Throughout the last decade there has been an unprecedented amount of activity in curriculum policy, and recent years have seen the acceleration of that activity following the Education Reform Act of 1988. This reader is a selection of work which addresses some of the more complex ideas and debates surrounding curriculum policy. The book is divided into three parts, the first section describes the background to recent curriculum policy, the second section looks at a variety of ways of constructing the curriculum, all of which have an impact on policy, while the third section offers a series of critiques on current policy, in particular the immediate impact of the ERA and of vocationalism, of market forces and strong central control.

Curriculum Policy: A Reader (Open University)

Politics & Social Sciences

Moore, Rob

Ozga, Jennifer

Moore. Patrick

Social Sciences

Emerald Publishing

Graduate Citizens

Following the introduction of student loans and tuition fees, the situation of students and new graduates has changed considerably. Set in this context, Graduate Citizens is a thought-provoking, and insightful look at the current generation of students' attitudes towards citizenship and matters of social and moral responsibility. Drawing on small-scale case studies of students in two universities, the authors explore students' changing sense of citizenship against the backdrop of recent changes in higher education. It addresses students' approaches to being in debt, the role of their families in providing support and their attitudes towards careers. Questioning the claim that the current generation of students is politically apathetic, this book shows that they are in fact socially concerned with, though distant from, official, mainstream politics. It investigates students' responses to such political and economic phenomena as globalisation and the ever-increasing promotion of market forces. Graduate Citizens illuminates and explores the links between reforms in higher education, student experience of university and issues of citizenship. It poses questions about the condition and future of citizenship in Britain and discusses the implications for citizenship education.

Graduate Citizens: Issues of Citizenship and Higher Education

Business & Money

Beck, John

Ahier, John

Education & Reference

Routledge

Basil Bernstein: The thinker and the field

Basil Bernstein: The Thinker and the Field provides a comprehensive introduction to the work of Basil Bernstein, demonstrating his distinctive contribution to social theory by locating it within the historical context of the development of the sociology of education and Sociology in Britain. Although Bernstein had a particular interest in education, he did not see himself as a sociologist of education alone. By exploring Bernstein’s intellectually collaborative character and the evolving system of ideas, drawing upon anthropology and linguistics, the originality of Bernstein’s contribution to the social sciences can be truly identified. Rob Moore’s text offers a provocative and challenging account both of Bernstein, and of British sociology and education, approaching Bernstein’s work as a complex model of intertwining ideas rather than a single theory. Continued interest in Bernstein’s work has opened up a world-wide network of scholarship, and Moore considers contemporary research alongside classical sources in Durkheim and Marx, to provide a historical analysis of the fields of British Sociology and the sociology of education, pinpointing Bernstein’s position within them. The book is organised into two main parts: The Field <ul>
<li>Background and Beginnings</li> <li>Durkheim, Cosmology and Education</li> </ul> The Problematic <ul>
<li>The Structure of Pedagogic Discourse</li> <li>Bernstein and Theory</li> <li>Bernstein and research</li> <li>The Pedagogic Device</li> </ul> Written by a leading authority in the field, this text will be valuable reading for post-graduate students of sociology and education, along with active researchers and their research students.

A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them. What is gravity? Why don't skydivers fall off into space? Do heavy objects fall faster than light objects? You can find the answers to these and other questions about gravity in Why Do Balls Bounce?

Why Do Balls Bounce? Level 6 Factbook (Cambridge Young Readers)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Cambridge University Press

A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them.   What makes flight possible?  Why can a bumblebee fly?  How does a jet engine work?    You can find the answers to these and other questions about flight and gravity in Why Does It Fly?

Why Does It Fly? Level 6 Factbook (Cambridge Young Readers)

Science & Math

A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them.   What is electricity?  What is static electricity?  Why do batteries go flat?    You can find the answers to these and other questions about electricity in Why Does Electricity Flow?

Why Does Electricity Flow? Level 6 Factbook (Cambridge Young Readers)

Part of the Pobblebonk back-to-basics shared reading program.

Why Does it Fly?

Teen & Young Adult

Why Does Electricity Flow?

Education and Society: Issues and Explanations in the Sociology of Education

This new book is a lively and highly accessible introduction to thesociology of education. Written in a clear and comprehensible way,it introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives andconceptual frameworks in the sociology of education, and provides aguide to contemporary issues and current debates. The book reviews the ways in which sociology contributes to ourunderstanding of the relationship between education and society.The sociology of education is treated in historical depth, dealingwith the classic thinkers as well as with contemporary approachesand issues. In doing so, it critically engages with wider debatesin social theory. There is an extensive treatment of Durkheim andof the work of Bourdieu and Bernstein, as well as discussion ofpost-modernism drawing upon recent ideas in epistemology andphilosophy of science to address the question: What should weteach? The book covers the macro relationships between educationand the economy and state and the micro processes of the classroomand school. A central concern is with inequalities of class, genderand race and their treatment by different sociologicalperspectives. Education and Society will be an essential text for students ofsociology and education.

Polity

This new book is a lively and highly accessible introduction to the sociology of education. Written in a clear and comprehensible way, it introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks in the sociology of education, and provides a guide to contemporary issues and current debates.       The book reviews the ways in which sociology contributes to our understanding of the relationship between education and society. The sociology of education is treated in historical depth, dealing with the classic thinkers as well as with contemporary approaches and issues. In doing so, it critically engages with wider debates in social theory. There is an extensive treatment of Durkheim and of the work of Bourdieu and Bernstein, as well as discussion of post-modernism drawing upon recent ideas in epistemology and philosophy of science to address the question: What should we teach? The book covers the macro relationships between education and the economy and state and the micro processes of the classroom and school. A central concern is with inequalities of class, gender and race and their treatment by different sociological perspectives.    Education and Society will be an essential text for students of sociology and education.

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Books by Moore, Rob

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Curriculum Policy: A Reader (Open University)

Graduate Citizens: Issues of Citizenship and Higher Education

Basil Bernstein: The thinker and the field

Why Do Balls Bounce? Level 6 Factbook (Cambridge Young Readers)

Why Does It Fly? Level 6 Factbook (Cambridge Young Readers)

Why Does Electricity Flow? Level 6 Factbook (Cambridge Young Readers)

Why Does it Fly?

Why Does Electricity Flow?

Education and Society: Issues and Explanations in the Sociology of Education

Education and Society: Issues and Explanations in the Sociology of Education