The following books are reviewed.
Education in transition: international perspectives on the politics and processes of change ROSARII GRIFFIN (Ed.), 2002 Oxford: Symposium Books. pp 219, £24.00, ISBN 1 873927 09 6
Strategic Leadership and Educational Improvement MARGARET PREEDY, RON GLATTER & CHRISTINE WISE (Eds), 2003 London: Open University, in association with Paul Chapman Publishing. 310 pp., ISBN 0 7619 4058 8, £19.99
Teachers, Democratisation and Educational Reform in Russia and South Africa MICHELLE SCHWEISFURTH, 2002 Monographs in International Education (Series Editors: Colin Brock & Rosarii Griffin) Oxford: Symposium Books. 129 pp., ISBN 1 873927 34 7, £24.00
Researching Your Professional Practice HILARY RADNOR, 2002 Buckingham: Open University Press. 160 pp., ISBN: 0335207634, $24.99
Understanding Schools and Schooling Series: Key Issues in Teaching and Learning Series CLYDE CHITTY, 2002 London: Routledge Falmer. ISBN 0-415-23879-X, £16.99
Key Debates in Education I. DAVIES, I. GREGORY & N. MCGUINN, 2002 London: Continuum.
Working with Disaffected Students: why students lose interest in school and what we can do about it KATHRYN A RILEY & ELLE RUSTIQUE-FORRESTER, 2002 London: Paul Chapman Publishing. ISBN 0-7619-4077-4 (cloth) £60; 0-7619-4078-2 (paperback)£17.99
Qualitative Research in Education: interaction and practice P. FREEBODY, 2003 London: Sage. 218 pp., ISBN 0 7619 6141 0
Effective Supply Teaching: behaviour management, classroom discipline and colleague support BILL ROGERS, 2003 London: Paul Chapman Publishing. pp124, ISBN 0-7619-4228-9, £15:99
Leadership in Education MARK BRUNDRETT, NEIL BURTON & ROBERT SMITH (Eds), 2003 London: Sage Publications. Pp. xx+202, ISBN 0 7619 4048 0
School Leader or Branch Manager? JIM O'BRIEN, D. MURPHY & JANET DRAPER, 2003 Series: Policy and Practice in Education No 9 (School Leadership) Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press. 87pp
Leading and Managing Education: international dimensions NICK FOSKETT & JACKY LUMBY London: Paul Chapman Publishing 224pp, ISBN 0 7619 7203 x (paperback), £18.99