Bringing Knowledge Back in: From Social Constructivism to Social Realism in the Sociology of Education

by Michael Young (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $151.56

  Illustrates the importance of questions about knowledge by investigating the dilemmas faced by researchers and policy makers in a range of fields. This book considers the issue of the role of sociologists in relation to educational policy in the context of interventionist governments. It is suitable for those involved in research about curriculum.

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $64.61

  Drawing on various developments in the sociology of knowledge, this book provides conceptual tools for people to think and debate about knowledge and education in different ways. It provides expositions of difficult ideas at the interface of epistemology and the sociology of knowledge, and links theoretical issues and practical/policy questions.