Studying School Subjects: A Guide

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ISBN: 9780750705882 | 0750705884
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/1/1996

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School subjects and how they are viewed and positioned within education is the focus of this text. It argues that, as part of rethinking the whole school curriculum, there has been a failure to look at the historical and social background of school subjects.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Studying School Subjects	p. 1
School Subjects: The Context of Cultural Inventions	p. 7
Subjects and Schooling: Four School Case Studies	p. 21
Subject 'Traditions' and Interest Groups	p. 33
Subject Departments	p. 54
Subject Histories: Science	p. 67
Subject Histories: Mathematics	p. 80
Subject Histories: English	p. 99
School Subjects: Patterns of Change	p. 131
School Subjects: Patterns of Stability	p. 148
Bibliography	p. 168
Index	p. 183
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