Pedagogy and the shaping of consciousness : linguistic and social processes / edited by Frances Christie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christie, Frances.

Series:

Open linguistics series.

Open linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology.

Sociolinguistics.

Literacy--Social aspects.

Literacy.

Teaching--Social aspects.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Cassell, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Basil Bernstein began to develop his theory of social structure and power relations during the 1950's and 1960's. Early in the 1960's he met M. A. K. Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan, who were developing the first formulations of what would become known as systemic functional (SF) linguistic theory. A far-reaching dialogue began. Bernstein recognized the significant role that language plays in the construction of social experience and social inequality. Halliday and Hasan were actively seeking a theory of language that would explain the nature of the social. In different ways, they acknowledged

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Society, language and the mind: the meta-dialogism of Basil Bernstein's theory; 2 Contexts for learning; 3 Preparing for school: developing a semantic style for educational knowledge; 4 The pedagogic device and the production of pedagogic discourse: a case example in early literacy education; 5 Mentoring semogenesis:'genre-based' literacy pedagogy; 6 The pedagogic device and the teaching of English; 7 Language, knowledge and authority in school mathematics

8 Culture, competence and schooling: approaches to literacy teaching in indigenous school education 9 Official knowledge and pedagogic identities; 10 Pedagogic identities and educational reform in the 1990's: the cultural dynamics of national curricula; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611294649

9781281294647

1281294640

9781441138040

1441138048

9781847141811

1847141811

OCLC:

290573617