This analysis of the assimilation of Beeby's model into educational literature surveys two main areas: the development of comparative education; and the stages of growth of primary education systems and the training of teachers. (JN)

Presents Basil Bernstein's most recent model of pedagogic practice, connecting it to his theory of curriculum and pedagogy and to his overall structuralist sociological project. Points out unresolved questions in Bernstein's work. Demonstrates an area of applicative value in relation to the evolution of education in the United States. (NL)