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Michael Young on Education and Powerful Knowledge

Michael Young's sociology of curriculum, from knowledge and control to powerful knowledge, disciplinary access, social realism, and criticism.

Period

1935 CE —

British

Identity

sociology of education · social realism

Philosophical archive record

Known for

Michael Young · powerful knowledge · curriculum · sociology of education

Biography

Michael Young on Education and Powerful Knowledge (1935–) is studied in connection with Michael Young, powerful knowledge, curriculum, sociology of education. Michael Young's sociology of curriculum, from knowledge and control to powerful knowledge, disciplinary access, social realism, and criticism. A responsible profile separates biographical fact, interpretation of the works, and later reputation.

Historical Background

The problems addressed by Michael Young on Education and Powerful Knowledge arose within debates linked to Philosophy Of Education Learning And Human Development, Curriculum And Knowledge, Education And Justice. Political institutions, available sciences, religious traditions, and inherited philosophical vocabularies shaped what could be argued and how readers understood it. UCL Institute of Education, Michael Young; Routledge, Bringing Knowledge Back In supplies the reference basis for this context.

Core Ideas

Michael Young on Education and Powerful Knowledge’s central ideas are best approached through the questions they were designed to answer. In this record, those questions concern Michael Young, powerful knowledge, curriculum, sociology of education. The concepts form an argument rather than an interchangeable list: changing the account of knowledge, value, or human agency can change the conclusion reached elsewhere.

Major Works

The related works and sources should be read in chronological and argumentative context. UCL Institute of Education, Michael Young; Routledge, Bringing Knowledge Back In identifies the starting points used here. Titles, editions, translations, and posthumous compilations can affect interpretation, so claims attributed to Michael Young on Education and Powerful Knowledge should be checked against the relevant work rather than against quotations circulating without context.

Philosophical Influence

Michael Young on Education and Powerful Knowledge remains influential where later writers adopt, criticize, or transform these arguments. Influence does not mean agreement: an objection may preserve a thinker’s importance by redefining the problem for a new audience. Connections to Philosophy Of Education Learning And Human Development, Curriculum And Knowledge, Education And Justice show several paths through that reception.

Study this profile alongside Philosophy Of Education Learning And Human Development, Curriculum And Knowledge, Education And Justice. Compare definitions first, then trace the strongest argument and its principal objection. This method distinguishes Michael Young on Education and Powerful Knowledge’s own position from nearby schools and from later uses of the thinker’s name.

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Sources

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◈Based on 2 scholarly sources◈Last updated 2026-08-24