B. Barrett & E. Rata 
Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum [PDF ebook] 
International Studies in Social Realism

1. Introduction: Knowledge and the Future of the Curriculum; Elizabeth Rata and Brian Barrett 2. Social Realism and the Problem of the Problem of Knowledge in the Sociology of Education; Rob Moore 3. On the Powers of Powerful Knowledge; Michael Young and Johan Muller 4. Powerful Knowledge, Esoteric Knowledge, Curriculum Knowledge; John Beck 5. Knowledge and Democracy: The Strife of the Dialectic; Elizabeth Rata 6. Risky Business: The Marginalisation of Knowledge in American Education Reform since A Nation at Risk; Brian Barrett 7. The Missing ’Voice’ of Knowledge in Knowledge and Skills; Chris Corbel 8. Pathways to Powerful Knowledge: A Case for Music’s ’Voice’; Graham Mc Phail 9. ’Neither Existence nor Future’: The Social Realist Challenge to School Geography; John Morgan 10. Powerful Knowledge in History: Disciplinary Strength or Weakened Episteme?; Barbara Ormond 11. Sequencing Rules as a Condition of Knowledge Structure; Jeanne Gamble 12. Building Knowledge: The Significance of Semantic Waves; Karl Maton 13. Practical Knowledge of Teaching: What Counts?; Yael Shalem and Lynn Slonimsky

John Beck, University of Cambridge, UK Chris Corbel, University of Melbourne, Australia Jeanne Gamble, University of Cape Town, South Africa Karl Maton, University of Sydney, Australia Graham Mc Phail, University of Auckland, New Zealand Rob Moore, University of Cambridge, UK John Morgan, University of Auckland, New Zealand Johan Muller, University of Cape Town, South Africa Barbara Ormond, University of Auckland, New Zealand Yael Shalem, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Lynne Slonimsky, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Michael Young, University of London, UK