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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826197603321

Autore

Moore Rob <1946->

Titolo

Towards the sociology of truth / / Rob Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2009

ISBN

1-282-29696-5

9786612296963

1-4411-0013-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in education Towards the sociology of truth

Disciplina

306.43

Soggetti

Knowledge, Sociology of

Educational sociology

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Being Sociological about Knowledge: Setting the Agenda; Chapter 1: Knowledge, culture(s) and Culture; Chapter 2: Schismatism, the Pursuit of Difference and the Tradition of the New; Chapter 3: The Arbitrary and the Absolute; Chapter 4: New Times; Chapter 5: Getting Real - in media res; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This title examines a series of inter-related problems associated with the nature of knowledge, how it is produced within intellectual fields and the implications for the transmission of knowledge in the classroom. This innovative monograph is concerned with a set of inter-related problems associated with the nature of knowledge, how it is produced within intellectual fields and the implications of those things for education and the transmission of knowledge in the classroom. It covers issues in the sociology of knowledge, the educational system and policy, social differences in educational at