The following books are reviewed. A Professional Development School Partnership: conflict and collaboration RENEE W. CAMPOY, 2000 Westport: Bergin & Garvey. 149 pp., ISBN 0 89789 705 6, US$62.50 Situated Ethics in Educational Research HELEN SIMONS & ROBIN USHER (Eds.), 2000 London: Routledge. 208pp, ISBN 0 415 20666 9 (hb) £55.00, ISBN 0 415 20667 7 (pb) £17.99 Individualism and Community: education and social policy in the postmodern condition M. PETERS & J. MARSHALL, 1996 London, Falmer Press. 237pp., ISBN 0 7507 0485 3 (hb) £60.00, ISBN 0 7507 0486 1 (pb) £17.99