Language, Knowledge and Pedagogy: Functional Linguistic and Sociological Perspectives

Part I: Functional Linguistic and Sociological Perspectives on Education; 1. The dialogue between functional linguistics and sociology, Frances Christie (University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Australia); Part II: Theoretical Foundations; 2. Bernstein's codes, devices and knowledge structures, Karl Maton and Johan Muller (University of Wollongong, Australia and University of Cape Town, South Africa); 3. Kinds of knowledge: A functional linguistic perspective, J. R. Martin, (University of Sydney, Australia); Part III: Knowledge Structure: Horizontal and Vertical Discourse; 4. The nub of knowledge, Johan Muller (University of Cape Town, South Africa); 5. Accessing knowledge structures, Karl Maton (University of Sydney, Australia); 6. Canons and the basis of hierarchical knowledge structures, Robert Moore (University of Cambridge, UK); Part IV: Fields of Discourse - Disciplines of Discourse; 7. Language for learning in early childhood, Claire Painter (University of New South Wales, Australia); 8. Literacy, segmented pedagogy and vertical discourse, Geoff Williams (University College London); 9. Forms of knowledge in subject English, Frances Christie and Mary Macken-Horarik (University of Canberra, Australia and University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Australia; 10. Vertical and horizontal discourse and the social sciences, Peter Wignell (Charles Darwin University, Australia); 11. Science, mathematics and multimodal grammaticality, Kay O'Halloran (National University, Singapore) Part IV: Research Prospects - Exploring Uncommon Sense; 12. Future directions in research in knowledge structure, Frances Christie, J. R. Martin, Mary Maton and Johan Muller (University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Australia and University of Cape Town, South Africa).

Frances Christie is Emeritus Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia and Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia. J. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.