Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge

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dc.contributor.advisorSnyman, Henningen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorEnsor, Paulaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMuller, Johan Pieteren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-03T18:29:35Z
dc.date.available2015-01-03T18:29:35Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 189-214.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis represents a series of investigations into the sociological study of symbolic forms. It seeks to address the question as to whether, in the informational or knowledge society of late modernity, all symbolic forms are necessarily isomorphic, or whether they will correspond with the new form of the division of labour and will therefore differ in form and social distribution. The symbolic forms examined here are those integrally involved in the production and reproduction of educational knowledge, that is, the curriculum, pedagogy, and educational research for policy. In each of the chapters of the thesis a debate is staged between the former and the latter position, and each chapter attempts to show that the former position, in order to make the argument, collapses certain distinctions which I argue are not only essential to make, but more importantly, whose collapse will have unfortunate and sometimes pernicious effects especially for learners of the working class. This thesis is thus a series of explorations into the need for certain distinctions, into the nature of symbolic distinction; that is, into the nature and need of the boundary.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMuller, J. P. (2002). <i>Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11214en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMuller, Johan Pieter. <i>"Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11214en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMuller, J. 2002. Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Muller, Johan Pieter AB - This thesis represents a series of investigations into the sociological study of symbolic forms. It seeks to address the question as to whether, in the informational or knowledge society of late modernity, all symbolic forms are necessarily isomorphic, or whether they will correspond with the new form of the division of labour and will therefore differ in form and social distribution. The symbolic forms examined here are those integrally involved in the production and reproduction of educational knowledge, that is, the curriculum, pedagogy, and educational research for policy. In each of the chapters of the thesis a debate is staged between the former and the latter position, and each chapter attempts to show that the former position, in order to make the argument, collapses certain distinctions which I argue are not only essential to make, but more importantly, whose collapse will have unfortunate and sometimes pernicious effects especially for learners of the working class. This thesis is thus a series of explorations into the need for certain distinctions, into the nature of symbolic distinction; that is, into the nature and need of the boundary. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge TI - Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11214 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11214
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMuller JP. Splitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledge. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11214en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleSplitting hairs : a sociological approach to educational knowledgeen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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