Curriculum Decision-Makers on Decolonising the Teacher Education Curriculum

Autor/in	Mahabeer, Pryah
Titel	Curriculum Decision-Makers on Decolonising the Teacher Education Curriculum
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 38 (2018) 4, Artikel 1705 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Curriculum Development; Land Settlement; Social Justice; Social Bias; Cultural Relevance; Indigenous Knowledge; African Culture; Racial Bias; Humanization; Teacher Education Programs; Western Civilization; Educational Change; Higher Education; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Siedlungsraum; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Humanisierung; Bildungsreform; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Over 21 years into democracy and the commitment for radical transformation in education, South Africa continues to adopt and adapt international imperatives and standardisations in pursuit of first world rankings. Ironically, notions of indigenisation, decolonisation and Africanisation of the curriculum have become catch words of the day. In the wake of the #FeesMustFall movement, a rethink of the curriculum for tomorrow, and the manner in which we think and speak about the curriculum, has come to the forefront. Through Pinar's method of currere, this paper demonstrates curriculum decision-makers' thinking about decolonising the curriculum. While some curriculum decision-makers perpetuate Western ways of thinking about the curriculum, others make a shift in their thinking towards a 're-humanising' approach to the curriculum. The present study maintains that curriculum decision-makers are catalytic agents, and are neither complacent nor at the mercy of Western knowledge and ideologies. They continue to be apprehensive on curriculum matters and disrupt entrenched taken-for-granted philosophies. This renders them agentic in their development of, and search for, alternate worthwhile home-grown knowledge, that leads towards a more 'humanised' curriculum approach. This paper further opens up discussions and possibilities around notions of 'indigenisation,' 'Africanisation,' 'decolonisation,' 'humanisation' on one hand, and Westernisation and Eurocentrism of the curriculum on the other, working together as co-existing realities towards transforming the curriculum in colonised countries like South Africa. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01