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Geronime, Lara. (2012 March 9) The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs and Income: An Essay Review. Review of Brown, Phillip; Lauder, Hugh & Ashton, David. (2011). The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs and Income. Vol. 15 No. 2

Mathis, William. (February 20, 2012) The War on Inequality, Global Inferiority & Low Standards: Common Core State Standards. Review of Rothman, Robert. (2011) Something in Common: The Common Core State Standards. Vol. 15 No. 1

Berhanu, Girma. (2011 November 19) Academic racism: Lynn's and Kanazawa's ill-considered theory of racial differences in intelligence. Being principally a review of Lynn, Richard. (2006) Race Differences in Intelligence: An Evolutionary Analysis. Vol. 14 No. 12

Preus, Nicholas. (2010 October 28) Culture and Pragmatism in Education Theory: An Essay Review of Dietz's An Awkward Echo: Matthew Arnold and John Dewey. Vol. 14 No. 11

Apple, Michael W. (2011 October 18) Policy for the Poor and Poor Education Policy: An Essay Review of Education and Poverty in Affluent Countries. Vol. 14 No. 10

Taber, Keith S. (2011 September 23) A Diverse, If Not Exhaustive, Look at What Psychology Can Offer to Education: An Essay Review of the International Handbook of Psychology in Education. Vol. 14 No. 9

Rothstein, Richard. (2011, September 1) Grading the Education Reformers: Steven Brill Gives Them Much Too Easy a Ride. An Essay Review of Steven Brill's Class Warfare. Vol. 14 No. 8

Macrine, Sheila L. (2011, August 16) The War on Youth: An Essay Review of Henry Giroux's Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? Vol. 14 No. 7

Davis, O. L. Jr. (2011 July 18) The NDEA and American Education: Reflections on and Review of Wayne Urban's More than Science and Sputnik Vol. 14 No. 6

McGrew, Ken. (2011 May 2) To Bravely Speak: An Essay Review of Jean Anyon's Marx and Education. Vol. 14 No. 5

Zimiles, Herbert. (2011 March 25) On Making Children Smarter: An Essay Review of Richard Nisbett's Intelligence and How to Get It. Vol. 14 No. 4

Ackerman, Gary L. (2011 March 8) Bridging 21st Century Gaps: An Essay Review of Mehlenbacher's Technology and Instruction. Vol. 14 No. 3

Spector, Hannah. (2011 February 23) The Question of Cosmopolitanism: An Essay Review. Vol. 14 No. 2. Review of Pinar, William. (2009). The Worldliness of a Cosmopolitan Education: Passionate Lives in Public Service and Todd, Sharon. (2009). Toward an Imperfect Education: Facing Humanity, Rethinking Cosmopolitanism.

Taber, Keith S. (2011 January 4) Understanding the nature and processes of conceptual change: An essay review. Review of Vosniadou, Stella (Ed.) (2008) International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change. Vol. 14 No. 1

Danzig, Arnold. (2010 October 27) How Qualitative Research Works: An Essay Review. Review of Robert E. Stake (2010) Qualitative Research: Studying How Things Work. Vol. 13 No. 14

Klahr, David (2010 October 13) Coming Up for Air: But is it Oxygen or Phlogiston? A Response to Taber's Review of Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? Vol. 13 No. 13

Jenlink, Patrick M. (2010 October 13) Whither Standards in the Professional Project? An Essay Review of Visions for Teacher Educators. Vol. 13 No. 12

McQuillan, Patrick J. (2010 August 28) (Most) Everything You Want to Know About District-wide, Small School Reform: An Essay Review of Against the Odds. Review of Against the Odds: Insights from One District's Small School Reform. Harvard Education Press. Vol. 13 No. 11

Appelbaum, Peter. (2010 August 3) On Uncertainty, Doubt, Responsibility, and Perpetual Journeys: An Essay Review of Two Books by Ole Skovsmose. Vol. 13 No. 10

O'Keefe, Lynette. (2010 August 1) Completing College: An Essay Review. Review of Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Vol. 13 No. 9

Taber, Keith S. (2010 July 6) Constructivism and Direct Instruction as Competing Instructional Paradigms: An Essay Review of Tobias and Duffy's Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? NY: Routledge. Vol. 13 No. 8

Maley, Cory D. (2010 June 2) Anarchism and Education in the Academy: An Essay Review. Review of Amster, Randall; DeLeon, Abraham; Fernandez, Luis A.; Nocella, Anthony J. & Shannon, Deric. (Eds.) (2009). Contemporary Anarchist Studies. London: Routledge. Vol. 13 No. 7

