Social Realism, Knowledge and the Sociology of Education : Coalitions of the Mind.
Title:
Social Realism, Knowledge and the Sociology of Education : Coalitions of the Mind.
Author:
Maton, Karl.
ISBN:
9781441199058
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (207 pages)
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 Judgements -- Chapter 8: Canons and Progress in the Arts and Humanities: Knowers and Gazes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
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 position developed in the book challenges two major currents of thought that have for a long time been prominent and influential in sociology and education: postmodernism and progressivism/constructivism. This well-edited collection of papers is provocative and original in that it represents a sustained, collective critique that offers a genuine alternative to these current orthodoxies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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