Geoff Whitty

Sociology and School Knowledge (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The rise of a radical 'new' sociology of education during the early 1970s focused attention on the nature of school knowledge. Although this new approach was set to revolutionize the subject, within a few years, many people considered these developments an eccentric interlude, with little relevance to curriculum theory or practice. First published in 1985, this book offers a more positive view of the new sociology of education and its contribution to our understanding of the curriculum. In doing so, it argues that some of the radical promise of the new sociology of education could be realised, but only if sociologists, teachers and political movements of the left work more closely together

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135835682
• Artikelnr.: 43073595

Autorenporträt

GEOFF WHITTY

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Part One From theory and research to policy and practice
Chapter 1 Sociological approachesto the school curriculum
Chapter 2 The curriculum as ideological practice
Chapter 3 Curriculum studies and the sociology of school knowledge
Chapter 4 From academic critique to radical intervention
Part 2 Part Two Current curriculum conflicts in a sociological perspective
Chapter 5 The Great Debate and its aftermath
Chapter 6 The politics of public examinations
Chapter 7 Continuity and change in social and political education
Chapter 8 Sociologists and political movements: a resume of the current issues