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Publication details [#14921]

Grenfell, Michael. 1998. Language and the Classroom. In Grenfell, Michael, David James, Philip Hodkinson, Diane Reay and Derek Robbins. Bourdieu and Education: Acts of Practical Theory. Falmer Press. pp. 72–88.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | interpretation | metalanguage

Person as a subject

Bourdieu, P.

Place, Publisher

Falmer Press

ISBN

0-7507-0886-7

Annotation

Bourdieu's theory of practice is discussed with regards to aspects of classroom discourse. It is claimed that pedagogic language is often misinterpretated and that the metalanguage is also problematic.