Jonathan D. Jansen (South Africa Stellenbosch University), Cyrill A. Walters (South Africa Stellenbosch University)

The Decolonization of Knowledge

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an innovative and accessible study of how decolonization is engaged with, subverted, and transformed as a curriculum change project in universities since the RhodesMustFall movement, based on interviews and insights from ten universities with over two hundred academic teachers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781009077934
• ISBN-10: 1009077937
• Artikelnr.: 63621351

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Jansen is Distinguished Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University and President of the Academy of Science of South Africa. He is a curriculum theorist, and his research is concerned with the politics of knowledge. His recent publications include Fault Lines: A Primer on Race, Science and Society (2020), Learning under Lockdown: Voices of South Africa's Children (2020), and Learning Lessons (2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the decolonization of knowledge: radical ideas and the settled curriculum
2. Institutional posturing: the coming of decolonization and the scramble to respond
3. On the institutionalization of knowledge
4. The contending meanings of decolonization -and the implications for radical curriculum change
5. Regulating radical ideas: the role of regulatory agencies
6. The uptake of decolonization: the case of the humanities and social sciences
7. The uptake of decolonization: the case of the sciences and engineering
8. How does a radical curriculum idea travel through institutional life?: new insights into the politics of knowledge
References
Index