This book brings together six unpublished papers that have been produced under supervision while a research student at the University of Sheffield; and where the quality of such papers is appropriate to MA level research in educational studies. This series of papers presents a flavour of educational themes that continue to provoke debate within the educational field. They focus on contemporary debates in literacy, processes in educational research and approaches to educational policy. The book is an attempt to disseminate discussions and praxis in the evolving field of educational research.