Class, Culture and the Curriculum by Denis Lawton

Class, Culture and the Curriculum by Denis Lawton

It is often argued that education is concerned with the transmission of middle-class values and that this explains the relative educational failure of the working class. Consequently, distinctive culture needs a different kind of education. This volume examines this claim and the wider question of culture in British society. It analyses cultural differences from a social historical viewpoint and considers the views of those applying the sociology of knowledge to educational problems. The author recognizes the pervasive sub-cultural differences in British society but maintains that education should ideally transmit knowledge which is relatively class-free. Curriculum is defined as a selection from the culture of a society and this selection should be appropriate for all children. The proposed solution is a common culture curriculum and the author discusses three schools which are attempting to put the theory of such curriculum into practice. This study is an incisive analysis of the relationships between class, education and culture and also a clear exposition of the issues and pressures in developing a common culture curriculum.

Denis Lawton is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of London, UK, where he was formerly Director of the Institute of Education. Jo Cairns was formerly Head of Religious Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, Head of Continuing Personal and Professional Development and Lifelong Learning, Westminster College, Oxford, UK, and Assistant Director at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK. Roy Gardner is Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, London, UK.

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ISBN 13	9780710080547
ISBN 10	0710080549
Title	Class, Culture and the Curriculum
Author	Denis Lawton
Series	Students Library Of Education
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1975-04-03
Number of pages	134
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