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Why Knowledge Matters in Curriculum

A Social Realist Argument

Bibliographic Data

ID19915946
AuthorsLeesa Wheelahan (0000-0001-7981-9710, Griffith University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Pages208
Publication date2012-07-26
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWhy knowledge matters in curriculum (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203860236
OpenAlexW567102716
Open LibraryOL34627246M
ISBN9780203860236
LanguageEN
Citations received53

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

Aesthetics · Conservatism · Curriculum · Epistemology · Instrumentalism · International relations · Pedagogy · Philosophical realism · Political science · Realism · Social constructivism · Social realism · Social science · Sociology · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Philosophy · Basil B. Bernstein · Critical pedagogy · Critical realism · Curriculum change

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Unique citing works53
Citations per year3,53
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 28

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