David Turner Is Professor of Education at the University of Glamorgan. Before he entered academia, he taught as a physics teacher in secondary schools in England.

"'... Every chapter has an important Idea in it, and the last sentence happily promises a sequel'. Tyrell Burgess, Professor Emeritus in the Philosophy of Social Institutions, University of East London. 'I thought the book was provocative and original...' Patricia Broadfoot, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Bristol."

• 1. Theory in Education: Stuck in the Mud with the Wheels Spinning; 2. Clearing the Ground; 3. Large Scale Statistical Survey Methods; 4. Action Research; 5. Postmodernism; 6. Game Theory and Individual Choice in Schooling; 7. Linear Programming and Sociological Laws; 8. Linear Programming and Educational Policy; 9. Group Decision Making; 10. Chaos and Complexity; 11. Conclusions

David Turner Is Professor of Education at the University of Glamorgan. Before he entered academia, he taught as a physics teacher in secondary schools in England.

"'... Every chapter has an important Idea in it, and the last sentence happily promises a sequel'. Tyrell Burgess, Professor Emeritus in the Philosophy of Social Institutions, University of East London. 'I thought the book was provocative and original...' Patricia Broadfoot, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Bristol."

• 1. Theory in Education: Stuck in the Mud with the Wheels Spinning; 2. Clearing the Ground; 3. Large Scale Statistical Survey Methods; 4. Action Research; 5. Postmodernism; 6. Game Theory and Individual Choice in Schooling; 7. Linear Programming and Sociological Laws; 8. Linear Programming and Educational Policy; 9. Group Decision Making; 10. Chaos and Complexity; 11. Conclusions

David Turner Is Professor of Education at the University of Glamorgan. Before he entered academia, he taught as a physics teacher in secondary schools in England.

"'... Every chapter has an important Idea in it, and the last sentence happily promises a sequel'. Tyrell Burgess, Professor Emeritus in the Philosophy of Social Institutions, University of East London. 'I thought the book was provocative and original...' Patricia Broadfoot, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Bristol."

• 1. Theory in Education: Stuck in the Mud with the Wheels Spinning; 2. Clearing the Ground; 3. Large Scale Statistical Survey Methods; 4. Action Research; 5. Postmodernism; 6. Game Theory and Individual Choice in Schooling; 7. Linear Programming and Sociological Laws; 8. Linear Programming and Educational Policy; 9. Group Decision Making; 10. Chaos and Complexity; 11. Conclusions