Academic Distinctions

James G. Ladwig is Lecturer in Education at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

• 1.Introduction 2. Constructing the Field 3. Deconstructing the Field 4. Reconstructing the Field, Partially 5. Was the Critique of Positivism a Mistake? 6. Wherein Lies the Scientific Rhetoric? 7. Constructing a Science with an Attitude Notes, Bibliography.

"[Ladwig] distinguishes several different tendencies within the 'radical sociology of school knowledge' and suggests their common theoretical and methodological limitations, most notably a marginalizing reliance on non-scientific rhetoric and a reluctance to use available empirical research methods." -- David Livingstone,Curriculum Inquiry