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Education: an anatomy of the discipline. Rescuing the university project?

Based on four years work, the book brings together historical, sociological, philosophical and empirical analysis to review the 'discipline' of education in the UK today and the future. Invited Key Note addresses on the book include: 2012 : BERA, Manchester; The BERA Symposium at AARE, Sydney; 2013: Higher Education Academy Teaching and Learning symposium; Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Annual Lecture, University of Ulster; BESA, Swansea. A full length feature article appeared in the THES http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/features/educationalists-must-do-better/2003518.fullarticle. A follow-up British Academy project (The Discipline of Education in Different Jurisdictions) will examine the discipline in a range of different countries.

This book is equivalent to three or more journal articles. It focuses on the development of education as a discipline, how it is currently understood and practised and threats to its future. The culmination of four years of work, it draws on wide range of different forms of scholarship (historical analysis, policy sociology, philosophical analysis and case studies of education departments in 10 UK universities) providing a comprehensive overview of the field. Topics include the historical development of the discipline; the current shape of educational teaching and research; the changing nature of universities; challenges for the future of the discipline.