Doherty, C. , Dooley, K. and Woods, A. (2013) Teaching sociology within teacher education: Revisiting, realigning and re-embedding. Journal of Sociology, 49(4), pp. 515-530. (doi: 10.1177/1440783313504062)
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Abstract
This article uses theoretical resources from the sociology of education to consider the teaching of sociology in teacher education programs in Australia. Once a disciplinary ‘pillar’ of teacher education, sociology’s contribution has become less explicit while more integrated, with consequences for disciplinary identity. Here we explore how sociology is taught in teacher education curricula on two fronts. First we outline how sociology is embedded as one of a number of competing perspectives in foundational studies, and its pedagogic consequences. Then we consider the powerful contribution of sociology in literacy studies, amidst public debate about literacy performance. The analysis draws on Bernstein’s distinction between singular disciplinary curriculum design and practically oriented regional curriculum design. We seek to trouble the common-sense binary between theory and practice that structures debates around professional education in higher education more broadly, and to dignify service sociology as a valuable, generative site for the discipline’s future.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Doherty, Prof Catherine |
| Authors: | Doherty, C., Dooley, K., and Woods, A. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Sociology |
| Publisher: | Sage |
| ISSN: | 1440-7833 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1741-2978 |
| Published Online: | 12 November 2013 |
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