Book by Basil Bernstein

This volume was originally printed in 1973 and represents a significant contribution not only to the study of the sociology of language, but also to education and the social sciences.

Illustrating the effect of class relationships upon the institutionalising of elaborate codes in the school, the papers in this volume each develop from the previous one and demonstrate the evolution of the concepts discussed.

This book represents part of an ongoing effort to understand the rules, practices, agencies and agents which shape and change the social construction of pedagogic discourse. It draws together and re-examines the findings of the author's earlier work.