Language, knowledge and pedagogy : functional linguistic and sociological perspectives /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Functionalism (Linguistics) Sociolinguistics. Language and education. Knowledge, Sociology of. Functionalism (Linguistics) Knowledge, Sociology of. Language and education. Sociolinguistics.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101019

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Other authors / contributors:	Christie, Frances. Martin, J. R., 1950-
ISBN:	9781441131195 1441131191 1283271729 9781283271721 9786613271723 6613271721 1441169725 9781441169723 9781847065728 1847065724 9780826489173 0826489176
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Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This book explores the nature of knowledge, language and pedagogy from the perspective of two complementary theories: systemic functional linguistics, and Bernstein-inspired sociology. Bernstein's sociology of knowledge makes a distinction between horizontal and vertical discourses as ways in which knowledge is transmitted in institutional settings, with teachers as agents of symbolic control. Systemic functional linguists have explored educational discourse according to similar hierarchies, and by bringing the two perspectives together this book shows the impact of language on knowledge and p.
Other form:	Print version: Language, knowledge and pedagogy. London ; New York : Continuum, 2008 9781847065728

Table of Contents:

List of tables; List of figures; Contributors; Section 1: Theoretical Foundations; 1 Ongoing dialogue: functional linguistic and Bernsteinian sociological perspectives on education; 2 A sociology for the transmission of knowledges; 3 Construing knowledge: a functional linguistic perspective; 4 On splitting hairs: hierarchy, knowledge and the school curriculum; 5 Knowledge-knower structures in intellectual and educational fields; 6 Hierarchical knowledge structures and the canon: a preference for judgements; Section 2: Fields of Discourse
Disciplines of Discourse.
7 Language for learning in early childhood8 Building verticality in subject English; 9 Vertical and horizontal discourse and the social sciences; 10 Mathematical and scientific forms of knowledge: a systemic functional multimodal grammatical approach; Section 3: Research Prospects
Exploring Uncommon Sense; 11 Taking stock: future directions in research in knowledge structure; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.

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