Curriculum and the Specialization of Knowledge by Michael Young

Curriculum and the Specialization of Knowledge by Michael Young

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This book presents a new way for educators at all levels - from early years to university - to think about curriculum priorities. It focuses on the curriculum as a form of specialised knowledge, optimally designed to enable students to gain access to the best knowledge available in any field.

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Curriculum and the Specialization of Knowledge by Michael Young

This book presents a new way for educators at all levels - from early years to university - to think about curriculum priorities. It focuses on the curriculum as a form of specialised knowledge, optimally designed to enable students to gain access to the best knowledge available in any field. Papers jointly written by the authors over the last eight years are revised for this volume. It draws on the sociology of knowledge and in particular the work of Emile Durkheim and Basil Bernstein, opening up the possibilities for collaborative inter-disciplinary enquiry with historians, philosophers and psychologists. Although primarily directed to researchers, university teachers and graduate students, its arguments about specialised knowledge have profound implications for policy makers.
Michael Young is Professor of Education at the UCL Institute of Education, London. Johan Muller is Emeritus Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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ISBN 13 9781138814929
ISBN 10 113881492X
Title Curriculum and the Specialization of Knowledge
Author Michael Young
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2015-09-14
Number of pages 240
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