Knowledge Production, Policy and Practice in Education: Social Realist Explorations of Curriculum, Teaching and Research (Routledge Research in the Sociology of Education)

Knowledge Production, Policy and Practice in Education: Social Realist Explorations of Curriculum, Teaching and Research brings together theoretical and empirical enquiries into curricula, pedagogy and assessment, informed by the influential traditions of social realism and Basil Bernstein’s sociology of education.The edited volume provides tools for understanding persistent educational inequalities and approaches to inclusive educational systems. The book is an edited collection of chapters by scholars of the sociology of education who focus on knowledge, curriculum, and pedagogy working in Africa, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America.Each chapter extends scholarly debate around knowledge production and exchange, knowledge and the curriculum, and knowledge and professional practice.Collectively, the chapters offer an insight into the dynamic relationships among educational systems, policies, teacher education, and teaching practice.Ultimately enabling readers to see how s