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Tags: blog, blogging, blogs, AERA, small schools, rural, education

A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU.

Estimados Colegas:

Education Review/Reseñas Educativas/Resenhas Educativas es una publicación académica gratuita de reseñas de libros en el área de educación. Desde 1998 Education Review/Reseñas Educativas ha publicado más de 1600 reseñas, en Inglés, Español y Portugués. Para acceder a las reseñas publicadas por Education Review/Reseñas Educativas/Resenhas Educativas puede visitar nuestro website:


Si usted está interesado/a en alguno de los libros disponibles para ser reseñados favor de enviar un mensaje indicando el libro, su dirección postal, y una breve descripción de sus áreas de especialización e intereses
académicos a:

Rafael Serrano
Asistente Editorial
Education Review/Reseñas Educativas
Rafael.Serrano@asu.edu

Los siguientes libros están disponibles para ser reseñados:

1. Ardizzone, Paolo y Rivoltella, Pier Cesare. (2004). Didáctica para e-learning: métodos e instrumentos para
la innovación de la enseñanza universitaria (A. Requena López y L. Carlucci, Trads.). Archidona (Málaga): Aljibe. (Trabajo original publicado en 2003). 184 pp.

2. Echeita, Gerardo (2006). Educación para la inclusión o educación sin exclusiones. Madrid: Narcea. 178 pp.

3. Escudero, Juan Manuel y Gómez, Alberto Luis (Comps.) (2006). La formación del profesorado y la mejora de la educación. Barcelona: Octaedro. 344 pp.

4. Fernández Melizzo-Soto, María (2003). Igualdad de oportunidades educativas: la experiencia socialdemócrata española y francesa. Barcelona: Pomares. 320 pp.

5. Gee, James Paul (2004). Lo que nos enseñan los videojuegos sobre el aprendizaje y el alfabetismo (J. M. Pomares, Trad.). Archidona (Málaga): Aljibe. (Trabajo original publicado en 2003). 270 pp.

6. Hernández, Isabel (2003). Autonomía o ciudadanía incompleta: el pueblo Mapuche en Chile y Argentina. Santiago: Pehuén. 384 pp.

7. Jarvis, Peter (2006). Universidades corporativas: nuevos modelos de aprendizaje en la sociedad global (P. Manzano, Trad.). Madrid: Narcea. (Trabajo original publicado en 2001). 182 pp.

8. Kress, Gunther (2005). El alfabetismo en la era de los nuevos medios de comunicación (J. M. Pomares, Trad.). Archidona (Málaga): Aljibe. (Trabajo original publicado en 2003). 255 pp.

9. Martinis, Pablo y Redondo, Patricia (Comps.) (2006). Igualdad y educación: escrituras entre (dos) orillas. Buenos Aires: Del Estante. 248 pp. Ornelas, Carlos (Coord.) (2005). Buenas prácticas de educación básica en América Latina. Tomo I. México, DF: ILCE. 390 pp.

10. Ornelas, Carlos (Coord.) (2005). Buenas prácticas de educación básica en América Latina. Tomo II. México, DF: ILCE. 401 pp.

11. Pittinsky, Matthew Serbin (Comp.) (2006). La universidad conectada: perspectivas del impacto de Internet en la educación superior en EEUU (J. M. Pomares, Trad.). Archidona (Málaga): Aljibe. (Trabajo original publicado en 2003). 175 pp.

12. Rochat, Philippe (2004). El mundo del bebé. (R. Filella, Trad.). Madrid: Morata. (Trabajo original
publicado en 2001). 352 pp.

13. Rojas Moreno, Ileana (2005). Trayectorias conceptuales y entramados discursivos en el campo pedagógico en México (1934-1989). Barcelona: Pomares. 303 pp.

