The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology
dc.contributor.author | Luckett, Kathy | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-29T08:37:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-29T08:37:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_ZA |
dc.description | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education on 22 May 2009, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075070902772018. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | This article aims to address a theoretical question, ‘what is the relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum structure?’, by answering an empirical, context-specific question, ‘what drives and legitimates the curriculum in one sociology department?’, with an emphasis on surfacing the ‘recontextualising rules’ at work in this particular institutional context. These questions were explored by conducting a case study in the wake of a departmental review. The conceptual framework for the article is based on Bernstein’s sociology of education and on those who have developed his work further. The findings support Bernstein’s characterisation of sociology as a discipline with weak external boundaries, a horizontal segmental structure and a ‘weak grammar’, and, it is suggested, with knowledge claims that tend to be legitimated by social rather than epistemic relations. In this particular case study, the horizontal, segmental structure of the discipline was seen to be reflected in a curriculum that currently lacks coherence and cohesion. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Luckett, K. (2009). The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology. <i>Studies in Higher Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3339 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Luckett, Kathy "The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology." <i>Studies in Higher Education</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3339 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Luckett, K. 2009. The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology. Studies in Higher Education. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1470-174X | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Luckett, Kathy AB - This article aims to address a theoretical question, ‘what is the relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum structure?’, by answering an empirical, context-specific question, ‘what drives and legitimates the curriculum in one sociology department?’, with an emphasis on surfacing the ‘recontextualising rules’ at work in this particular institutional context. These questions were explored by conducting a case study in the wake of a departmental review. The conceptual framework for the article is based on Bernstein’s sociology of education and on those who have developed his work further. The findings support Bernstein’s characterisation of sociology as a discipline with weak external boundaries, a horizontal segmental structure and a ‘weak grammar’, and, it is suggested, with knowledge claims that tend to be legitimated by social rather than epistemic relations. In this particular case study, the horizontal, segmental structure of the discipline was seen to be reflected in a curriculum that currently lacks coherence and cohesion. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Studies in Higher Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 SM - 1470-174X T1 - The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology TI - The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3339 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3339 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Luckett K. The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology. Studies in Higher Education. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3339. | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Centre for Higher Education Development | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.source | Studies in Higher Education | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075070902772018 | |
dc.title | The relationship between knowledge structure and curriculum: a case study in sociology | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Postprint | en_ZA |
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