Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction: Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum

   1. Introduction: Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum

      • Elizabeth Rata, Brian Barrett

      Pages 1-20

3. Powerful Knowledge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Social Realism and the Problem of the Problem of Knowledge in the Sociology of Education

      • Rob Moore

      Pages 23-40

   3. On the Powers of Powerful Knowledge

      • Michael Young, Johan Muller

      Pages 41-64

   4. Powerful Knowledge, Esoteric Knowledge, Curriculum Knowledge

      • John Beck

      Pages 65-75

4. Knowledge Politics and Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Knowledge and Democracy: The Strife of the Dialectic

      • Elizabeth Rata

      Pages 79-91

   3. Risky Business: The Marginalisation of Knowledge in American Education Reform Since A Nation at Risk

      • Brian Barrett

      Pages 92-103

   4. The Missing ‘Voice’ of Knowledge in Knowledge and Skills

      • Chris Corbel

      Pages 104-119

5. Powerful Knowledge in the Curriculum

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Pathways to Powerful Knowledge: A Case for Music’s ‘Voice’

      • Graham McPhail

      Pages 123-135

   3. ‘Neither Existence Nor Future’: The Social Realist Challenge to School Geography

      • John Morgan

      Pages 136-152

   4. Powerful Knowledge in History: Disciplinary Strength or Weakened Episteme?

      • Barbara Ormond

      Pages 153-166

6. Pedagogical Implications of Powerful Knowledge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. Sequencing Rules as a Condition of Knowledge Structure

      • Jeanne Gamble

      Pages 169-180

   3. Building Powerful Knowledge: The Significance of Semantic Waves

      • Karl Maton

      Pages 181-197

   4. Practical Knowledge of Teaching: What Counts?

      • Yael Shalem, Lynne Slonimsky

      Pages 198-212

7. Back Matter

   Pages 213-238

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This collection explores why powerful knowledge matters for social justice and discusses its implications for curriculum and pedagogy. The contributors argue that the purpose of education is to provide all students with access to powerful knowledge so that they acquire the means to move beyond their experiences and enhance their lives.

• Sociology of education
• Social realism
• Powerful knowledge
• Curriculum
• Pedagogy
• Education and equality
• Theory of knowledge
• Realism
• Basil Bernstein
• Emile Durkheim
• curriculum
• democracy
• education
• education reform
• school
• sociology
• sociology of education

"Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum, packs in a collection of 'powerful' analyses from seminal scholars working in diverse areas of research and international contexts, and who share a common vision for what a future-oriented curriculum must look like if it is to be both socially just and truly progressive ... The book will be of particular interest to graduate schools of education seeking rigorous programs of study, especially considering the rich theoretical framework presented and the application of the framework to various debates occurring in the field as well as to various research programs." - International Studies in Sociology of Education

• State University of New York College, Cortland, USA

  Brian Barrett

• University of Auckland, New Zealand

  Elizabeth Rata

John Beck, University of Cambridge, UK Chris Corbel, University of Melbourne, Australia Jeanne Gamble, University of Cape Town, South Africa Karl Maton, University of Sydney, Australia Graham McPhail, University of Auckland, New Zealand Rob Moore, University of Cambridge, UK John Morgan, University of Auckland, New Zealand Johan Muller, University of Cape Town, South Africa Barbara Ormond, University of Auckland, New Zealand Yael Shalem, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Lynne Slonimsky, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Michael Young, University of London, UK

Policies and ethics