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ERIC Number: EJ679963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-5692
Disciplining the Interdisciplinary: Radicalism and the Academic Curriculum.
Bird, Elizabeth
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v22 n4 p463-78 Dec 2001
Reviews the lack of sociology in the academic curriculum. Interviews women academics who introduced interdisciplinary women's studies degrees in the United Kingdom and North America. Argues that the power of established disciplines to incorporate new knowledge illustrates how academic knowledge and institutions maintain their essential conservatism and preserve the status quo. (Author/PAL)
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Educational Sociology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Women Faculty, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom
Note: British Journal of Sociology of Education is a refereed journal. Theme issue: The Sociology of the Curriculum.