14. Torres Santomé, Jurjo (2006). La desmotivación del profesorado. Madrid: Morata. 127pp.

15. Zinder, Ilana (Comp.) (2004). Alfabetismos digitales: comunicación, innovación y educación en la era electrónica. (J. M. Pomares, Trad.). Archidona (Málaga): Aljibe. (Trabajo original publicado en 2002). 282 pp.

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Dr. Gustavo E. Fischman
Editor Español y Portugués
Education Review/Reseñas Educativas/Resenhas Educativas
fischman@asu.edu

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A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education.
The Education Review has published more than 1,600 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are
freely accessible on the internet at http://edrev.asu.edu

The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following
book has just been reviewed:

Burlbaw, Lynn M. and Field, Sherry L. (Eds.) (2005). Explorations in Curriculum History. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Reviewed by Mark Nagasawa, Arizona State University.

This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage http://edrev.asu.edu.
___________________________________________________
Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/

Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html

Tags: Education Review, AERA, small schools, rural, education

The Google news alert for rural education.

Sex lessons in public schools pushed
Manila Standard Today - Philippines

... of Maternal and Child Health, Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines and Women’s Legal Education, Advocacy and ...

Calm village, smart audience surprise Kalam
Ludhiana Newsline - Ludhiana,India

... On his maiden visit to Sanghol village here to inaugurate Sanghol Education Complex, a project led by NRI Diljit Rana to augment rural education in 13 villages ...

AG, LtGov candidates spare over Paron school, consolidation
Pine Bluff Commercial - Pine Bluff,AR,USA

... "McDaniel took a walk on the rural people of ... doesn't believe long bus rides are good for students and said he doesn't think the quality of education should be ... [See all stories on this topic]

Union Rural Bank to network operations
Public Agenda - Ghana

Mr Kwasi Essel-Koomson, Chairman of the Board of the Union Rural Bank, announced ... and both the North and South campuses of the University of Education at Winneba ...

READ Bags Bill and Melida Gates Award
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday presented its 2006 Access to Learning Award of $1 million to Nepal's Rural Education and Development (READ ...

Students cowed into joining NPA front groups
ABS CBN News - Philippines

... education campaign. The campaign was funded by the Kiwanis Club of Cebu of which I was then the president. The last leg of the campaign was in a rural barangay ...

Zimbabwe: Hollow Promises That Mock Education
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe trained as a teacher by profession, but since 2000, his government has conducted a purge that has emptied rural areas of most of their ...

AHEC celebrates 10 years connecting the community to better health
The Rolla Daily News - MO, United States

... clinical experiences for health professional students in rural, medically under ... including medical library resources and continuing education opportunities. ...

NJ Special Session to Focus on Education and Employee Benefits
WNYC - New York,NY,USA

... on public education, funding 4O percent while the national average is over 5O, but the state funding is overwhelmingly focused in the urban core with rural and ...

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A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Dear Colleagues:

The Education review is an open access, scholarly journal of reviews of books in education that has published over 1,630 book reviews since its inception in 1998. The Education Review is available on the web at http://edrev.asu.edu

The following books are in need of reviewers. If you are interested in being selected to review any of these books, please send your name and postal address and a short note regarding your research interests and expertise to

Identify the book you wish to review. Please do not volunteer to review more than three books. We cannot fill all requests. Reviewers not selected will be kept on file for future opportunities. If you wish further details on any book listed below, you should do an internet search on the book title plus author's name.

We receive many more volunteers than we have books to be reviewed. Don't wait to be selected; pick any book in your specialty with a copyright date not more than two years old and send us your review. Multiple reviews of books that have already appeared in Education Review are also welcome.
___________________________________________________________
Barone, Diane M.
Narrowing the Literacy Gap: What Works in High-Poverty Schools

Barron, Nancy G. (Ed.)
Social Change in Diverse Teaching Contexts: Touchy Subjects and Routine Practices

Cooper, Tuesday L.
The Sista' Network: African-American Women Faculty Successfully Negotiating the Road to Tenure

Doyle, Clar
Reading and Teaching Henry Giroux

Dunn, Thea B.
Mathematical Success for Students on the Margin: Voices, Practice, and Promise

