Curriculum studies in South Africa
Subtitle: intellectual histories & present circumstances
By: edited by William F. Pinar
Contributors: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: International & development education
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780230105508
Subjects: Education; Curriculum planning; Education and state
Description: As a worldwide phenomenon, the internationalization of curriculum studies is at its beginning. While much has been written about South African education, now, for the first time, gathered in one collection are glimpses of South African curriculum studies described by six distinctive points of view. Included are sections of a "micro-moment" of internationalization in which South African scholars reply to questions raised by scholars working elsewhere. Knowing what curriculum studies colleagues are thinking worldwide is the first step in understanding curriculum internationally. Recognizing the national distinctiveness of curriculum studies enables scholars to underscore how national history and culture influence their own research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: What to Teach the Natives: A Historiography of the Curriculum Dilemma in South Africa / Crain Soudien; title: Drawing the Line in Post-Apartheid Curriculum Studies / Wayne Hugo; title: From Response to Theorizing: Curriculum Genesis within South Africa through the Perspective of Critical Incidence Auto-Ethnography / Labby Ramrathan; title: Historical Legacies in the Institutionalization in South African Curriculum Studies / Ursula Hoadley; title: South African Curriculum Studies: A Historical Perspective and Autobiographical Account / Lesley Le Grange; title: Towards Authentic Teaching and Learning in Post-Apartheid South Africa: In Defence of Freedom, Friendship and Democratic Citizenship / Yusef Waghid; title: On the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies / William F. Pinar.