General Editor’s Preface Editor’s Introduction 1 Educational Research: Principles and Policies 2 Educational Research: Policies and Practices
From 1972-78 Marten Shipman was Director of Research and Statistcs for the Inner London Education Authority and visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey. In 1979 he was appointed Professor of Education at Warwick University and Dean of Education at the Roehampton Institute In 1984. He is the author of several books on the sociology of education and on social research methods.