Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity: Theory, Research, Critique (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education) - Softcover

Bernstein, Basil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748403728 ISBN 13: 9780748403721

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Since the 1960s, Bernstein's work has been concerned with sociological explorations of the relationship between language, social class and education. This volume develops further the analysis of pedagogic discourse initiated in Bernstein's book "Class, Codes and Control". Here he analyses power and control in educational institutions and provides a theoretical model for how the social structures in classrooms and other cultural institutions are involved in the discourse formation of consciousness and identity, social commitments and everyday social interaction. He also provides examples of the pedagogic institutions from different cultures.

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Bernstein allows us to see social class as more than simply an economic category but as a sociolinguistic and cultural category as well. * Discourse & Society * Bernstein allows us to see social class as more than simply an economic category but as a sociolinguistic and cultural category as well. Discourse & Society

About the Author

Basil Bernstein was the Karl Mannheim Professor of the Sociology of Education, University of London until 1990 when he became Emeritus Professor of the Sociology of Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748403728
• ISBN 13: 9780748403721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240