Class Codes And Control Towards A Theory Of Educational Transmission

Illustrating the effect of class relationships upon the institutionalizing of elaborate codes in the school, the papers in this volume demonstrate the evolution of the concepts discussed.

'Bernstein's hypothesis will require [teachers] to look afresh not only at their pupils' language but at how they teach and how their pupils learn.'Douglas Barnes, Times Educational Supplement'His honesty is such that it illuminates several aspects of what it is to be a genius.'Josephine Klein, British Journal of Educati.

Illustrating the effect of class relationships upon the institutionalizing of elaborate codes in the school, the papers in this volume each develop from the previous one and demonstrate the evolution of the concepts discussed.