Fayden, Terese
How Children Learn: Getting Beyond the Deficit Myth

Feinberg, Walter
For Goodness Sake: Religious Schools and Education for Democratic Citizenry

Ferri, Beth A.
Reading Resistance: Discourses of Exclusion in Desegregation and Inclusion Debates

Fowler, Leah G.
A Curriculum of Difficulty: Narrative Research in Education and the Practice of Teaching

Gallien, Louis B.
Instructing and Mentoring the African American College Student: Strategies for Success in Higher Education

Grant, S. G. (Ed.)
Measuring History: Cases of State-Level Testing Across the United States

Hess, Frederick M.
No Child Left Behind

Hoerr, Thomas R.
The Art of School Leadership

Ingersoll, Richard M.
Who Controls Teachers' Work? Power and Accountability in America's Schools

Johnston, James Scott
Inquiry and Education: John Dewey and the Quest for Democracy

Keyes, Marian
It Takes a School: Closing Achievement Gaps Through Culturally Responsive Schools

Kinash, Shelley
Seeing Beyond Blindness

Manning, Kathleen
One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice

McLaren, Peter (Ed.)
Rage of Hope: Interviews with Peter McLaren on War, Imperialism, and Critical Pedagogy

Moskal, Jeanne
Teaching British Women Writers: 1750-1900

Mujtaba, Bahaudin G.
Adult Education in Academia: Recruiting and Retaining Extraordinary Facilitators of Learning

Olivos, Edward M.
The Power of Parents: A Critical Perspective of Bicultural Parent Involvement in Public Schools

Reid, William A.
The Pursuit of Curriculum: Schooling and the Public Interest

Riley, Karen L. (Ed.)
Social Reconstruction: People, Politics, Perspectives

Salili, Farideh
Religion in Multicultural Education

Shipps, Dorothy
School Reform, Corporate Style: Chicago, 1880-2000

Silova, Iveta
From Sites of Occupation to Symbols of Multiculturalism: Reconceptualizing Minority Education in Post-Soviet Latvia

Simpson, Douglas J.
John Dewey

Solmon, Lewis C.
The Last Silver Bullet?: Technology for America's Schools

Sosnoski, James J. (Ed.)
Configuring History: Teaching the Harlem Renaissance through Virtual Reality Cityscapes

Spillane, James P.
Standards Deviation: How Schools Misunderstand Education Policy

Sunal, Dennis W.
The Impact of State and National Standards on K-12 Science Teaching

Taylor, Kevin M.
American Evangelicals and Religious Diversity: Subcultural Education, Theological Boundaries, and the Relativization of Tradition

Thompson, Gail L.
Through Ebony Eyes: What Teachers Need to Know But Are Afraid to Ask About African American Students

Tierney, William G. (Ed.)
Urban High School Students and the Challenge of Access: Many Routes, Difficult Paths

Zhang, Li-fang
The Nature of Intellectual Styles
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Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/
Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html

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A message from Gustavo Fischman (fischman@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU.

Reseñas Educativas/Education Review es una publicación académica con formato electrónico de reseñas de libros sobre educación. Reseñas Educativas/Education Review, se creo en 1998 y desde entonces ha publicado casi 1,600 reseñas. Todas las reseñas pueden ser consultadas gratuitamente em la siguiente dirección

A message from Gene V Glass to: EDREV@ASU.EDU.

Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published more than 1,600 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are
freely accessible on the internet at

A message from Craig Howley (howleyc@OHIO.EDU) to RURALSIG@LISTSERV.UNL.EDU

8.20.6

Dear colleagues--

Does anyone know of rural districts in your area in which there is agitation for a portion to secede ... as in Peshkin's Imperfect Union (1982)? We're trying to identify sites for a possible multi-state study. If so, please send a few details (e.g., district name and state!).

Thanks.

--Craig Howley

Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education

Well, this past week or two have seen three new entries in the blogsphere from Mr. Rural ED.

