Emerging Perspectives From Social Realism on Knowledge and Education - Curricula, Pedagogy, Identity, and Equity

This book brings the key ideas and concepts of social realism to bear on current debates in the fields of knowledge and curriculum.

List of contents

PART 1: Theoretical Matters 1. Introduction: Knowledge and the curriculum: new perspectives from social realism 2. Bernstein's knowledge structures and the curriculum 3. The curriculum as relation between knowledge of reality and the individual's development: contributions from Antonio Gramsci and Lev Vygotsky PART 2: Curriculum Contestations 4. School music education beyond human development? Contributions from a social realist perspective 5. Decolonisation and the curriculum: Applying a social realist lens 6. Knowledge travels: the recontextualisation of socio-cultural knowledge for the academy and the school. 7. Privatising Music Knowledge: Identifying the restrictions that specialise music education PART 3: Knowledge and Teacher Education 8. Logic in the Curriculum Design Coherence Model: How the Model creates coherence 9. Practice knowledge and teacher mentoring: a realist analysis of professional development and learning 10. Why 'liberating' Education Studies from foundation disciplines cannot make it more coherent 11. Exploring the challenges of recontextualisation in the development of teachers' professional practice knowledge. PART 4: Crossing Boundaries 12. Interdisciplinary curriculum and equity 13. Crossing boundaries: Exploring the theory, practice and possibility of a 'Future 3' curriculum

About the author

Graham McPhail is an associate professor in the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education and Social Work, the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Richard Pountney is a senior lecturer in the Sheffield Institute for Education, Sheffield Hallam University, the United Kingdom.
Leesa Wheelahan is Professor Emerita, William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership, in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Summary

This book brings the key ideas and concepts of social realism to bear on current debates in the fields of knowledge and curriculum.

Product details

• Authors: Graham (University of Auckland Mcphail
• Assisted by: Graham McPhail (Editor), Richard Pountney (Editor), Pountney Richard (Editor), Leesa Wheelahan (Editor), Wheelahan Leesa (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032707037
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270703-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Routledge Research in the Sociology of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Curricula, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Curriculum planning & development, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Curriculum planning and development