TY - T1 - Rethinking society and knowledge in Finnish social studies textbooks SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/337399 T3 - A1 - Hansen, Petteri; Puustinen, Mikko A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - This paper discusses the relationship between knowledge and society in social studies by analysing how society is presented in four Finnish social studies textbooks currently in use in comprehensive education. Besides its empirical contribution, the paper examines the possibilities of applying Michael Young's understanding of powerful knowledge in social studies by complementing it with two additional theoretical approaches to society. Firstly, by applying Basil Bernstein's concept of recontextu... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 516 Educational sciences; Social studies; Finnish basic education; textbooks; powerful knowledge; social reproduction; systems theory N1 - PP - ER -