Take Me Away
By michaellarnold

Sometimes it's easy to take for granted how fortunate we are to live in wonderful rural places. My high school classmate Cowboy Brad Fitch recorded a song that reminds me of that every time I hear it. Take Me Away...

Eleanor Roosevelt on the first White House Conference on Rural Education
By michaellarnold

I ran across an interview with Eleanor Roosevelt in which mentions the first White House Conference on Rural Education that was held October 3-5, 1944. This I Believe About Rural Schools was originally published by Chari Ormand Williams in The...

Rural Students & Reading
By michaellarnold

Rural 12th grade students who were eligible for free and reduced priced lunches scored higher on the 2003 NAEP Reading Assessment than did those from central cities and urban fringes. Ok, rural students scored only 1 point higher than urban...

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The Google news alert for rural education.

More College Students Support Rural Education
China CSR - Shanghai,China

A principal from the Department of Education in Hubei says that the number of college students who participated in the rural teaching program doubled from last ...

Former Finlay CEO launches Pata Kitabu project
Kenya Times - Kenya

... Having lived in rural areas on tea farms for a long period, Patterson observes that rural children have the love and zeal for education but lack motivation and ...[See all stories on this topic]

Rural mail delivery facing challenges
Tillsonburg News - Ontario, Canada

... s regional education and organization officer told the News workers are not complaining without a reason. She said they want to deliver the mail to rural ...

Paron’s long and winding road
Arkansas Times - Little Rock,AR,USA

... said. He’s been working with other rural education advocacy groups to support legislative candidates friendly to their positions. ...

Micro Projects program involves rural people
Malawi's Daily Times - Malawi

... project would boost social economic development of rural communities by ... Zomba included chiefs, District Commissioners, District Education Managers, Monitoring ...

A democratic Mexico? Easier said than done
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

... At its peak 75,000 education workers and their supporters camped from one corner to the next, demanding an improvement to wages and rural education facilities. ...

President urges to work for peace, social security
Indian Catholic - New Delhi,India
... processing industries, whereas there is a need for Rural Farmers’ Cooperatives in ... Education: Among many models of pre-primary school education with creative ...

MASH an adventure in health care: Camp boosts kids' interests in ...
Hornell Evening Tribune - Hornell,NY,USA

... even seeing gallbladder and eye lens transplant surgeries, according to Phil Rahr, assistant coordinator of the camp and Western New York Rural Education Center ...

MP donates textbooks, hails rural schools
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda

By Ali Mambule. KYOTERA MP Lt. Pius Mujuzi has donated 200 textbooks to Nabbunga Fountains of Education in Rakai. He handed over ...

Too young to drive?
Salina Journal - Salina,KS,USA

... In rural communities, driving is a way of life ... Of the two to three dozen driver's education students Packard teaches each year, there're usually only one or two ...

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A message from Gustavo Fischman to EDREV@ASU.EDU.

Reseñas Educativas/Education Review es una publicación académica con formato electrónico de reseñas de libros sobre educación. Reseñas Educativas/Education Review, se creo en 1998 y desde entonces ha publicado casi 1,500 reseñas. Todas las reseñas pueden ser consultadas gratuitamente em la siguiente dirección http://edrev.asu.edu

Reseñas Educativas/Education Review publica reseñas en español, portugués e inglés. El siguiente libro acab de ser reseñado:

Arnaiz, Pilar. (2005). Atención a la diversidad. Programación curricular. Costa Rica: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia (EUNED).

Reseña 1: por María del Carmen Ortiz González Universidad de Salamanca

Reseña 2: por Ma. del Carmen Jaimes Ruiz Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Sánchez-Cano, Manuel y Bonals, Joan (Coords.) (2005) La evaluación psicopedagógica. Barcelona: Graó.

