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Books reviewed: Ronald Barnett, Beyond All Reason: Living with Ideology in the University Derek Bok, Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education Louise Morley, Quality and Power in Higher Education Kathryn Ecclestone, Learning Autonomy in Post-16 Education. The Politics and Practice of Formative Assessment Clive Griggs, The TUC and Education Reform 1926–1970 A. Osler and K. Vincent, Citizenship and the Challenge of Global Education Hilary Claire, Not Aliens: Primary School Children and the Citizenship/PSHE Curriculum Larry Cuban, Oversold & Underused. Computers in the Classroom David Buckingham and Margaret Scanlon, Education, Entertainment and Learning in the Home K.A. Riley and E. Rustique-Forrester, Working with Disaffected Students: Why students lose interest in school and what we can do about it Cathy Nutbrown, Research Studies in Early Childhood Education Bernice E. Cullinan and Diane G. Person (eds), The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature Margaret Preedy, Ron Blacker and Christine Wise (eds), Strategic Leadership and Educational Improvement Nigel Bennett, Megan Crawford and Marion Cartwright (eds), Effective Educational Leadership Lesley Kidd, Lesley Anderson and Wendy Newton (eds), Leading People and Teams in Education [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews several books on educational research. 'Assessing Children's Mathematical Knowledge: Social class, Sex, and Problem Solving,' edited by Barry Copper and Mairead Dunne; 'Researching Children's Perspectives,' edited by Ann Lewis and Geoff Lindsay; 'Race and Higher Education,' edited by Tariq Modood and Tony Acland.