How competency-based training locks the working class out of powerful knowledge: A modified Bernsteinian analysis

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 637-651

  Wheelahan, Leesa ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547932080     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701505540     Document Type: Article

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