Liberalism, education and schooling: essays by T. H. McLaughlin

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Reviews the book Liberalism, education and schooling: Essays by T. H. McLaughlin edited by David Carr, Mark Halstead and Richard Pring (2008). Terry McLaughlin looms large in the memory of his numerous friends and colleagues for his kindness, wisdom, integrity, modesty, communicative skills and unfailing good humour. Terry's systematically understated style of writing is a true reflection of his personality. When encountering views so overblown that they beggar belief, he typically says that they 'require qualification' or 'seem overstated'. The three editors of this volume have done a splendid job in selecting a representative cross-section of Terry's work. Their aim was to bring together some of his most notable single authored papers in one place, since he never got round to writing a separate book. The editors deserve high praise for their succinct and carefully crafted introduction and analyses. The volume could also have done with more careful proofreading. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)