Reseñado por Ana Cobos Cedillo Universidad de Málaga

Estas reseñas pueden ser consultadas en Reseñas Recientes en la homepage de la revista: http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html
___________________________________________
Editor para Español y Portugués
Gustavo E. Fischman
Arizona State University
Laboratorio de Políticas Públicas (UERJ)
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Editor General (inglês)
Gene V Glass
Arizona State University

Editora de Reseñas Breves (inglês)
Kate Corby
Michigan State University
___________________________________________________________

Education Review is an electronic journal publishing reviews of recent books in education. The Education Review has published over 1400 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at http://edrev.asu.edu

The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and ortuguese as well as in English. The following book has just been reviewed:

Arnaiz, Pilar. (2005). Atención a la diversidad. Programación curricular. Costa Rica: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia (EUNED).

Reseña 1: por María del Carmen Ortiz González Universidad de Salamanca

Reseña 2: por Ma. del Carmen Jaimes Ruiz Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos

Sánchez-Cano, Manuel y Bonals, Joan (Coords.) (2005) La evaluación psicopedagógica. Barcelona: Graó.

Reseñado por Ana Cobos Cedillo Universidad de Málaga

This review can be accessed as the first item under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage.

http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html

___________________________________________________
Gustavo Fischman
Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
fischman@asu.edu

Gene V Glass
Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby
Brief Reviews Editor
corby@msu.edu

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A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU)to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published more than 1,600 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at http://edrev.asu.edu

The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following book has just been reviewed:

Hughes, Sherick A. (2006). Black Hands in the Biscuits, Not in the Classrooms: Unveiling Hope in a Struggle for Brown's Promise. N.Y.: Peter Lang.

Reviewed by A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University.

This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage http://edrev.asu.edu.
___________________________________________________
Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/

Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html

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From our Google news alert for rural education.

Richard Stadelman: Forums encourage discussion of challenges ...
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA

... The next Future of Farming and Rural Life forum, set for Aug. 25 on the UW-Fox Valley campus in Menasha, will focus on rural health care and rural education. ...

Play on farm safety debuting
Altoona Mirror - Altoona,PA,USA

... community was quite large. Today we’re a more urban society than rural. Education has to be a big part of agriculture now. The food on ...

EDITORIALS >> Adios, Paron
Arkansas Leader - Jacksonville,AR,USA

... But some still thought that the court could not really be serious about requiring that education be delivered to children in rural areas equally and efficiently ... [See all stories on this topic]

Source: World Development Indicators
البنك الدولي - Colombia,WA,USA

... In Mongolia, the Rural Education and Development (READ) Project will enhance the quality of education in rural primary schools. ...

Beebe plan emphasizes preschools, college aid
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA

... Jimmy Cunningham, the superintendent of the Danville district and the past president of the Arkansas Rural Education Association, said both Beebe and ...

Zambia: Lusaka Teachers Seek Solutions for Education Sector From ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA

... realising that there are a number of schools especially in rural areas, which have no teachers. If this is not done, then the policy of education for all will ...

$6.5 million grant will see ‘computers in homes’, more Kiwi ...
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand

... A hundred families on the South Island’s West Coast will get computers, through a $157,420 grant to the Westland Rural Education Activities Program ...

Local incentives boost recycling schemes
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK

... grant from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra ... The government schemes included education programmes for those people wholly unaware of ...

Principals group urges Govt to address regional teacher deficit
ABC Online - Australia

... from rural and isolated locations, that they've been in crisis mode for ... Ms Teasdale-Smith says although the education department is offering country teaching ...

Rural Health: Help wanted
ModernHealthcare.com - Chicago,IL,USA

... At WVU, funding from the medical school and the West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnerships-Area Health Education Centers helps provide the resources to ...

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A message from AERA Executive Director, Felice J. Levine.

From the E-Mail Box of the Executive Director
Summer News Update

Dear AERA Members:

This message is to bring you a summer update on important activities and opportunities related to scholarly communication and to enhancing research in our field.

