Sociology, Curriculum Studies and Professional Knowledge

Taylor & Francis

Sociology, Curriculum Studies and Professional KnowledgeNew Perspectives on the Work of Michael Young\nAuthor(s): David Guile, David Lambert, Michael J. Reiss\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138675834, 978-1138675834\nSynopsis\nThis volume brings together an international set of contributors in education research, policy and practice to respond to the influence the noted academic Professor Michael Young has had on sociology, curriculum studies and professional knowledge over the past fifty years, and still has on the field to this day. It provides a critical analysis of his work and the uses to which it has been put in the UK and internationally, discussing implications for debates on the purpose of education and how school curricula, as well as programmes in other educational settings, could be run and teaching undertaken, based on his contribution. \n\nFollowing Michaels long and distinguished career dating b.