This study firstly aims at specifying and presenting the frequency of different types of rhetorical moves employed in ESP book reviews, and then highlighting the importance of comprehending genre knowledge of the profession that ELT postgraduate students will set out in future, as this knowledge is essential to their professional career. With this…

William Russell became one of the most influential educators in the field of international and comparative education in the first half of the 20th century. In 1914, William Russell obtained his PhD from Teachers College and, within few years, became a prominent figure internationally. He traveled through Europe and taught in Japan and Siberia, as…

Disability Studies in Education (DSE) offers a framework that (a) grounds policy/practice in the experiences [and] perspectives of people with disabilities, (b) challenges practices/policy that isolate, de-humanize individuals, and (c) leads to new questions to pose. In this session, pedagogy for critical book reviews from a DSE perspective is…

The views of three prominent figures concerning the current state of the book world are presented in the three separate essays in this booklet. The first essay, by critic and educator Alfred Kazin, addresses the state of literature in the United States, focusing upon financial pressures and the failure of current writers to see beyond today in…

This paper discusses the Colorado Children's Book Award (CCBA), established in 1975 to allow children, rather than adults, to vote on their favorite books. The rules for book nomination and voting are explained in this paper and a short history of the award is given. The remaining portion of the paper reviews briefly each of the 12 children's…

Describes experiences as a children's book critic and as editor of the annual "Children's Books of the Year" for the National Book League. (FL)

The fact that love is so fundamental to the human experience and can affect clients in so many ways suggests that counselors may frequently encounter clients seeking assistance with problems involving love, and that counselors may consequently be interested in scientific inquiry regarding the nature and experience of love. This paper reviews two…

Four books are discussed as being helpful in the teaching of playwriting at the college level: Kenneth Macgowan's "A Primer of Playwriting" (1951); Walter Kerr's "How Not to Write a Play" (1955); Bernard Grebanier's "Playwriting" (1961); and Sam Smiley's "Playwriting: The Structure of Action" (1971). The books are discussed individually and are…

Discusses and comments on the process of reviewing books for children and adolescents. Mergers within the publishing industry are discussed; the proliferation of books in series is described; problems with stereotyping are considered; various book lists are described; the production of paperback originals is discussed; and the role of reviewers is…

Includes three presentations that were originally presented at the 1993 American Library Association Annual Conference as part of the forum entitled "Is That Book Politically Correct? Truth and Trends in Historical Literature for Young People." The viewpoints of an editor, an educator, and a writer are presented. (LRW)

Two studies examined the hypothesis that negative evaluators will be perceived as more intelligent than positive evalutors. Two types of stimuli were used: excerpts from actual negative and positive book reviews, and versions of those excerpts that were edited so that the balance of the reviews varied but the content did not. The results strongly…

This paper carefully examines the literary elements Scott O'Dell uses in his children's novel "The Captive," that so successfully engage even a reluctant reader. The paper explores the writer's style and subtle use of detail and foreshadowing. Quoting specific examples, the paper points out O'Dell's imaginative syntax and his ability to…

This study of book reviews takes an objective look at the major sources that review children's books. Periodicals examined are Booklist, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Horn Book, New York Times Book Review, and School Library Journal. Presented in a series of eight tables, the report examines reviews of 30 titles published between…

This paper focuses on the theory of organizational change and development as presented by Ronald G. Corwin in his book, "Reform and Organizational Survival: The Teacher Corps As an Instrument of Educational Change," and the implications this theory has for efforts at institutional change which are being made by the Teacher Corps. Corwin…

Identifies the qualities in DeJong's children's books that make them equal to adult books in the depth of emotion they cover. (CRH)