1st Edition

Education Matters 60 years of the British Journal of Educational Studies

Edited By James Arthur, Jon Davison, Richard Pring Copyright 2012
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Education Matters draws together a selection of the most influential papers published in the British Journal of Educational Studies by many of the leading scholars in the field over the past sixty years. This unique collection of seminal articles published since the first issue of the Journal provides students and researchers in education with an informed insight and understanding of the... Read more

Introduction Jon Davison, James Arthur and Richard Pring  1. Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Education W. A. C. Stewart  2. Tradition and the Comprehensive School A. V. Judges  3. The Examination at Eleven Plus C. Burt  4. The 1870 Education Act W. H. G. Armytage  5. Christian Theology and Educational Theory: Can there be Connections? J. Hull  6. The Impact of Research on Educational Studies P. Broadfoot and J. Nisbet  7. Philosophy of Education 1952-1982 R. F. Dearden  8. The Sociology of Education, 1952-1982 O. Banks  9. The History of Education in the 1980s B. Simon  10. The Place of Theory of Education in Teacher Education M. Sutherland  11. The Importance of Traditional Learning A. O’Hear  12. City Technology Colleges: an Old Choice of School? G. McCulloch  13. Education and Values D. Carr  14. What is Evidence Based Education? P. Davies  15. The Need for Randomised Control Trials in Educational Research C. & D. Torgerson  16. The Educational Importance of Ethos T. McLaughlin  17. The Very Idea of a University: Aristotle, Newman and Us A. McIntyre  18. John Dewey, Gothic and Modern J. S. Kaminsky  An Appreciation of Roy Niblett

Biography

James Arthur is Professor of Education and Head of the School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK

Jon Davison has been professor of teacher education in four UK universities including the Institute of Education, University of London, UK where he was also Dean.

Richard Pring is Emeritus Professor of Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK