Inquiring the curriculum in higher education : a limited (South African) perspective

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBitzer, Elien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-01T12:33:56Z
dc.date.available2017-06-01T12:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionCITATION: Bitzer, E. 2011. Inquiring the Curriculum in Higher Education: A Limited (South African) Perspective, in E. Bitzer & N. Botha (eds.). Curriculum Inquiry in South African Higher Education: Some Scholarly Affirmations and Challenges. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 33-58. doi:10.18820/9781920338671/01.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available from AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, Stellenbosch: South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: This chapter attempts to explore, in a limited way, the concept of curriculum inquiry and to position its applications within the field of higher education studies and research. Obviously, curriculum inquiry is a particular form of educational research addressing different kinds of educational research questions employed, inter alia, to solve pressing educational problems, formulate policies and develop or redevelop programmes and courses. Unfortunately, however, higher education curriculum inquiry is not always performed by educational experts. In fact, curriculum inquiry is mostly attempted by educational practitioners or educational leaders and managers who wish to address a particular curriculum issue in their programmes or courses or solve a particular institutional or systemic problem. As in most research, addressing particular curriculum questions necessitates sound processes and methods of inquiry. This chapter briefly touches on this latter issue, although some of the chapters further in this book will illustrate the point much more clearly. The chapter also attempts to provide some historical or developmental background to curriculum inquiry, including a few glimpses of a vast and relatively unchartered terrain to which the remaining chapters of this book might contribute.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBitzer, E. 2011. Inquiring the Curriculum in Higher Education: A Limited (South African) Perspective, in E. Bitzer & N. Botha (eds.). Curriculum Inquiry in South African Higher Education: Some Scholarly Affirmations and Challenges. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 33-58. doi:10.18820/9781920338671/01.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-920338-64-0en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn978-1-920338-67-1 (ebook)en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.18820/9781920338671/01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101673
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAFRICAN SUN MeDIAen_ZA
dc.relationCurriculum Inquiry in South African Higher Education: Some Scholarly Affirmations and Challengesen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartThe University curriculum as engaging with external non-academic communities: a grounded theory inquiry approachen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartA Small-Scale Classroom Research Approach to Curriculum Renewalen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartAcademic Literacy as a Graduate Attribute: Implications for Thinking about 'Curriculum'en_ZA
dc.relation.haspartChallenges for Curriculum in a Contemporary South Africaen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartCritical Curriculum Inquiry in an Undergraduate Visual Communication Design Programme: A Case Study Approach Through a Complexity Theory Lensen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartInforming Curriculum Developments in Health Sciences: A Delphi Method Inquiryen_ZA
dc.relation.haspartIntroductory Chapteren_ZA
dc.relation.haspartTrans-Disciplinary and Curriculum Space in Health Sciences Education Master's Programmesen_ZA
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101751
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101683
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101679
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101681
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101680
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101676
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101678
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101604
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/101674
dc.rights.holderAFRICAN SUN MeDIAen_ZA
dc.subjectCurriculum evaluationen_ZA
dc.subjectCurriculum planningen_ZA
dc.subjectCurriculum changeen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation -- Researchen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleInquiring the curriculum in higher education : a limited (South African) perspectiveen_ZA
dc.typeChapters in Booksen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
bitzer_inquiring_2011.pdf
Size:
1.28 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download Chapter
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.95 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Chapters in Books (Curriculum Studies)