PEDAGOGY SYMBOLIC CONTROL & IDENTITY: Theory, Research, Critique (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education) - Softcover

Basil Bernstein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748403728 ISBN 13: 9780748403721

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1996

Synopsis

This book, the fifth in the series developing Bernstein's code theory, presents a lucid account of the most recent developments of this code theory and, importantly, shows the close relation between this development and the empirical research to which the theory has given rise. Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity addresses the central issue of Bernstein's research project: are there any general principles underlying the transformation of knowledge into pedagogic communication? In Bernstein's view, we have studied only pedagogic messages and their institutional and ideological base. We have not studied the nature of the relay which makes messages possible. The discussion of this research forms part II of this book, where Bernstein makes explicit the methodology of the research and, in particular, the crucial significance of languages of description.

About this title

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.

Review

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)

Edition details

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748403728
• ISBN 13: 9780748403721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216