Dorn, Sherman. (2010 April 22) The Death and Life of Market-Based reform: An Essay Review. Review of The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch. NY: Basic Books. Vol. 13 No. 6

Horn, Jim. (2010, April 8). Caught Between Hope and Despair: An Essay Review. Review of Grant, Gerald. (2009). Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Vol. 13 No. 5

Spector, Hannah. (2010, March 4). Critical Assessment of Popkewitz's Cosmopolitanism and the Age of School Reform: An Essay Review. Vol. 13 No. 4

Taber, Keith S. (2010, February 9). Celebrating a successful and practical contribution to the theory of intelligence: An essay review. Review of Kaufman, J. C., & Grigorenko, E. L. (Eds.) (2009). The Essential Sternberg: Essays on Intelligence, Psychology and Education. NY: Springer. Vol. 13 No. 3

Kubick, Robert J. & Mcloughlin, Caven S. (2010, January 24). Alternatives to Functional Behavior Assessments as "Educational Autopsies": An Essay Review. Vol. 13 No. 2

Szecsy, Elsie M. (2010, January 9). Banks’s International Companion to Multicultural Education: An Essay Review. Review of James A. Banks (Ed.) (2009). The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education. NY: Routledge. Vol. 13 No. 1

Noltemeyer, Amity & Mcloughlin, Caven S. (2009, November 19) Evaluating Educational Interventions within an RTI Framework: An Essay Review. Review of T. Chris Riley-Tillman & Matthew K. Burns (2009) Evaluating Educational Interventions: Single-Case Design for Measuring Response to Intervention. Vol. 12 No. 16

Shipps, Dorothy. (2009, October 22). Sticky School Reform or a New Progressive Era? An Essay Review. Review of Payne, Charles M. (2008). So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools, and Kerchner, Charles T. ; Menefee-Libey, David J.; Mulfinger, Laura S. & Clayton, Stephanie E. (2008). Learning from L.A.: Institutional Change in American Public Education. Vol. 12 No. 15

Calfee, Robert & Stahovich, Thomas (2009, October 8). Galloway's 21st Century Engineer: An Essay Review. Review of Galloway, Patricia D. (2008) The 21st Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform. Vol. 12 No. 14

Malewski, Erik L. (2009, September 22). Gresson's Race and Education: An Essay Review. Review of Gresson III, Aaron David. (2009). Race & Education. NY: Pater Lang. Vol. 12 No. 13

Taber, Keith S. (2009, September 14). Constructivism and the Crisis in U.S. Science Education: An Essay Review. Review of Berube, Clair T. (2008). The Unfinished Quest: The Plight of Progressive Science Education in the Age of Standards. Vol. 12 No. 12

Mcloughlin, Caven S. & Noltemeyer, Amity. (2009, September 1). Appraising School Psychology's Past, Present and Future: An Essay Review. Review of Fagan, Thomas K. & Wise, Paula Sachs (2007) School Psychology: Past, Present and Future. Vol. 12 No. 11

Kumar, Ashwani. (2009, August 18) Social Studies in the Postmodern World: An Essay Review. Review of Segall, Avner; Heilman, Elizabeth E. & Cherryholmes, Cleo H. (Eds.) (2006) Social Studies—The Next Generation: Re-searching in the Postmodern. Vol. 12 No. 10

Morris, Scott. (2009, August 4). Literacy as resistance; Resistance as literacy: An essay review. Review of Wallowitz, Laraine, (2008). Critical Literacy as Resistance: Teaching Social Justice Across the Secondary Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. Vol. 12 No. 9.

Garsdal, Jesper & Ydesen, Christian. (2009, June 15). The debate on educational and psychological testing in the United States: An essay review and outsider perspective with some philosophical musings. Review of Madaus, George; Russell, Michael; and Higgins, Jennifer. (2009). The Paradoxes of High Stakes Testing and Phelps, Richard P. (Ed.) (2009) Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing. Vol. 12 No. 8.

Ohanian, Susan. (2009, June 5) Accountability and the Slippery Language of Public Relations: An Essay Review. Review of Kowalski & Lasley. Handbook of Data-Based Decision Making in Education. Vol. 12 No. 7.

Corbett, Michael. (2009, April 27). Opportunity in crisis: An essay review of Theobald's Education Now. Vol. 12 No. 6.

Vinson, Kevin D.; Wilson, Melissa B; & Swenson, Crystal. (2009, April 17). Multiple levels, multiple messages: An essay review of Levstik & Barton's Researching History Education. Vol. 12 No. 5.

