NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Loughland, Tony; Sriprakash, Arathi – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
This article draws on the sociology of Basil Bernstein to show how his detailed theories of "recontextualisation" and the "pedagogic device" provide useful analytic levers to examine the politics of educational change. We focus on recent policy developments that have significantly impacted Australian school education: the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Sociology, Educational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lingard, Bob; Sellar, Sam; Savage, Glenn C. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2014
This paper examines the re-articulation of social justice as equity in schooling policy through national and global testing and data infrastructures. It focuses on the Australian National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). We analyse the discursive reconstitution…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Policy, Power Structure, Equal Education