CONTENTS
Series Editors' Preface = ⅷ
Acknowledgements = xi
Introductory Remarks
1 Introduction : Transitions in Europe and the Central Role of Knowledge = 3
Europe in Transition = 3
Eastern Europe in Transition = 4
Western Europe in Transition = 6
Education in Times of Transition = 7
Exemplification and Rhetorical Devices = 10
Discussion Questions = 11
Further Reading = 11
2 The State Control of Knowledge = 12
Knowledge Selection and Knowledge Selectors = 12
Level of Control, Rigour of Control = 15
Advantages of State-Controlled Curricular Systems = 18
Disadvantages of State-Controlled Curricular Systems = 19
England and Wales = 23
Discussion Questions = 24
Further Reading = 24
3 Cultural Diversity and State Knowledge = 26
A Distinction : National Diversity and Urban Diversity = 26
National Diversity in Western Europe = 27
National Diversity in Eastern Europe = 31
Theorizing Difference = 33
Education and National Diversity : Introducing the Issues = 35
Urban Diversity in Western and Eastern Europe = 37
Diversity and Knowledge : Introducing the issues = 39
Discussion Questions = 41
Further Reading = 41
4 The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition in Schools and Universities = 42
Traditional Elements in the Curriculum = 42
Religion = 43
The Family and the Body = 46
Social Control and the Construction of Identity = 47
Tradition, Culture and Civilization as We Know it = 50
Modernity and Postmodernity : Their Impact on Curricular Systems = 52
The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition = 56
Discussion Questions = 58
Further Reading = 58
5 The Knowledge Economy = 60
New Skills in the Workplace = 60
Knowledge as a Trading Commodity = 62
Educational Institutions in the Knowledge Economy : Universities = 64
Education and the Knowledge Economy : Schools = 66
Discussion Questions = 72
Further Reading = 73
6 Modernist Knowledge and Prejudice : Special Educational Needs = 74
Introduction = 74
Knowledge Systems : Science and Normality = 74
Knowledge Protocols : Stratification and Normality = 80
Discussion Questions = 86
Further Reading = 87
7 Knowledge and Warfare = 88
Introduction = 88
Foreign and First Language Policies = 89
History and Cultural Studies = 92
Religious Education = 94
Scientific Research and Development Programmes = 97
Military Training = 99
Training in Conformity = 100
Discussion Questions = 102
Further Reading = 102
8 State Knowledge and Identity = 103
Marxism, Postmodernism and Educational Policy Formulation = 103
Postmodernism and Curriculum Structure = 107
State-Enforced Knowledge = 109
Language, Curricula and Identity = 111
Discussion Questions = 114
Further Reading = 115
References = 116
Index = 124
