Curriculum inquiry in South African higher education : some scholarly affirmations and challenges
by
Bitzer, Eli.
Title
:
Curriculum inquiry in South African higher education : some scholarly affirmations and challenges
Author
:
Bitzer, Eli.
ISBN
:
9781920338640
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
Stellenbosch : Sun Media, 2011.
Physical Description
:
424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series
:
Sun Press series : Research into higher education.
Contents
:
Pt. 1. Revitalising curriculum inquiry -- perspectives of researchers. Inquiring the curriculum in higher education -- a limited (South African) perspective -- Curriculum types and models -- Challenges for curriculum in a contemporary South Africa -- Towards a principled basis for curriculum differentiation -- Utilitarianism and the fate of humanities in South African higher education -- the Wits experience -- Inquiring into the higher education curriculum. pt. 2. Challenges in reconceptualising undergraduate and postgraduate education. Intercultural space in higher education curricula -- Trans-disciplinarity and curriculum space in health sciences education master's programmes -- University and work -- curriculum inquiry from an activity theory perspective -- Academic literacy as a graduate attribute -- The university curriculum as institutional transformation -- The bothersome business of curriculum in doctoral education. pt. 3. Methods for interrogating, revisioning and implementing curriculum change. Action research and curriculum transformation -- Creating a living curriculum -- Informing curriculum development in health sciences -- a Delphi method inquiry -- Critical curriculum inquiry in an undergraduate Visual Communication Design programme -- a case study approach through a complexity theory lens -- A small-scale classroom research approach to curriculum renewal -- The university curriculum as engaging with external non-academic communities -- Curriculum mapping as inquiry in higher education -- An appreciative inquiry approach to curriculum change.
Subject Term
:
Education, Higher -- Curricula -- South Africa.
Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- South Africa.
Curriculum change -- South Africa.
Curriculum planning -- South Africa.
Added Author
:
Bitzer, Eli.
Botha, Nonnie.
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