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

• Introduction Professor Richard Pring, University of Oxford, former editor of the BJES.Part 1. The Society for Educational Studies and the BJESJames Arthur, editor of the BJES and Jon Davison, chair of the SESPart 2. The Field of Educational StudiesJames Arthur and Jon DavisonPart 3. Key articles 1952 - 2011 a) W. A. C. Stewart, ‘Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Education’ (1952/3 1)b) A. V. Judges, ‘Tradition and the Comprehensive School’ (1953/4 1) c) G. Bantock, ‘Fact and Value in Education’ (1956/7 5,1)d) C. Burt, ‘The Examination at 11+’ (1958/9 7, 2)e) A. J. Peters, ‘The Changing Idea of Technical Education’ (1962/3 11, 2)f) P. S. Wilson ‘In Defence of Bingo’ plus R. S. Peters ‘A Rejoinder’ (1967, 15, 1&2)g) W. H. G. Armitage ‘The 1870 Education Act’ (1970, 18, 2)h) J. Hull ‘Christian Theology and Educational Theory: Can there be Connections? (1976 24, 2)i) P. Broadfoot and J. Nisbet ‘The Impact of Research on Educational Studies’ (1981 29, 2) j) R. F. Dearden ‘Philosophy of Education 1952-1982’ (1982 30, 1)k) O. Banks, ‘The Sociology of Education, 1952-1982’ (1982 30, 1)l) M. Sutherland, ‘The Place of Theory of Education in Teacher Education’ (1985 23, 3) m) A. O’Hear, ‘The Importance of Traditional Learning’ (1987 35, 2)n) G. McCulloch, ‘City Technology Colleges: an Old Choice of School’ (1989 37, 1) o) D. Carr, ‘Education and Values’ (1991 39, 3) p) J. Wilson, ‘Value Judgements and Educational Research’ (1992 40, 4)q) P. Scott, ‘The Idea of a University in the 21st Century: A British Perspective’ (1993 41, 1)r) P. Davies, ‘What is Evidence Based Education?’ (1999 47, 2) s) C. and D. Torgerson, ‘The Need for Randomised Control Trials in Educational Research’ (2001 49, 3) t) T. McLaughlin, ‘The Educational Importance of Ethos’ (2005 53, 3) u) A. McIntyre, ‘The Very Idea of a University: Aristotle, Newman and Us’ (2009 57, 4)v) J. S. Kaminsky, ‘John Dewey, Gothic and Modern’ (2010 58, 3)AfterwordJames Arthur and Jon Davison

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