Reviews work which describes the tribes approach to building community through group development of students and staff, provides a blueprint to assist with its implementation, discusses administrative support, and presents strategies and energizers for teachers. Maintains that organization and insightful writing make the book easy to follow. (KB)

Briefly reviews children's literature on the themes of cooperative learning, community cooperation, interdependence, and putting the social back into social studies. Summarizes three books for primary readers, four for intermediate grades, and three for young adults. Covers a wide variety of cooperative learning situations. (CH)

Reviews three books concerned with the role of education either in constructing new nationalist identities or in promoting global awareness and pluralistic attitudes. Distinguishes between multicultural education in elementary and secondary schools and separatist ethnic studies in universities. Points out the appeal of nationalist and ethnic…