Falk, Thomas M.; Rocha, Sam; & Warnick, Bryan R. (2009, March 24). Social science and its discontents: An essay review of Bent Flyvbjerg's Making Social Science Matter Vol. 12 No.4.

Horn, Jim. (2009, March 5). The KULT of KIPP: An essay review. Review of Mathews, Jay. (2008). Work Hard, Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America. Vol. 12 No. 3.

Fetler, Mark. (2009, January 31). Test anxiety: An essay review of Koretz's Measuring Up. Vol. 12 No. 2 Review of Koretz, D. (2008). Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us.

Barrera, Douglas. (2009, January 19). Everyone pays the price for inadequate schools: An essay review. Vol. 12 No. 1 Review of Belfield Clive R. & Levin, Henry M. (2007). The Price We Pay: Economic and Social Consequences of Inadequate Education.

Hudson, Kanna. (2008, December 6). Making community through educational transformation: An essay review. Vol. 11 No. 9 Review of

  • Bennett, Alan. (2007). The Uncommon Reader.
  • Lear, Jonathan. (2008). Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation.
  • Martin, Jane Roland. (2007). Educational Metamorphoses: Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Culture.
  • Suárez-Orozco, Carola, Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, and Irina Todorova. (2008) Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society.

    Blumenfeld-Jones, Donald S. (2008, October 15). Experience, Body, and the Spontaneous Moment: A Meditation upon Virtuosity and Its Possibilities for All of Us. Vol. 11 No. 8. Review of Howard, V. A. (2008) Charm and Speed: Virtuosity in the Performing Arts. NY: Peter Lang.

    Rosa, Ricardo D. (2008, October 8). Savage neoliberalism and subaltern responses: An essay review. Vol. 11 No. 7. Review of Borg, Carmel & Mayo, Peter. (2007). Public Intellectuals, Radical Democracy and Social Movements: A Book of Interviews. NY: Peter Lang.

    Apple, Michael W. (2008, September 17). Raymond Williams and the Roots of Critical Cultural Studies in Education: An Essay Review. Vol. 11 No. 6. Review of Smith, Dai. (2008). Raymond Williams: A Warrior's Tale. Cardigan, Wales: Parthian Books.

    Liou, Daniel D. (2008, September 12). Beyond Politics of School Size: An Essay Review. Vol. 11 No. 5. Review of Conchas, Gilberto Q. & Rodriguez, Louie F. (2008). Small Schools and Urban Youth Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

    Levin, Benjamin. (2008). In Search of a Broader View of Education Policy: An Essay Review of Glass's Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

    Morris, Scott. (2008). Henry Giroux—Urgently Necessary and Necessarily Urgent: An Essay Review. Review of Giroux, Henry. Against the Terror of Neoliberalism: Politics Beyond the Age of Greed. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.

    Childress, Amy & Rud, A. G. (2008). The University at the End of the Last Century: An Essay Review. Review of Frank, David John, & Jay Gabler (2006). Reconstructing the university: Worldwide shifts in academia in the 20th century and Levine, Donald N. (2006). Powers of the mind: The reinvention of liberal learning in America.

    Scott, Jerrie Cobb. (2008). War, What is it Good For? An Essay Review. Review of Openshaw, Roger & Soler, Janet. (Eds.) (2007). Reading across International Boundaries: History, Policy, and Politics. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

    Margolis, Eric. (2007, November 29). Teaching John Dewey: An essay review of three books on John Dewey.

    Covaleskie, John F. (2007, October 25). The paradoxes of a liberal democratic education: An essay review. An essay review of Blacker, David J. (2007). Democracy Stretched Thin: How Complexity Challenges a Liberal Ideal. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

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    Beach, Josh M. (2010) Gateway to Opportunity?: A History of the Community College in the United States. Sterling, VA: Stylus Pub. Reviewed by Aaron Modica, University of Washington

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    Durán Amavizca, Norma Delia y Jiménez Silva, María del Pilar (Coords.) (2009). Cuerpo, sujeto e identidad. México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/Instituto de Investigaciones sobre la Universidad y la Educación/Plaza y Valdés Editores. Reseñado por María Isabel Vázquez Nieto, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Torres Santomé, Jurjo (2010). La justicia curricular. El caballo de Troya de la cultura escolar. Madrid. Morata. Reseñado por Xosefa Eva Espido Bello, Universidade da Coruña

    Mórtola, Gustavo (2010). Enseñar es un trabajo. Construcción y cambio de la identidad laboral docente. Buenos Aires: Noveduc. Reseñado por Claudio Núñez, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (Argentina)

