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Academic Freedom and the Decolonisation of Knowledge: Curriculum Transformation in South Africa from a UNESCO Perspective
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- المؤلفون: Olsson, Erik J.
- اللغة:
English
- المصدر:
Studies in Higher Education. 2023 48(8):1172-1182.
- الموضوع:
2023
- نوع التسجيلة:
Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
- معلومة اضافية
- Peer Reviewed:
Y
- المصدر:
11
- Education Level:
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
- الموضوع:
- الموضوع:
- الرقم المعرف:
10.1080/03075079.2023.2186389
- ISSN:
0307-5079
1470-174X
- نبذة مختصرة :
Decolonisation aims at exposing the ills of colonialism in an attempt to undo their long-standing effects. Important criticism of curriculum decolonisation has focused on potential conflicts with academic freedom. However, this criticism has to some extent suffered from a perceived lack of agreement on the concept and status of academic freedom itself. The present study views decolonisation in South Africa from the perspective of the international standard afforded by the UNESCO recommendation concerning the status of higher-education teaching personnel (1997). It is argued that, whereas some conceptions of decolonisation are intrinsically in conflict with the recommendation, compliance depends in other cases on implementational details. Moreover, regarding several conceptions, furthering decolonisation and implementing the UNESCO recommendation go hand in hand. In a case study, the Nelson Mandela University Transformation Plan 2018-2020 is critically examined. Finally, it is suggested that there may be considerable benefits associated with using the UNESCO recommendation as a guide in and throughout curriculum transformation.
- نبذة مختصرة :
As Provided
- الموضوع:
2023
- الرقم المعرف:
EJ1394654
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