1. Editorial

   • Lynn Meek

   EditorialNotes Pages: iv - iv

2. The 1987 radford memorial lecture: Educational research and the making of policy

   • C. E. Beeby

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 12

3. Educational research: Scientific or political?

   • Jeremy Kilpatrick

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 28

4. Out of the classroom, into the courts: The legalization of Australian education and its implications for educational research

   • Helen Sungaila
   • Glenn Swafford

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 46

5. Marxism and the art of comparative education: Reflections and considerations

   • A. R. Welch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 54

6. Education policy under the thatcher government

   • Rene Saron

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 63

7. Book reviews

   • Tony Shaddock

   BookReview Pages: 65 - 66

8. Notices

   Announcement Pages: 67 - 69

9. Calendar of events

   Events Pages: 70 - 72