    Nava Saucedo, Diana y Ma. Guadalupe López Álvarez. (2010) Educación y discriminación de género: El sexismo en la escuela primaria, un estudio de caso en Ciudad Juárez. México: EON. Reseñado por Célica Esther Cánovas Marmo, Universidad Iberoamericana León

    Aparicio Guadas, Pep. y Batalloso Navas, Juan Miguel (2009) Figuras y pasajes de la complejidad en la educación. Experiencias de resistencia, creación y potencia. Valencia, España: Instituto Paulo Freire de España y Ediciones CREC. Reseñado por Maximiliano J. Ritacco Real, Universidad de Granada (España)

    Shearer, B. y Fleetham, M. (2008) Creating Extra-Ordinary Teachers: Multiple intelligences in the classroom and beyond. NY: The Continuum International Publishing Group. Reseñado por Daiana Rigo y Danilo Donolo, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Argentina

    Darré, Silvana (2008). Maternidades inapropiadas: La construcción de lo 'inapropiado' y sus transformaciones en cinco dispositivos pedagógicos, Buenos Aires 1920–1980. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Programa de Doctorado de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Académica Argentina. Reseñado por Soledad Vázquez, Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani

    Janer Manila, Gabriel (2010) He jugado con lobos. Barcelona (España): Bridge, La Galera (2ª edición, 2010). Título original en catalán: He jugat amb els llops. (Traducción de Alícia Mulet). Reseñado por Juan Ramón Jiménez Vicioso, Universidad de Huelva

    Fernández-Cano, Antonio y Fernández-Guerrero, Inés Mª (2009). Crítica y alternativas a la significación estadística en el contraste de hipótesis. Colección Cuadernos de Estadística (# 37). Madrid: Editorial La Muralla. Reseñado por Teresa Lara-Moreno, Universidad de Granada. Granada

    Moreno Martínez, Pedro Luis (2010) Félix Martí Alpera (1875/1946): Un maestro y la escuela de su tiempo. Murcia, Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia. Reseñado por Alberto Luis Gómez y Jesús Romero Morante, Universidad de Cantabria

    Torres, César. T. (coord.) (2008) Niñez, Deporte y Actividad Física: Reflexiones filosóficas sobre una relación compleja. Madrid: Miño y Dávila. Reseñado por Maximiliano J. Ritacco Real Universidad de Granada (España)

    García Quintanilla, Magda y Casarini Ratto, Martha (compiladoras) (2008) La Tecnologia para el Cambio Educativo: Reflexiones y Experiencias. Monterrey (México): Editorial de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Reseñado por José Luis Ramírez Romero, Universidad de Sonora

    Touriñán López, José Manuel (Dir.) (2010) Artes y educación: Fundamentos de pedagogía mesoaxiológica. Oleiros (La Coruña), Netbiblo. Reseñado por Ramón Mínguez Vallejos, Universidad de Murcia

    Tobin, Joseph; Hsueh, Yeh & Karasawa, Mayumi. (2009) El pre-escolar en tres culturas (China, Japón y los Estados Unidos) Una nueva visita (Original en ingles) Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited: China, Japan, and the United States. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. Reseñado por Ana Inés Heras, Instituto Rosario Ciencias de la Educación, Argentina

    Naishtat, F. Aronson, P. (Editores) con Unzué, M. (coordinador técnico) (2008). Genealogías de la Universidad Contemporánea: sobre la ilustración, o pequeñas historias de grandes relatos. Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos. Reseñado por Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires.

    Benavot, Aaron; Braslavsky, Cecilia y Nhung Truong (Comp.) (2008). El conocimiento escolar en una perspectiva histórica y comparativa: Cambios de currículos en la educación primaria y secundaria. Buenos Aires: Granica. Reseñado por Maria Fernanda Astiz, Canisius College.

    Martín Criado, E. (2010) La escuela sin funciones. Crítica de la sociología de la educación crítica. Barcelona: Ediciones Bellaterra. Reseñado por Raimundo Cuesta

    Sen, Amartya (2010) La idea de la justicia. Madrid: Taurus. Reseñado por Carlos Riádigos Mosquera, Universidad de A Coruña, Galicia, España

    Souza, D. B. D.; Novicki, V. (2010). Conselhos municipais de meio ambiente no Brasil: Estado da arte, gestão e educação ambiental. Brasília: Líber. Resenhado por Elza Neffa, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

    Grinberg, S. y Levy, E. (2009) Pedagogía, currículo y subjetividad: entre pasado y futuro. Bernal (Buenos Aires): Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Reseñado por Sánchez Blanco, C., Universidad de A Coruña, España.

