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Reclaiming Knowledge
Reclaiming Knowledge asserts the necessity of a strong view of knowledge for a robust sociology of knowledge, for both researching the curriculum and developing policy. Divided into four sections or investigations, the central question underlying this book is how, in a world of uncertainty and challenge, do we develop a responsible knowledge practice?
The Leisure Hour
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Knowledge, Curriculum and Qualifications for South African Further Education
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Reading Bernstein, Researching Bernstein
Basil Bernstein is arguably one of the most important educational theorists of the late 20th century. This book, written by a team of international contributors, offers an insight into the richness and depth of his theories.
Getting Schools Working
A systematic review of research projects into the state of education in South Africa.
Knowledge, Expertise and the Professions
It has long been recognised that specialised knowledge is at the core of what distinguishes professions from other occupations. The privileged status of professions in most countries, however, together with their claims to autonomy and access to specialised knowledge, is being increasingly challenged both by market pressures and by new instruments of accountability and regulation. Established and emerging professions are increasingly seen as either the solution, or as sources of conservatism and resistance to change in western economies, and recent developments in professional education draw on a competence model which emphasises what newly qualified members of a profession ‘can do’ rath...
Challenges of Globalisation
An intellectual record of a riveting dialogue between the highly acclaimed Manuel Castells and South African scholars.
Towards Powerful Educational Knowledge
This book explores what constitutes valid or powerful educational knowledge and the role of educational theorising in questions of educational practice. It examines the challenges facing the ‘deliberative’ educational knowledge traditions of educational foundations, curriculum theory and Didaktik as a consequence of the rising tide of empiricism in educational research, the ‘what works’ agenda in global educational reform and internal fragmentation within the traditions themselves. By examining the potential for the reconfiguration or reconstruction of these traditions, the book explores the possibility of reinvigorating deliberative educational theorising in ways that could provide ...
