Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education: Revisiting the Work of Michael Apple

by Greg Dimitriadis, Lois Weis, Cameron McCarthy

Book Overview

For more than three decades Michael Apple has sought to uncover and articulate the connections among knowledge, teaching and power in education. Beginning with Ideology and Curriculum (1979), Apple moved to understand the relationship between and among the economy, political and cultural power in society on the one hand "and the ways in which education is thought about, organized and evaluated" on the other. This edited collection invites several...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415951569
• ISBN13: 9780415951562
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"