Academic Distinctions: Theory and Methodology in the Sociology of School Knowledge / Edition 1

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:	9780415911887
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.00(d)

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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