1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462295703321

Autore

Rata Elizabeth <1952-, >

Titolo

The politics of knowledge in education / / Elizabeth Rata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-68484-4

9786613661784

1-136-30231-X

0-203-11711-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education ; ; 76

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

Critical pedagogy

Knowledge, Theory of - Political aspects

Postmodernism and education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Politics of Knowledge in Education; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; 1 The Politics of Knowledge; 2 Localisation; 3 Trust and the National Imaginary; 4 Knowledge and Authority; 5 Social Relations of Symbolic Production; 6 Social Relations of Trust; 7 Social Realism and the Sociology of Education; 8 Knowledge and Culturalism; 9 Localised Knowledge; 10 Controlling Knowledge; 11 What Should Be Taught at School; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book explores the decline of the teaching of epistemic, conceptual knowledge in schools, its replacement with everyday social knowledge, and its relation to changes in the division of labor within the global economy. It argues that the emphasis on social knowledge in postmodern and social constructionist pedagogy compounds the problem, and examines the consequences of these changes for educational opportunity and democracy itself"-- Provided by publisher.