%0 Journal Article
%T Reframing the discourse: Ethnography, Bernstein and the distribution of reading attainment by gender
%A Gemma Moss
%J European Educational Research Journal
%@ 1474-9041
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1474904117740112
%X This paper has two aims: to introduce readers to Bernstein¡¯s concept of languages of description, interpreted through the lens of ethnography; and to demonstrate the value of this approach to theory-making by showing how a qualitative study conducted on these principles led to new explanations for gender differences in literacy attainment that can be tested using PISA data
%K Literacy
%K gender
%K ethnography
%K Bernstein
%K sociology of education
%K languages of description
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474904117740112