Reviews

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International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education (second edition). Edited by T. Neville Postlethwaite. Pp. xxii, 1105. Oxford: Elsevier Science 1995. £135 (hbk). ISBN 0–08–042302–7.

Changing Policy and Practice for People with Learning Disabilities. Edited by Peter Mittler and Valerie Sinason. Pp. xiii, 232. London and New York: Cassell, 1996. £16.99 (pbk). £45.00 (hbk). ISBN 0–304–33399–9 (pbk). ISBN 0–304–33398–0 (hbk).

Teacher Education for Special Needs in Europe. Edited by Peter Mittler and Patrick Daunt. Pp. x, 175. London: Cassell, 1995. £40.00 (hbk). £12.99 (pbk). ISBN 0–304–33405–7 (hbk). ISBN 0–304–33406–5 (pbk).

An Education Choice: Pamphlets From the Centre, 1987–1994. Edited by Sheila Lawlor. Pp. xiii, 358. Cambridge: Fieldcare Publications for the Centre for Policy Studies, 1995. £15 (pbk). ISBN 1–897969–33–3.

Versions of Primary Education. By Robin Alexander with contributions from John Willcocks, Kay Kinder and Nick Nelson. Pp. vii, 338. London and New York: Routledge in association with Open University Press, 1995. £13.99 (pbk). ISBN 0–415–12838–2.

A National Curriculum For The Early Years. Edited by Angela Anning. Pp. x, 156. Author Index. Subject Index. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1995. ISBN 0–335‐ 19431–1 (pbk). 0–335–19432‐X (hbk).

Children Solving Problems. By Stephanie Thornton. Pp. 143. Cambridge and Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1995. £6.95 (pbk). ISBN 0–674–11623–2 (hbk), ISBN 0–674–11624–0 (pbk).

Why Psychology? By A. Furnham and D. Oakley. Pp. x, 134. London: University College London Press, £7.50 (pbk). ISBN 1–85728–298–1.

’Good School, Bad School’. Evaluating Performance and Encouraging Improvement. John Gray and Brian Wilcox. Pp. xiv, 269. Index. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1995. £42.50 (hbk). £15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0–335–19490–7 (hbk). 0–335–19489–3 (pbk). Assessing, Assessment.

Teachers Who Teach Teachers: Reflections on Teacher Education. Edited by Tom Russell and Fred Korthagen. Pp. x, 202. London, Falmer Press. 1995. £13.95 (pbk). ISBN 0–7507–0466–7.

Educating the Whole Child: Cross‐curricular Skills, Themes and Dimensions. Edited by John and Iram Siraj‐Blatchford. PP. x, 173. Index. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1995. £10.99 (pbk). ISBN 0–355–19444–3.

Places of Inquiry: Research and Advanced Education in Modern Universities. By Burton R. Clark. Pp. xiv, 284. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1995. £32.00/$40.00 (hbk). ISBN 0–520–08762–3.

Research and the Teachers: a Qualitative Introduction to School‐based Research (second edition). By Graham Hitchcock and David Hughes. Pp. xiii, 370. London: Routledge, 1995. £14.99 (pbk). ISBN 0–415–10102–6.

Children's Cognitive and Language Development. Edited by V. Lee and P. Das Gupta. Pp. 309. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995. £45 (hbk). £12 (pbk). ISBN 0–631–19427–4 (hbk). ISBN 0–631–19428–2 (pbk).

Adult Education for Independence: the Introduction of University Extra‐mural Work into British Tropical Africa. By Colin Titmus and Tom Steele. Pp. viii, 176. Maps. Chapter notes and references. Index. Leeds: The Study of Continuing Education Unit, School of Education, University of Leeds, 1995. £9.50 (pbk). ISBN 0–90–096075–2. Leeds Studies in Continuing Education ISSN 0965–0342.

Educational Reform in International Perspective. Edited by Val D. Rust. Pp. xiv, 267. Greenwich, Connecticut and London, England: JAI Press Inc., 1994. $47.00 (hbk). ISBN 1–55938–739–4.

The Micropolitics of Educational Leadership: From Control to Empowerment. By Joseph Blase and Gary Anderson. Pp. xiv, 175. London: Cassell, 1995. £12.99 (pbk). ISBN 0–304–32914–2. Teacher Development Series.

Research as Social Change, New Opportunities for Qualitative Research. By M. Schratz and R. Walker. Pp. x, 182. Index. London: Routledge, 1995. £37.50 (hbk). £12.99 (pbk). ISBN 0–415–11868–9 (hbk). ISBN 0–415–11869–7 (pbk).