The Politics of Knowledge in Education (Routledge Research in Education)

Rata, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0415851416 / ISBN 13: 9780415851411

Published by Routledge, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Politics of Knowledge in Education (Routledge Research in Education)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415851416
• ISBN 13: 9780415851411
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This book explores the decline of the teaching of epistemic, conceptual knowledge in schools, its replacement with everyday social knowledge, and its relation to changes in the division of labor within the global economy. It argues that the emphasis on social knowledge in postmodern and social constructionist pedagogy compounds the problem, and examines the consequences of these changes for educational opportunity and democracy itself.

About the Author

Elizabeth Rata is Associate Professor in the School of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland.