Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum

1. Introduction: Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum
Elizabeth Rata, Brian Barrett

Part I. Powerful Knowledge

2. Social Realism and the Problem of the Problem of Knowledge in the Sociology of Education
Rob Moore

3. On the Powers of Powerful Knowledge
Michael Young, Johan Muller

4. Powerful Knowledge, Esoteric Knowledge, Curriculum Knowledge
John Beck

Part II. Knowledge Politics and Policy

5. Knowledge and Democracy: The Strife of the Dialectic
Elizabeth Rata

6. Risky Business: The Marginalisation of Knowledge in American Education Reform Since A Nation at Risk
Brian Barrett

7. The Missing ‘Voice’ of Knowledge in Knowledge and Skills
Chris Corbel

Part III. Powerful Knowledge in the Curriculum

8. Pathways to Powerful Knowledge: A Case for Music’s ‘Voice’
Graham McPhail

9. ‘Neither Existence Nor Future’: The Social Realist Challenge to School Geography
John Morgan

10. Powerful Knowledge in History: Disciplinary Strength or Weakened Episteme?
Barbara Ormond

Part IV. Pedagogical Implications of Powerful Knowledge

11. Sequencing Rules as a Condition of Knowledge Structure
Jeanne Gamble

12. Building Powerful Knowledge: The Significance of Semantic Waves
Karl Maton

13. Practical Knowledge of Teaching: What Counts?
Yael Shalem, Lynne Slonimsky

Nyckelord: Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, Social Theory, Administration, Organization and Leadership