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22 JUNE 2012
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pedagogic discourse and practice: strong and weak classification

"The concept of classification is at the heart of Bernstein’s theory of pedagogic discourse and practice. Classification refers to ‘the degree of boundary maintenance between contents’ (Bernstein 1973a, p. 205; 1973b, p. 88) and is concerned with the insulation or boundaries between curricular categories (areas of knowledge and subjects). Strong classification refers to a curriculum that is highly differentiated and separated into traditional subjects; weak classification refers to a curriculum that is integrated and in which the boundaries between subjects are fragile."

(Alan R. Sadovnik, 2001)

Prospects: the quarterly review of comparative education (Paris, UNESCO: International Bureau of Education), vol. XXXI, no. 4, December 2001, p. 687-703. UNESCO: International Bureau of Education, 2001

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Alan R. Sadovnik • areas of knowledge and subjects • Basil Bernstein • boundaries • boundaries between curricular categories • boundaries between subjects are fragile • boundary maintenance • classification and framing • classification and framing rules • code theory • collection codes • communication codes • control • curricular categories • curricular change • curriculum • curriculum development • degree of boundary maintenance between contents • disciplinary model • educational practices • educational transmission • Emile Durkheim • freedom • highly differentiated • inclusive education • insulation • integrated • integrated curriculum • integrated curriculum codes • invisible • legitimate message • mechanical solidarity • modern society • organic solidarity • organisation of knowledge • pedagogic discourse • pedagogic practice • pedagogic practices • pedagogy • profane • rules of communication • sacred • schooling • separated • social class • strong classification • strong framing • strongly classified curriculum • theory of pedagogic discourse and practice • traditional society • traditional subjects • transmission of knowledge • UNESCO • weak classification • weak framing • weakly classified curriculum

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Simon Perkins
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