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Young, Michael F. D. – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1975
Author commented here on two articles on "new direction" sociology. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Sociology, Educational Trends, High Schools
Peer reviewedYoung, Michael F. D. – Studies in Science Education, 1974
Using the ideas of scientists, the author builds a theme of reflexivity and identifies implications for teaching and learning science. He argues that a sociology of school science is not academic and irrelevant to teachers but just the opposite. (PEB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Sociology, Learning, Philosophy
Whitty, Geoff; Young, Michael F. D. – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1975
Authors explored the problems of change and continuity in science and social studies teaching. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedYoung, Michael F. D. – Educational Review, 1973
The occasion of this paper is to focus several concerns of the writer, such as conceptions of the sociology of knowledge and teachers' and sociologists' predicaments. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cultural Influences, Educational Sociology, Evaluative Thinking
Peer reviewedYoung, Michael F. D. – Education for Teaching, 1973
Author raises crucial political issues for anyone involved in education, not the least for those working with the sociological perspectives they comment on. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Experience, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedYoung, Michael F. D. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1984
Sociologists in the United Kingdom have neglected the emergence of information technology and the way it has taken on many of the characteristics of a new fashion. Conceptualizing technology is increasingly necessary if they are to make critical contributions to issues of educational policy and practice. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Computer Software, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Direct linkYoung, Michael F. D. – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2004
This article is concerned with the development of social scientific knowledge (exemplified by the case of sociology of education) and its relationship to education policy. It draws on and contrasts the experience of the author in working at the interface between theory and policy in two very different contexts: the United Kingdom in the 1970s and…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Comparative Education
