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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © 1980 Australian Council for Educational Research
- ISSN
- 0004-9441
- eISSN
- 2050-5884
- DOI
- 10.1177/000494418002400211
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
BOOK REVIEWS Marxism as science rather than ideology. Fortunately, Harris' theoretical mis givings on this point are confined, and throughout the book his most effective and damaging penetrations of ideology trade on the distinction. Notwithstanding any of the above worries, this is an excellent book. Because of a felicitous balance between non-technical exposition and theoretical sophistication, I have found it invaluable for use as a course text book. EVERS C. W. Department of Education University of Sydney Musgrave, P. W., Society and the Curriculum in Australia. Sydney: George Allen and Unwin, 1979. Pp. 160. $12.50 cloth, $6.50 paper. Musgrave, P. W., The Moral Curriculum: A Sociological Analysis. London: Methuen, 1978. Pp. 144. $14.90 cloth, $6.60 paper. Musgrave's Society and the Curriculum in Australia is an attempt to "uncover the social forces that have been and are at work on the curriculum of schools in Australia" (p. 9). His analysis of the development in school curricula be tween 1800 and the 1970s is most perceptive. It is followed by a sociological analysis of the moral curriculum during the last 150 years (Chapter 5), curricular change (Chapter 6) and evaluation (Chapter 7). One thing is clear. The launching of Sputnik in
Journal
Australian Journal of Education – SAGE
Published: Jun 1, 1980