First and foremost, proposal submissions for the 2007 AERA Annual Meeting closed on August 2nd with again very strong outpouring of interest. In total, 11,056 proposals for individual papers and symposia were submitted through the All Academic System. President Eva Baker, Program Chair Dan Koretz, and the entire Program Committee are also hard at work since June planning Presidential sessions, invited lectures, and other events to speak to the theme—The World of Quality in Education.

One important component of the AERA Annual Meeting are the courses and mini-courses directed to advancing education research skills, methodological expertise, and knowledge. The submission system remains open for those who would like to propose a course (one- or two-days) or mini-course (four hours) that will add to the capacity of scholars at all levels of experience to undertake research of excellence. The Professional Development and Training Committee is also interested in strengthening the teaching of education research and welcomes proposals from education researchers that are directed to strengthening faculty skills and capacity to teach research or supervise research training. Courses may be proposed through the All Academic System through August 31, 2006.

The world of quality research is as much about quality reviewing of proposals as submitting quality proposals. Division and SIG Program Chairs urge those actively engaged in research to sign up as reviewers of proposals. There is no better way to contribute to the larger good and the substantive quality of the Annual Meeting than through participating in the review process. Please go to the AERA website at http://www.aera.net/opportunities/?id=1423 and sign up as a reviewer in the areas of your research expertise.

This e-mail is also intended to spread the word that the AERA Books Editorial Board seeks innovative proposals for research handbooks. The Books Editorial Board continues to seek proposals on important arenas of research in education. The Calls for Proposals set forth enticing opportunities to develop research handbooks for scholars and students that seek to bring together diverse strands of relevant scholarship (inside and outside the usual boundaries of education research); draw upon the strongest research irrespective of context or field of inquiry; add comparative, international, longitudinal, or historical dimensions; and aim to identify significant new directions for empirical, methodological, and theoretical inquiry. The Board seeks the following types of proposals:

(1) Research handbook proposals on any topic under the Open Call (see http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=709)
(2) Proposals for a Research Handbook of Cumulative Research Programs in Education (see special call at http://www.aera.net/?id=1479)
(3) Proposals for a Handbook of Research on Achievement (see special call at http://www.aera.net/?id=1478)

The deadline for handbook proposals is October 15, 2006. The same guidelines are to be used for submitting proposals under the Open Call or for the two special topics (see http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=710). Proposals are to be submitted electronically to books@aera.net.

Last, but by no means least, I am very pleased to report that the AERA Council adopted the Standards for Reporting on Empirical Social Science Research in AERA Publications in June. The Standards are available on the AERA website at http://www.aera.net/?id=1480 and also are being published in the August-September issue of ER. This guidance was developed by a Task Force chaired by Pamela Moss. Council has just launched a second Task Force on Standards for Reporting on Humanities Research in AERA Publications under the leadership of Marilyn Cochran Smith.

The new Task Force is only one of many important activities that are being pursued by the Association to advance education research and serve education researchers. The pages of ER and the AERA website will continue to provide information on news and activities. Meanwhile, please help become part of that news by serving as a reviewer, considering the submission of a course proposal, or, if the timing is right, submitted a prospectus for a research handbook that can further add to and enhance education research as a field.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Best wishes,
Felice

Felice J. Levine, PhD
Executive Director

Tags: AERA 2007, AERA, small schools, rural, education

Just some entries to tide you over...

IOWA FIRST RURAL STATE TO ENACT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM
from Distance-Educator.com's Daily News

PHOENIX- Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack today made history by signing into law the nation's first targeted rural public school choice program and being the first Democrat governor to do so.

Nebraska School Shrinks to the Point of Closure
from NPR Topics: Education

There were just three students at the Glen School in Sioux County, Neb., during the spring of 2005. Now the one-room school is closed, the victim of a declining area population.

