The "Teachers' Learning Project" (1999), by John Smythe and colleagues, is pitched at Australian teachers, but is adaptable to England and elsewhere. Rather than prescribing theories and practices, this publication supports critical reflection by providing suggestions and structures for gathering evidence, discussing practice, and questioning the…

Reviews four publications comprising a vivid testimony to current dilemmas and challenges facing reconstruction of Palestinian education. Critical policy issues have arisen concerning the broader meanings attached to educational resources and their relation to economic and civil opportunities. National-collective issues have eclipsed equity and…

Themes discussed in reviews of seven books on educational management include the profession's changing context, management of change, managerial discourses, leadership micropolitics, the shift from management to leadership, power and values, and the education/management linkage. Educational management should stress educational goals, not…