A Tribute to Basil Bernstein 1924-2000

Professor Basil Bernstein, who died in September 2000, was one of the Institute of Education's most eminent scholars. In January 2001 the Institute held a memorial event to celebrate his life and work. This volume is a record of the tributes made on that day; with the various contributions reflecting the wide influence of Basil Bernstein's work on sociology in general and sociology of education in particular.

Editor's Foreword; PART 1 THY SYMPOSIUM: Basil Bernstein: A Celebration of his Life and Work-Programme of the Symposium at the Institute of Education on 19 January 2001; Introduction-Sir William Taylor; A Personal and Institutional Tribute to Basil Bernstein-Geoff Whitty; Basil Bernstein (1924-2000): Sociologist, Mentor and Friend-Alan R. Sadovnik; A Recital of Songs and Poems; Crossing Boundaries Between Disciplines: A Perspective on Basil Bernstein's Legacy-Ana Maria Morais; The Legacy of Basil Bernstein-Paul Atkinson; Lunch-Time Toast-Sir William Taylor; On First Reading...--Stephen J. Ball; Thinking About Education and Power in Knowledge Societies: What Are the Implications of Contemporary Social Change?-Lynne Chisholm; Homage from Chile to Professor Basil Bernstein-Christian Cox, etal; Is There a 'Social Device'? A Reflection on the Work of Basil Bernstein-Bill Hillier; An Application of Basil Bernstein's Constructs of 'Visible and Invisible Pedagogies'-Courtney B. Cazden; A Tribute-Gunther Kress; Bernstein's Sociology of Pedagogy: A Feminist Tribute-Madeleine Arnot; Becoming a Researcher: Reflections on the Pedagogic Practices of Basil Bernstein-Andrew Brown; Elaborating Bernstein: The Great Sociologist and his Pedagogic Devices-Fred Inglis; Final Remarks-Julia Brannen; PART 2 LETTERS: From: Anna Frangoudaki; Lionel Elvin; P.A. Newsam; Mutsuko Tendo; PART 3 WRITTEN TRIBUTES: Recontextualizing Basil Bernstein-Michael W. Apple; Basil Bernstein-Julia Brannen; Remembering Basil Bernstein-Aaron V. Cicourel and Hugh Mehan; Bernstein and Vygotsky: Researching Socio-Institutional Effects in Socio-Cultural Theory-Harry Daniels; Basil Bernstein-Sara Delamont; The Importance of Basil Bernstein-Mario Dias; Basil Bernstein-Mary Douglas; Basil Bernstein: Prophet, Teacher, Friend-Paul Dowling; Sociological Imagination: A Tribute to Basil Bernstein-Tony Edwards; Bernstein and Catholicism: Relationships Visible and Invisible-Gerald Grace; Professor Basil Bernstein and the International Centre for Intercultural Studies-Jagdish Gundara and Robert Ferguson; Basil Bernstein-A.H. Halsey; Basil Bernstein, An Exceptional-Ruqaiya Hasan; For Basil-Janet Holland; Basil Bernstein-Dell Hymes; Professor Bernstein's Legacy to Japan-Yoshiyuki Kudomi; Basil: A Personal Tribute-John Mace; Basil Bernstein and Social Theory-Rob Moore; Theory and Description: Bernstein and the Dynamics of Research-Gemma Moss; For Basil-Joe Muller; Four Things I Learnt from Basil Bernstein-Sally Power; Basil Bernstein: 'A Sociology for the Transmission of Knowledges'-Parlo Singh; Basil Barnstein: A Tribute-Barbara Tizard; Basil Bernstein: An Australian Tribute-Geoff Williams; Basil Bernstein: A Personal Appreciation-Michael Young.