Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum [electronic resource] : International Studies in Social Realism /
Barrett, B.editor.
Rata, E.editor.
This collection explores why powerful knowledge matters for social justice and discusses its implications for curriculum and pedagogy. The contributors argue that the purpose of education is to provide all students with access to powerful knowledge so that they acquire the means to move beyond their experiences and enhance their lives.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum; Part I: Powerful Knowledge; 2 Social Realism and the Problem of the Problem of Knowledge in the Sociology of Education; 3 On the Powers of Powerful Knowledge; 4 Powerful Knowledge, Esoteric Knowledge, Curriculum Knowledge; Part II: Knowledge Politics and Policy; 5 Knowledge and Democracy: The Strife of the Dialectic
6 Risky Business: The Marginalisation of Knowledge in American Education Reform Since A Nation at Risk7 The Missing 'Voice' of Knowledge in Knowledge and Skills; Part III: Powerful Knowledge in the Curriculum; 8 Pathways to Powerful Knowledge: A Case for Music's 'Voice'; 9 'Neither Existence Nor Future': The Social Realist Challenge to School Geography; 10 Powerful Knowledge in History: Disciplinary Strength or Weakened Episteme?; Part IV: Pedagogical Implications of Powerful Knowledge; 11 Sequencing Rules as a Condition of Knowledge Structure
12 Building Powerful Knowledge: The Significance of Semantic Waves13 Practical Knowledge of Teaching: What Counts?; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection explores why powerful knowledge matters for social justice and discusses its implications for curriculum and pedagogy. The contributors argue that the purpose of education is to provide all students with access to powerful knowledge so that they acquire the means to move beyond their experiences and enhance their lives.
Educational sociology.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Curriculums (Courses of study).
Education-Curricula.
Education-Philosophy.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Curriculum Studies.
Educational Philosophy.
Social Theory.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.