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Social realism, knowledge and the sociology of education : coalitions of the mind / edited by Karl Maton and Rob Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology.
- Education--Curricula.
- Education.
- Constructivism (Education).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This key volume is both timely and important in bringing together for the first time seminal papers and new material to examine an increasingly influential school of thought: realist sociology of education that places knowledge at its heart. This volume covers issues in the sociology of knowledge, the educational system and policy, professional autonomy, vocational education, educational research and teaching, as well as the nature of such disciplines as cultural studies, English, science and the arts. The chapters also directly address the nature of sociology of education itself. The realist
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Coalitions of the Mind; Chapter 1: Reconceptualizing Knowledge and the Curriculum in the Sociology of Education; Chapter 2: Analysing Knowledge Claims and Practices: Languages of Legitimation; Chapter 3: 'Voice Discourse' and the Problem of Knowledge and Identity; Chapter 4: Promoting Official Pedagogic Identities: The Sacred and the Profane; Chapter 5: Competency-Based Training, Powerful Knowledge and the Working Class; Chapter 6: Knowledge and Truth in the Sociology of Education
- Chapter 7: Knowledge Structures and the Canon: A Preference for JudgementsChapter 8: Canons and Progress in the Arts and Humanities: Knowers and Gazes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-109) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45311-4
- 9786612453113
- 1-4411-9905-5
- OCLC:
- 536301455
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