| Knowledge, Power and Educational Reform: Applying the Sociology of Basil Bernstein Contributor(s): Moore, Rob (Editor), Arnot, Madeleine (Editor), Beck, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415559723 ISBN-13: 9780415559720 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: Selected writings from an international team of scholars, highlighting the contribution made to the field of educational policy and educational policy research by Basil Bernstein's work on the sociology of pedagogy. These contributors explore, analyze and engage with contemporary political reforms of education, contemporary pedagogic debates, and the changing nature of professional knowledge, relationships and structures. Subjects covered include: * particular concepts such as voice research * the significance of social class in relation to the language, schooling and home cultures * differences between official and pedagogic recontextualizing fields * formation of different types of identities * the construction of the learner * formation of teacher identities and use of pedagogic discourses, and * analysis of performance-based educational reforms and its impact on pedagogy. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Education | Research - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.43 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.82 lbs) 250 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book is made up of a selection of writings from an international team of scholars, highlighting the contribution made to the field of educational policy and educational policy research by Basil Bernstein's work on the sociology of pedagogy. These contributors explore, analyse and engage with contemporary political reforms of education, contemporary pedagogic debates and the changing nature of professional knowledge, relationships and structures. The subjects covered include:
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