Blackwell Handbook of Education

Michael Farrell trained as both a teacher and as a psychologist. He held senior management posts in special education and has taught at both London and City Universities. He is now a consultant to the Department of Education. Trevor Kerry has been a teacher, adviser and lecturer for many years and has experience of all phases of education. He is currently staff tutor with the Open University and a Visiting Fellow at the University of East Anglia.Carolle Kerry has held a variety of posts involved with local education and child care. More recently, in a Public Relations post with Norfolk County Council she was responsible for the county's "Information for Parents" and for a number of school-based projects.

• Acknowledgements. Introduction.Section 1: A-Z Entries.Section 2: Acronyms and Abbreviations.Section 3: Directory of Organisations.Section 4: Legislation.Alphabetical Index.Classified Index.

"Well organized and filled with recent data and significant educational research. Users will be struck by the inclusion of many educational terms and issues such as hyperactivity, multicultural education, and readiness that are familiar to those used in the United States. Education professors and administrators needing information on specific British government-sponsored reports and legislation from 1861 to the present will find the chronological list in section 4 especially helpful." Kathleen W. Craver, ARBA