Online courses bridge gaps for rural schools - CBC News
from Online Learning Update

For some students in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, computer monitors and modems are playing as much a part of their education as chalk and blackboards. The Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation, which offers high school courses online, said the

Tags: AERA, blog, blogging, blogs, small schools, rural, education

A message from Gustavo Fischman (fischman@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Reseñas Educativas/Education Review es una publicación académica con formato electrónico de reseñas de libros sobre educación. Reseñas Educativas/Education Review, se creo en 1998 y desde entonces ha publicado casi 1,500 reseñas. Todas las reseñas pueden ser consultadas gratuitamente em la siguiente dirección http://edrev.asu.edu

Reseñas Educativas/Education Review publica reseñas en español, portugués e inglés. El siguiente libro acaba de ser reseñado:

Albano, Sergio, Levit, Ariel y Rosenberg, Lucio (2005). Diccionario de semiótica. Buenos Aires: Quadrata.

Reseñado por José Luis Jofré Universidad Nacional de San Luis

Esta reseña puede ser consultada en Reseñas Recientes en la homepage de la revista: http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html
___________________________________________

Editor para Español y Portugués
Gustavo E. Fischman
Arizona State University
Laboratorio de Políticas Públicas (UERJ)
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Editor General (inglês)
Gene V Glass
Arizona State University

Editora de Reseñas Breves (inglês)
Kate Corby
Michigan State University
___________________________________________________________

Education Review is an electronic journal publishing reviews of recent books in education. The Education Review has published over 1400 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at http://edrev.asu.edu

The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following book
has just been reviewed:

Albano, Sergio, Levit, Ariel y Rosenberg, Lucio (2005). Diccionario de semiótica. Buenos Aires: Quadrata.

Reseñado por José Luis Jofré Universidad Nacional de San Luis

This review can be accessed as the first item under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage. http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html
___________________________________________________
Gustavo Fischman
Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
fischman@asu.edu

Gene V Glass
Editor
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Kate Corby
Brief Reviews Editor
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A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU.

Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published more than 1,600 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at http://edrev.asu.edu

The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following book has just been reviewed:

Altbach, Philip G. & Umakoshi, Toru. (Eds). (2004). Asian universities: Historical perspectives and contemporary challenges. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Reviewed by Matthew Church, University of Louisville.

Nelson, Adam R. (2001). Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn 1872-1964. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press.

Reviewed by Jinting Wu, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage http://edrev.asu.edu.
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Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/

Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html

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A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU.

Education Review is an open access all-electronic journal of book reviews residing at http://edrev.asu.edu.

Education Review publishes brief reviews of new books monthly, and has just published brief reviews for August/September 2006.

These reviews can be accessed directly at http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/index.html.

The books reviewed and their reviewers are as follows:

Adams, Dennis & Hamm, Mary (2006). Media and Literacy: Learning in the Information Age—Issues, Ideas, and Teaching Strategies. Third Edition. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.

Reviewed by Jesse Gainer, Texas State University


Brown, David G. (2006). University Presidents as Moral Leaders. Westport, CN: Praeger Publishers.

Reviewed by Brian Cullaty, University of Virginia


Gersmehl, Phil (2005). Teaching Geography. New York: Guilford Press.

Reviewed by Alan Haskvitz, http://www.reacheverychild.com


Goldblatt, Patricia F. & Smith, Deirdre, Editors (2005). Cases for Teacher Development: Preparing for the Classroom. London: SAGE Publications.

Reviewed by Michael W. Simpson, University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Gray, Jeff & Thomas, Heather (2005). If She Only Knew Me. Owensboro, KY: Rocket Publishing.

Reviewed by Ruth Rees, Queen's University, Canada.


Harrington, Susanmarie; Rhodes, Keith; Fischer, Ruth Overman & Malenczyk, Rita (2006). The Outcomes Book: Debate and Consensus after the WPA Outcomes Statement. Logan UT: Utah State University Press.

Reviewed by Tawny L. Beal, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California and St. Mary's College, Moraga, California.


