Social Class and Pedagogic Practice - PowerPoint Presentation

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Social Class and Pedagogic PracticeBasil BernsteinChapter 7Slide2

Pedagogic PracticeExamine social class assumptions and consequences;

Traditional vs. progressive

 relationship to the marketplace

Social form

Specific contentSlide3

Reproduction of class inequalities

Acquirer and transmitter learn their roles and appropriate conduct

what and how of transmission i.e. rules of social order, character and manner

Acquirer comes to understand what is legitimate relations and communicationSlide4

Teaching moral activity

 an evaluation of the competence of the acquirer

tracking and pedagogical practice:

visible  external product

invisible pedagogy  process, procedures, competenciesSlide5

Visible Pedagogy

Characteristics:

sequencing rules are explicit

Time limits; less exposure

p

acing rules

 expected rate of acquisition

m

odification  stratification and reduce content

Limits teacher  student interaction

** distributes different forms of consciousness according to social class

** result  alienated youth

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Invisible Pedagogypresupposes movement in the classroom

encourages individual representations i.e. “make your mark”; foster “unique” representations

Multi-layered communication

Preparation/foundation for a long pedagogic life

Result: class based communication strategies Slide7

Considerations**Two sites of acquisitions

home

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silent space, language narrative (form and content)

**Working class children misread cultural/cognitive significance of communication in the classroom

 consciousness is differentially regulatedSlide8

SchoolsInvisible social class assumptions

Selective re: those who acquire dominant codes especially socio-linguistic competencies

Working class

 facts, skills

Middle class  processes, connections

** Reproduction of class inequalities