    Rosario Muñoz, V. M.; Marúm Espinosa, E.; y Alvarado Nando, M. (2010) La autonomía universitaria a debate. Una visión desde América Latina. Editorial Universitaria. Universidad de Guadalajara. México. Reseñado por Olaskoaga Larrauri, J.

    Stromquist, Nelly P. (Coord) (2009) La profesión académica en la Globalización. Seis Países, Seis Experiencias. México: Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Institutos de Educación Superior. Reseñado por Julieta A. Claverie, CEDES, Argentina

    Skrla, Linda; McKenzie, Kathryn Bell & Scheurich, James Joseph. (2009) Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools (en español Auditorías de equidad para crear escuelas equitativas y excelentes). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. Reseñado por Renira E. Vellos & Christine Klerian, The University of British Columbia

    Martín-Moreno Cerrillo, Quintina (2010). Contextualización de los centros educativos en su entorno. Madrid: Editorial Sanz y Torres Reseñado por José Luis García González, Universidad de Cantabria

    Donoso Romo, Andrés (2008). Educación y Nación al Sur de la Frontera: Organizaciones Mapuche en el Umbral de Nuestra Contemporaneidad, 1880 - 1930. Santiago, Chile: Pehuén Editores. Reseñado por Patricio R. Ortiz, Utah State University.

    Almeida, Maria Elizabeth Bianconcini e Alonso, Myrtes. (2007) Tecnologias na Formação e na Gestão Escolar. São Paulo: Avercamp. Resenhado por João Batista Bottentuit Junior, Universidade Federal do Maranhão UFMA

    Hirsch Adler, Ana, Figueroa de Katra, Lyle y Malpica Ichante, Susano (Coord.) (2009) Horizontes éticos y educación en México. México: Red Nacional de Investigadores en Educación y Valores– Ediciones Gernika. Reseñado por Braulio González Vidaña, Instituto de Estudios Universitarios

    Arata, Nicolás; Ayuso, María Luz; Baez, Jesica y Díaz Villa, Gabriela. (2009) La trama común. Memorias sobre la carrera de Ciencias de la Educación. Buenos Aires: Editorial de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Reseñado por Rocío Slatman, Universidad de Buenos Aires

    Rivas Flores, José Ignacio y Herrera Pastor, David (2009). Voz y Educación. La narrativa como enfoque de interpretación de la realidad. Madrid: Octaedro. Reseñado por Concepción Sánchez Blanco, Universidad de A Coruña

    Negrín Fajardo, Olegario; Vergara Ciordia, Javier (2009). Historia de la Educación. Madrid: Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces-UNED. Reseñado por Beatriz Comella Gutiérrez.

    Czarny, Gabriela (2008) Pasar por la escuela. Indígenas y procesos de escolaridad en la ciudad de México. México DF: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. Reseñado por Gabriela Novaro, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET

    Souza, Donaldo Bello de, Martinez, Silvia Alícia (Orgs.) (2010). Educação comparada: Rotas de além mar. São Paulo: Xamã.. Resenhado por Susana Vilas Boas, Investigadora do Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)–Portugal

    Ruggiero, María Laura (2009) Por qué se pelean los chicos en la escuela Buenos Aires: Centro de Publicaciones Educativas y Material Didáctico. Reseñado por Tamara Fuster, Arizona State University

    Meirieu, Philippe (2006)) Carta a un joven profesor. Por qué enseñar hoy. Barcelona (España): Graó (4th reimpresión, 2009). Título original: Lettre á un jeune professeur (2005). (Traducción de Núria Riambau) Reseñado por Juan Ramón Jiménez Vicioso, Universidad de Huelva

    Kohan, Walter Omar (2009). Sócrates: el enigma de enseñar. Buenos Aires, Editorial Biblos. Reseñado por Mariana Alvarado, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina

    San Román, Sonsoles (2009) Evolución de las actitudes culturales y las representaciones sociales en las y los maestros del nivel de primaria (1970-2008), Ministerio de Igualdad, Instituto de la Mujer, colección Estudios. Reseñado por Beatriz Moya Patón, CEIP San Sebastián, Madrid

    Heras, Ana Inés y David Burín (eds), (2008). Trabajo, desarrollo, diversidad: una investigación sobre políticas y metodologías de desarrollo local con acento en la generación de empleo, trabajo e ingresos. Buenos Aires: Ediciones CICCUS-INCLUIR. Reseñado por Clara Craviotti, CONICET, Argentina

       
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