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Reviews the book "Gender Play: Girls and Boys in Schools," by Barrie Thorne.

The article reviews several books on education including "Rethinking Citizenship Education: A Curriculum for Participatory Democracy," by Tristram McCowan, "The Richness of Art Education," by Howard Cannatella and "Autism: A Very Short Introduction," by Uta Frith.

The article reviews several books including "Qualitative Research Design for Software Users," by Silvana di Gregorio and Judith Davidson, "The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods," edited by Nigel G. Fielding and Raymond M. Lee and "Statistical Modeling for Social Researchers: Principles and Practice," by Roger Tarling.

Books reviewed: S. Power, T. Edwards, G. Whitty and V. Wigfall, Education and the Middle Class Peter Blatchford, with Paul Bassett, Harvey Goldstein and Claire Martin, also Gemma Catchpole, Suzanne Edmonds and Viv Moriarty, The Class Size Debate: is small better? L. Cruddas and L. Haddock. Girls’ Voices: Supporting girls’ learning and emotional development. Jagdish S. Gundara, Interculturalism, Education and Inclusion. J. Satterwaite, E. Atkinson and K. Gale (eds), Discourse, Resistance and Power: Challenging the rhetoric of contemporary education. Walter McMahon, Education and Development: Measuring the social benefits. G.A. Valverde, L.J. Bianchi, R.G. Wolfe, W.H. Schmidt and R.T. Houng, According to the Book: Using TIMSS to investigate the translation of policy into practice through the world of textbooks. Martyn Hammersley, Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice. José Antonio, Ibaňez-Martin and Gonzale Jovar, Education and Europe: Policies and Politics. Maggie MacLure, Discourse in Educational and Social Research. Jill Williams, Promoting Independent Learning in the Primary Classroom. Pat Thomson, Schooling the Rustbelt Kids. Bob Jeffrey and Peter Woods, The Creative School: A framework for success, quality and effectiveness. Gill Evans, Academics and the Real World. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews several books. 'Rewriting Family Scripts - Improvisations and Systems Change,' by John Byng-Hall; 'Case Study Method: Key Issues, Key Texts,' edited by Roger Gomm, Martyn Hammersley and Peter Foster; 'Experience of Mediated Learning. An Impact of Feuerstein's Theory in Education and Psychology,' edited by Alex Kozulin and Yaacov Rand; 'Lev Vygotsky: Critical Assessments,' edited by Peter Lloyd and Charles Fernyhough; 'Effective Teaching - Evidence and Practice,' edited by Daniel Muijs and David Reynolds.

Reviews books on British Education. 'Che Guevarra, Paulo Freire and the Pedagogy of Revolution,' by Peter McLaren; 'Issues in Teaching Numeracy in Primary Schools,' edited by Ian Thompson; 'History Teachers in the Making,' by Anna Pendry, Chris Husbands, James Arthur and Jon Davidson.

Book reviews: Deacon, D., M. Pickering, P. Golding and G. Murdock, Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis (reviewed by Mike Richards); Tamar Liebes and James Curran (eds), Media, Ritual and Identity (reviewed by Erik W. Rothenbuhler); Erik W. Rothenbuhler, Ritual Communication: From Everyday Conversation to Mediated Ceremony (reviewed by John Smith); Fenton, N., D. Bryman, D. Deacon with P. Birmingham, Mediating Social Science (reviewed by Martyn Hammersley); Thussu, D. K. (ed.), Electronic Empires: Global Media and Local Resistance (reviewed by Olga Guedes); Jaap van Ginneken, Understanding Global News: A Critical Introduction (reviewed by Edward A. Comor); Carlsson, U., The Issue of a New World Information and Communication Order(NWICO): A Study in International Media Politics (reviewed by Jan Ekecrantz); Gavin, Neil T. (ed.), The Economy, Media and Public Knowledge (reviewed by Mine Gencel Bek); Hart, A. (ed.), Teaching the Media: International Perspectives (reviewed by Robert Ferguson); Herbst, S., Reading Public Opinion: How Political Actors View the Democratic Process (reviewed by Maggie Scammell); Edward A. Comor, Communication, Commerce and Power: The Political Economy of America and the Direct Broadcast Satellite, 1960-2000 (reviewed by Philip M. Taylor); Boyd-Barrett, Oliver and Terhi Rantanen (eds), The Globalization of News (reviewed by Luke Goode); McChesney, Robert W., Ellen Meiksins Wood and John Bellamy Foster (eds), Capitalism and the Information Age: The Political Economy of the Global Communication Revolution (reviewed by Edward A. Comor); Livingstone, S., Making Sense of Television: The Psychology of Audience Interpretations (reviewed by Liesbet van Zoonen); Barker, M. and K. Brooks, Knowing Audiences: Judge Dredd: Its Friends, Fans and Foes (reviewed by Chris Watson); Brants, K., J. Hermes and L. van Zoonen, The Media in Question-Popular Cultures and Public Interests (reviewed by Knut He... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]