Redesigning the Curriculum: Applying Problem Based Learning in a New Context

Autor/inn/en	Jensen, Iben; Lassen, Inger
Titel	Redesigning the Curriculum: Applying Problem Based Learning in a New Context
Quelle	In: Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 28 (2020) 1, S.37-57 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1366
DOI	10.1080/14681366.2019.1590455
Schlagwörter	Problem Based Learning; Postcolonialism; Foreign Countries; Cultural Context; Capacity Building; Universities; Educational Change; Workshops; Developing Nations; Democracy; Equal Education; Partnerships in Education; International Cooperation; Curriculum Implementation; Denmark; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Post colonialism; Postkolonialismus; Ausland; University; Universität; Bildungsreform; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Demokratie; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Dänemark
Abstract	This article explores how the translation of a pedagogical approach from a Danish University to a Ugandan university was negotiated by participants during a capacity building project. More specifically, it offers an empirical study of the planning process of transforming a traditional curriculum to a Problem Based Learning (PBL) curriculum and explores how the change was construed discursively in the new context. Focusing on data from two workshops "in situ," we uncover dominant discourses and implicit attitudinal positions. We discuss our findings in the light of the postcolonial setting in which the interaction unfolded. We conclude that although the participants seemed amenable to introducing PBL in the curriculum, they expressed subtle hesitation about the feasibility of such a transition. This leads us to suggest that the redesign process might have been influenced by 'the postcolonial elephant in the room'. Our analyses apply Critical Discourse Analysis, auto ethnography and postcolonial theory. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01