John Rothfork, Northern Arizona University
  • Lombardi, J. C., Saviani, D. & Sanfelice, J. L. (Eds.) (2002) Capitalismo, Trabalho e Educacion. Reviewed by John P. Myers, University of Toronto
  • Swanson, H.L., Harris, K.R. & Graham, S. (Eds.). (2003) Handbook of learning disabilities. Reviewed by Patricia Mytkowicz, Curry College
  • Parker, Walter C. (2003) Teaching democracy: Unity and diversity in public life. Reviewed by Becky Ropers-Huilman, Louisiana State University
  • Kamibeppu, Takao. (2002) History of Japanese policies in education aid to developing countries: 1950s-1990s. Reviewed by Ken-ichi Maruyama
  • Steinberg, Shirley and Kincheloe, Joe. (Eds.) (2004) 19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City. Reviewed by Michele Knobel, Montclair State University
  • Gaudelli, William (2003) World Class: Teaching and Learning in Global Times. Reviewed by John Rothfork, Northern Arizona University
  • Archibugi, Daniele, and Lundvall, Bengt-ake. (2001) The Globalizing Learning Economy. Reviewed by Wayne White, University of North Carolina Charlotte
  • Costa, Arthur L. & Kallick, Bena. (2004) Assessment Strategies for Self-directed Learning. Reviewed by Anthony Truog, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Coffin, Caroline; Curry, Mary Jane; Goodman, Sharon; Hewings, Ann; Lillis, Theresa M.; and Swann, Joan. (2003) Teaching Academic Writing: A Toolkit for Higher Education. Lillian Biermann Wehmeyer, Azusa Pacific University
  • Barnett, Ronald. (2003) Beyond All Reason: Living With Ideology in the University. Reviewed by Chad Hanson, Casper College
  • Goodlad, Stephen J. (Editor). (2001) The Last Best Hope: A Democracy Reader. Reviewed by Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Haifa
  • Callan, Eamonn. (2004) Creating Citizens: Political Education and Liberal Democracy and Feinberg, Walter. (1999) Common Schools/Uncommon Identities: National Unity and Cultural Differences. Reviewed by Thomas F. Green, Syracuse University
  • Jonassen, David H. (Ed.) (2003) Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology. Reviewed by Yong Zhao & Jing Lei, Michigan State University
  • Barry, Brian. (2001) Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of Multiculturalism. Reviewed by Aaron Cooley, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Luttrell, Wendy. (2003) Pregnant Bodies, Fertile Minds: Gender, Race, and the Schooling of Pregnant Teens. Reviewed by Donna Adair Breault, Illinois State University
  • Tynjala, Paivi; Lucia Mason & Kirsti Lonka (Eds.). (2001) Writing as a Learning Tool: Integrating Theory and Practice. Reviewed by David K. Pugalee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • Kane, Sharon. (2003) Literacy & Learning in the Content Areas. Reviewed by Donna W. Jorgensen, Rowan University
  • Maeroff, Gene I. (2003) A Classroom of One: How Online Learning is Changing Our Schools and Colleges. Reviewed by John Rothfork, Northern Arizona University
  • Ogbu, John (2003) Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement. Reviewed by Yovonda Ingram, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
  • Swanson, J. L., & Fouad, N.A. (1999) Career Theory and Practice: Learning Through Case Studies. Reviewed by Kimberly Hendry, The Ohio State University
  • Ayers, William; Dohrn, Bernadine & Ayers, Rick. (Eds.) (2001) Zero tolerance Reviewed by Dick M. Carpenter II, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  • Rowling, J. K. (2003) Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix: Year Five at Hogwarts. Reviewed by Eric Margolis, Arizona State University
  • Raschke, Carl A. (2002) The Digital Revolution and the Coming of the Postmodern University. Reviewed by Charalambos Vrasidas and Michalinos Zembylas, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Kaufman, J., Ewing, M., Montgomery, D. Hyle, A., & Self, P. (2003) From girls in their elements to women in science: Rethinking socialization through memory-work. Reviewed by Shirley Gholston Key, University of Memphis