Book reviewed in this article:Learning StrategiesJohnNisbet&JanetShucksmith, 1986 London, Routledge&Kegan Paul £15.95 hardback, 104 pp. ISBN 0 7102 0569 4The Teaching of ThinkingRaymondS. Nickerson, DavidN. Perkins&EdwardE. Smith, 1985 Hillsdale, N.J., Erlbaum £28.50 hardback; 384 pp. ISBN 0 89859 539 8Youth, Unemployment and SchoolingStephenWalker&LenBarton(Eds), 1986 Milton Keynes, Open University Press £20 hardback, £6.95 paperback, 218 pp.Education and Social ChangeLenBarton&SteveWalker(Eds), 1985 Beckenham, Croom Helm £15.95 hardback, 250 pp. ISBN 0 7099 3904 3Education Under Siege: the conservative, liberal and radical debate over schoolingStanleyA. Aronowitz&HenryA. Giroux, 1986 London, Routledge&Kegan Paul 234 + xi pages ISBN 0 7102 0821 9Power and the Promise of School Reform: grassroots movements during the progressive eraWilliamJ. Reese, 1986 London, Routledge&Kegan Paul 342 + xxx pages ISBN 0 7100 9952 5 hardback 0 7102 0767 0 paperbackChildren and Microcomputers: research on the newest mediumM. Chen&W. Paisley(Eds), Beverly Hills, Sage £31.00 hardback £15.00 paperback ISBN 8039 2446 1 (cloth) 8039 2447 X (paper)The Computer and the Child: a Montessori approachPeterGebhardt‐Seele, 1985 Oxford, Computer Science Press Blackwell Scientific Publications £19.95 ISBN 0 88175 013 1Using Computers in EnglishPhilMoore, 1986 London, Methuen £5.95 ISBN 0 416 36190 0Reading and the New TechnologiesJimEwing(Ed.), 1985 London, Heinemann £9.95 ISBN 0435 10909 XUsing Micrcomputers: a guidebook for writers teachers and researchers in the social scienceBlaineA. Brownell, 1985 Beverly Hills, Sage £18.75 hardback ISBN 8039 2291 4 (cloth) 0 8039 2291 4 (paper)Science and Computers in Primary EducationFrankAdams(Ed.), 1985 Edinburgh, Scottish Council for Educational Research £9.00 ISBN 0 947833 072Girls into Science and TechnologyJudithWhyte, 1986 London, Routledge&Kegan Paul £16.95 hardback, 290 pp. ISBN 0 7102 0364 0In‐service Training and Educational DevelopmentDavidHopkins, 1986 Beckenham, Croom Helm £19.95 hardback, 334 pp. ISBN 0 7099 3710 5Sociology, Education and SchoolsRobertG. Burgess, 1986 Batsford £14.95 hardback; £7.95 paperback, 272 pp