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9780415926140

Official Knowledge: Democratic Education in a Conservative Age

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415926140

  • ISBN10:

    0415926149

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1999-12-13
  • Publisher: Routledge
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Author Biography

Michael W. Apple is John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Preface xi
Introduction: The Politics of Official Knowledge
1(14)
The Politics of Common-Sense: Why the Right Is Winning
15(27)
Cultural Politics and the Text
42(19)
Regulating Official Knowledge
61(28)
Creating the Captive Audience: Channel One and the Political Economy of the Text
89(24)
Whose Curriculum Is This Anyway?
113(24)
Susan Jungck
``Hey Man, I'm Good'': The Art and Politics of Creating New Knowledge in Schools
137(8)
The Politics of Pedagogy and the Building of Community
145(12)
Appendix: Education, Power, and Personal Biography: An Interview 157(20)
Notes 177(27)
Bibliography 204(11)
Index 215

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