This article explores disciplinary approaches to educa‐tional studies over the past fifty years,
in particular those developed by exponents of the'foundation disciplines' of history …

This article explores disciplinary approaches to educational studies over the past fifty years,
in particular those developed by exponents of the 'foundation disciplines' of history …

A unique book providing a critical overview of the foundation disciplines of education. This
book presents a comprehensive introduction to the five key disciplines that form the …

I have looked forward to this occasion with some trepidation, and indeed am rather surprised
to find myself in this position. This is the fourth annual conference of BERA, so three …

This article takes a broad, and somewhat personal, sweep across the last 30 years or so of
educational history in the United Kingdom (UK) and highlights some of the challenges …

This paper starts from the point in the early 1970s at which educational theory and research
was temporarily structured under the 'foundation'disciplines of psychology, sociology …

This paper assesses the origins, character and legacy of the Standing Conference on
Studies in Education (SCSE), established in 1951. In the historical and theoretical context of …

Throughout the last twenty-five years all areas of educational thought have been
preoccupied with the continuing conflict between conservative middle-class dominance of …

I Where better to begin than at the beginning. The first issue of the British Journal of
Educational Studies was published in November 1952. Sixty years later it is remarkable how …

It is, I think, important to clarify from the beginning of this book my understanding of the
nature of educational research and educational theory, for this carries implications for many …