Leesa Wheelahan

Why Knowledge Matters in Curriculum

A Social Realist Argument

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Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a unique approach by using the sociology of Basil Bernstein and the philosophy of critical realism as complementary modes of theorising to extend and develop social realist arguments about the role of knowledge in curriculum, and to elaborate social realism's critique of constructivism, technical-instrumentalism and neo-conservatism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415483186
• ISBN-10: 0415483182
• Artikelnr.: 29928033

Autorenporträt

Leesa Wheelahan is an associate professor at the L.H. Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include vocational knowledge in curriculum, and tertiary education policy and social justice. She is a regular commentator for Campus Review, Australia's weekly tertiary education newspaper

Inhaltsangabe

This book takes a unique approach by using the sociology of Basil Bernstein
and the philosophy of critical realism as complementary modes of theorising
to extend and develop social realist arguments about the role of knowledge
in curriculum, and to elaborate social realism's critique of
constructivism, technical-instrumentalism and neo-conservatism.