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TY - JOUR
T1 - The use and value of Bernstein’s work in studying (in)equalities in undergraduate social science education
AU - McLean, Monica
AU - Abbas, Andrea
AU - Ashwin, Paul
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper illustrates how critical use of Basil Bernstein’s theory illuminates the mechanisms by which university knowledge, curriculum and pedagogy both reproduce and interrupt social inequalities. To this end, empirical examples are selected from the findings of the ESRC-funded project ‘Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First Degrees’ (RES-062-23-1438, November 2008–January 2012). The project investigated sociology-related social science degrees in four social science departments in universities in different positions in influential UK higher education league tables. A Bernsteinian lens throws fresh light on how university education might contribute to a more egalitarian society
AB - This paper illustrates how critical use of Basil Bernstein’s theory illuminates the mechanisms by which university knowledge, curriculum and pedagogy both reproduce and interrupt social inequalities. To this end, empirical examples are selected from the findings of the ESRC-funded project ‘Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First Degrees’ (RES-062-23-1438, November 2008–January 2012). The project investigated sociology-related social science degrees in four social science departments in universities in different positions in influential UK higher education league tables. A Bernsteinian lens throws fresh light on how university education might contribute to a more egalitarian society
KW - Bernstein
KW - university education
KW - quality
KW - inequality
KW - social science degrees
U2 - 10.1080/01425692.2012.710007
DO - 10.1080/01425692.2012.710007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 262
EP - 280
JO - British Journal of Sociology of Education
JF - British Journal of Sociology of Education
SN - 0142-5692
IS - 2
ER -