The Formation of School Subjects

Download or read book The Formation of School Subjects written by Thomas S. Popkewitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987. This volume focuses upon the emergence of the subject-matter of the American school. This provides entrance to looking at the interplay between social, cultural, economic and professional interests that give form to contemporary school practices. The historical detail enables understanding of how school knowledge is shaped and fashioned by issues of structural continuity and social transformation. This selection of chapters looks at how practices have been shaped by the struggles to define the American school curriculum in different subjects. The authors bring out how particular social values are made into ideologies; and examine the past to enable consideration of the possibilities for further development.