The Contribution of Economics and Sociology of Conventions to the Sociology of Curriculum: The Case of Economics Education in Schools

Elisabeth Chatel (2025) In Rainer Diaz-Bone & Guillemette de Larquier (eds.), Handbook of economics and sociology of conventions. Cham: Springer, Online first Abstract. This chapter proposes to show that economics and sociology of conventions (in short EC/SC), as a strand of pragmatic sociology, contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of curricular evolutions, that is, of teaching contents. The analysis focuses on the teaching of economics and, more specifically, on the case of secon...