Towards the sociology of truth / Rob Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Rob, 1946-

Series:

Continuum studies in education Towards the sociology of truth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Educational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title examines a series of inter-related problems associated with the nature of knowledge, how it is produced within intellectual fields and the implications for the transmission of knowledge in the classroom. This innovative monograph is concerned with a set of inter-related problems associated with the nature of knowledge, how it is produced within intellectual fields and the implications of those things for education and the transmission of knowledge in the classroom. It covers issues in the sociology of knowledge, the educational system and policy, social differences in educational at

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Being Sociological about Knowledge: Setting the Agenda; Chapter 1: Knowledge, culture(s) and Culture; Chapter 2: Schismatism, the Pursuit of Difference and the Tradition of the New; Chapter 3: The Arbitrary and the Absolute; Chapter 4: New Times; Chapter 5: Getting Real - in media res; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-29696-5

9786612296963

1-4411-0013-X

OCLC:

471462935