Jensen, Eric (2006). Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner's Potential. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Reviewed by Kathleen E. Fite, Texas State University

Koechlin, Carol & Zwaan, Sandi (2006) Q Tasks: How to Empower Students to Ask Questions and Care About Answers. Markham, Ontario: Pembroke Publishers, distributed by Stenhouse.

Reviewed by Brenda Reed, Queen's University, Canada


Lepionka, Mary Ellen (2005). Writing and Developing College Textbook Supplements. Gloucester, MA: Atlantic Path Publishing.

Reviewed by Mindy Machanic, University of Maryland


Mower, Pat (2006). Geometry Out loud: Learning Mathematics Through Reading and Writing Activities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Reviewed by Gladys Sterenberg, University of Lethbridge

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Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
Gene V Glass, Editor
Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese

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A message from Leslie Hazle Bussey (lhbussey@MINDSPRING.COM) to AERA-GSL Graduate Studies Discussion Forum (AERA-GSL@ASU.EDU).

Hi all,

The Summer 2006 newsletter of the Graduate Student Council was recently posted (https://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Graduate_Students/Newsletters/GSC_Summer_2006_Newsletter.pdf or https://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?id=1092 and then from this page click on" Summer 2006"). In it, Emily Shaw, the GSC representative from Division D summarized the Fireside Chat from April’s meeting in San Francisco. Given the current thread, I thought the advice was a useful reminder that graduate work – indeed all scholarly work – is (or should be) about learning and growth, which are not always synonymous with affirmation [which is not meant in any way to trivialize the awful experience that Sherry is having].

Best wishes as you make finishing touches to your 2007 meeting proposals!

Leslie

Leslie Hazle Bussey
Division A Graduate Student Representative
Graduate Assistant/Doctoral Student
Department of Educational Leadership & Higher Education
Saint Louis University
3750 Lindell Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63108

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Division D Fireside Chat: The Tricks of the Trade: Decisions Made, Risks Taken, and Opportunities Seized by Accomplished Researchers Throughout Their Careers
By Emily Shaw, Fordham University

In an effort to forge connections to students’ own lives and highlight potential avenues for career growth, Division D’s fireside chat was designed to help graduate students understand the opportunities, experiences, decisions, and people that have significantly shaped the careers of six distinguished educational researchers; including David Berliner (Arizona State University), Lloyd Bond (The Carnegie Foundation), Gregory Cizek (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill), Ida Lawrence (ETS), Barbara Plake (Buros Center for Testing and University of Nebraska – Lincoln), and Stephen Raudenbush (University of Chicago). Some of the panelists were psychometricians while others were educational psychologists; some were in the midst of their careers and others at the end of their careers; some in academia and others at educational organizations. And, though they were a diverse group, there were many common threads in the stories they offered and in the “tricks of the trade” they shared.

Many of the panelists credited their career choices to chance events. None of the panelists said that they had envisioned doing what they wound up doing – even as undergraduates! Given the incredible success the panelists have found in their professions, they offered several accessible and humble pearls of wisdom to help those of us embarking on what we hope will be similar paths to theirs. Here are a few of these pearls:

• Surround yourself with people who know more than you and those who expect more of you than you feel you’re capable of at that time. This will force you to get yourself up to speed by reading, learning, asking questions, and ultimately, growing.

• Do not give up or give in to feelings of failure or rejection along the way. There will be depressing reviews of your work and attacks on your ideas or your credibility. Just keep in mind that even the best of the best have faced and continue to face similar struggles. And, as Dr. Cizek pointed out, it often helps to have a good sense of humor.

• Submit your work to the best journals because this is often where you will get the best feedback. The importance of strong, sound feedback cannot be underestimated.

• Seek out positions on boards and important committees so that you can learn from the exchange of ideas and the most effective ways to state opinions, thoughts, and suggestions.

• While it’s interesting to know a little about a lot of different things in the field of education, many panelists have found it to be more useful to know a lot about one particular area.

• Don’t forget to make your ideas accessible to the general public and not exclusively available to journal readers.

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