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This alphabetic guide offers a critical analysis of the central and also of the more important controversial concepts in educational theory and practice. The authors address each idea or issue by means of an essay-length analysis. Examples of the types of questions considered are: "Can educational needs be assessed and, if so, in what way?"; "Is there any reason to take creativity tests seriously?"; "What is the status of a value judgement?"; "What distinct types of understanding, if any, are there?"; "What is the point of a liberal education?" and, "How do language and thought relate to one another?". This second edition has been enhanced by about 25% with more material on recapitulation, memory and psychological topics. The work is intended for the use of students, researchers, teachers and administrators in the field of education.

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A set of critical discussions of critically selected, currently pertinent educational terms or concepts arranged in dictionary format, written in a mostly serious but occasionally ironic style. Useful for students of education, this work not only defines terms but also discusses both sides of controversies, and it takes a critical stand on the worth of a particular concept to teaching and learning. Dictionary of Education by P.J. Hills (CH, Jun '83), The Concise Dictionary of Education by Gene R. Hawes and Lynne S. Hawes (CH, Jan '83), and The International Dictionary of Education by G. Terry Page and J.B. Thomas (1977) are more comprehensive, but none of these provides any critical analysis. A reader would not find ``custodian'' or ``semester'' in Barrow and Milburn but would find an enlightening discussion of ``behaviorism,'' ``research,'' ``integrated studies,'' or ``educanto.'' The book is a valuable reference book for libraries serving both undergraduate and graduate students of sociology, psychology, and education. The bibliography serves as a useful introduction to the fields represented by the terms. A reference library should contain at least one of the more traditional, more comprehensive dictionaries of education and this critical dictionary.-C.M. Porter, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania