Decolonization of Knowledge - Radical Ideas Shaping of Institutions in South Africa Beyond

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).Cyrill Walters is a Research Fellow in Higher Education at Stellenbosch University. She also teaches on the MBA programme at Stellenbosch University Business School. She is currently engaged in projects examining decolonization within South African universities, the intersection of race and gender in higher education, and complexity theories in leadership.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan D. Jansen, Jonathan D. (Stellenbosch University Jansen, Jansen Jonathan D., Cyrill A. Walters
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781009077934
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907793-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / General, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, African History, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Pressure groups & lobbying, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher