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Sociology and school knowledge : curriculum theory, research, and politics / Geoff Whitty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitty, Geoff.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Curricula--Great Britain.
- Education.
- Curriculum planning--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Curriculum planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book looks at the ways the theoretical orientation of radical sociology of knowledge has led to its marginalization within the larger educational world. Ladwig outlines a new agenda for constructing an alternative school.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Sociological approaches to the school curriculum; The curriculum as ideological practice; Curriculum studies and the sociology of school knowledge; From academic critique to radical intervention; The Great Debate and its aftermath; The politics of public examinations; Continuity and change in social and political education; Sociologists and political movements; a resume of the current issues; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-83567-5
- 1-135-83568-3
- 0-585-44877-9
- 1-280-42903-8
- 0-203-47263-2
- 9780203472637
- OCLC:
- 225356591
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