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Publication details [#1342]

Bernstein, Basil. 1972. A critique of the concept of compensatory education. In Cazden, Courtney B., Vera P. John and Dell H. Hymes, eds. Functions of language in the classroom. Teachers College Press. pp. 135–151.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

compensatory education | restricted code

Annotation

B. argues that the conditions and contexts of the educational environment should be considered more seriously, and that his concept of restricted code can not be used to defend the notion of 'compensatory education'.