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Why Knowledge Matters in Curriculum : a Social Realist Argument.
What should we teach in our schools and vocational education and higher education institutions? Is theoretical knowledge still important??This book argues that providing students with access to knowledge should be the raison d'être of education. Its premise is that access to knowledge is an is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | New studies in critical realism and education.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1 Introduction: what should we teach?; 2 A Bernsteinian analysis of knowledge and the implications for curriculum; 3 Evaluation and critique: a modified Bernsteinian basis for curriculum; 4 What does commitment to realism mean for curriculum?; 5 The role of the disciplines in curriculum: a critical realist analysis; 6 How knowledge was dethroned in society and displaced in curriculum; 7 The crisis of curriculum; 8 The appropriation of constructivism by instrumentalism: the case of competency-based training.
- 9 Conclusion: what type of curriculum do we need? The social realist alternativeNotes; References; Index.