A Question of Answers

Volume II

W. P. Robinson, Susan J. Rackstraw

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Routledge
09 May 2025

Sociolinguistics; Social classes; Sociology; Moral & social purpose of education

Series: Primary Socialization, Language and Education

In the early 1970s, the problem of arousing and maintaining the curiosity of children had been a recurrent theme in reports concerned with the development of new school curricula. However, before these ideas could be translated into soundly based practical measures, an increased understanding of what is involved in the activities of questioning and answering was needed.

Originally published in 1972, the research reported in these two volumes presents a theoretical framework for describing linguistic features of a range of verbally expressed answers and their associated questions. Basil Bernstein’s theory is used to generate a number of predictions about the variety and quality of answers that mothers and children are likely to offer to ‘wh’ questions. The usefulness of the scheme is tested against the answering behaviour of members of different social classes, and, in the main, Bernstein’s predictions are supported. The validity of the categories in the classificatory scheme is explored more fully in later chapters by means of a correlational analysis of the answers of seven-year-old children.

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By: W. P. Robinson, Susan J. Rackstraw
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781041010586
ISBN 10: 1041010583
Series: Primary Socialization, Language and Education
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 09 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Adult education , Primary , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction. 9. Content Validity of the Taxonomic Scheme 10. Content Validity of the Taxonomic Scheme: Empirical Data 11. The Taxonomic Scheme: Summary and Conclusions. Appendix B: Coding Frame for Answers to ‘Wh’ Questions. Appendix C: The Questions Asked of Seven-Year-Old Children. References. Index.

W. P. Robinson Susan J. Rackstraw