Class, Culture and the Curriculum /

by Lawton, Denis. Published by : Routledge, (London :) Physical details: ix, 124 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ISBN:9710080549 . Year: 1976 Item type: Books
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Includes bibliography.

It is often argued that education is concerned with the transmission of middle-class values and that this explains the relative educational failure of the working class. Consequently, distinctive culture needs a different kind of education. This volume examines this claim and the wider question of culture in British society. It analyses cultural differences from a social historical viewpoint and considers the views of those applying the sociology of knowledge to educational problems. The author recognizes the pervasive sub-cultural differences in British society but maintains that education. Read less

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