Academic Distinctions: Theory and Methodology in the Sociology of School Knowledge

by James G. Ladwig

Overview

Academic Distinctions is the most sustained and rigorous critique of radical sociology of school knowledge and its major figures to date. Using a variety of theoretical lenses to analyze and reconstitute the field--structuralist, poststructuralist and feminist--James Ladwig documents how the so-called "new sociologists of education" lost their theoretical way and failed to realize their educational goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134953288
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/06/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	561 KB

About the Author

James G. Ladwig

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, James G. Ladwig; Chapter 2 Constructing the Field, James G. Ladwig; Chapter 3 Deconstructing the Field, James G. Ladwig; Chapter 4 Reconstructing the Field, Part ially, James G. Ladwig; Chapter 5 Was the Critique of Positivism a Mistake?, James G. Ladwig; Chapter 6 Wherein Lies the Scientific Rhetoric?, James G. Ladwig; Chapter 7 Constructing a Science with an Attitude, James G. Ladwig;

Editorial Reviews

"[Ladwig] distinguishes several different tendencies within the 'radical sociology of school knowledge' and suggests their common theoretical and methodological limitations, most notably a marginalizing reliance on non-scientific rhetoric and a reluctance to use available empirical research methods." — David Livingstone, Curriculum Inquiry

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