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Decolonisation The Curriculum.
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What are your thoughts on these latest moves to tamper with our educational culture?
I am particularly interested in the views of those of you who have attended universities as students or lecturers, and if you think your experiences of the curriculum, ever made you think it was in need of reform?
'‘decolonizing the curriculum means creating spaces and resources for a dialogue among all members of the university on how to imagine and envision all cultures and knowledge systems in the curriculum, and with respect to what is being taught and how it frames the world.’'
I am particularly interested in the views of those of you who have attended universities as students or lecturers, and if you think your experiences of the curriculum, ever made you think it was in need of reform?
'‘decolonizing the curriculum means creating spaces and resources for a dialogue among all members of the university on how to imagine and envision all cultures and knowledge systems in the curriculum, and with respect to what is being taught and how it frames the world.’'
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Nothing wrong with having a look at the curriculum, things move on and sometimes a fresh viewpoint is needed.
Some young people and their views here, not all I agree with but some I do.
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Some young people and their views here, not all I agree with but some I do.
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Thanks for the posts.
I haven't had time to thoroughly read through yours Mamya, I will later, but some things bother me about the rewriting of our history.
I never went to university, (I know, you can tell :-), but in our country, surely we should be teaching our history from our perspective, at least until students are about fourteen, after which, they can specialise and include the history of any country they like, and link it to ours.
The whole, ''black,'' narrative is it seems getting out of control, and woe betide anybody raising concerns, for fear of being labelled, ''racist.''
On the other hand, the self promotions of black and ethnic minorities needs to be tackled head on, before it gets totally out of hand.
I haven't had time to thoroughly read through yours Mamya, I will later, but some things bother me about the rewriting of our history.
I never went to university, (I know, you can tell :-), but in our country, surely we should be teaching our history from our perspective, at least until students are about fourteen, after which, they can specialise and include the history of any country they like, and link it to ours.
The whole, ''black,'' narrative is it seems getting out of control, and woe betide anybody raising concerns, for fear of being labelled, ''racist.''
On the other hand, the self promotions of black and ethnic minorities needs to be tackled head on, before it gets totally out of hand.
Then one tweak I would recommend is a greater emphasis on the British role in abolishing slavery, and then policing the oceans to ensure the trade died out.
Of course, the black African countries continued to trade slaves, with each other and to Arab countries.
The tribalism that is such a strong presence in Africa, and is underestimated by the West, has always been a driving force for slavery and corruption.
Of course, the black African countries continued to trade slaves, with each other and to Arab countries.
The tribalism that is such a strong presence in Africa, and is underestimated by the West, has always been a driving force for slavery and corruption.
// Woolf - I agree, but only mathematics has certainty, everything e!we is open to interpretation, isn't it?//
no - - the only thing is theoretical physics and the rest is social work (Heisenberg)
our glorious imperial past has been Very Bad Indeed for at least 50 y at the universities - so no change there then
no - - the only thing is theoretical physics and the rest is social work (Heisenberg)
our glorious imperial past has been Very Bad Indeed for at least 50 y at the universities - so no change there then
If other cultures need something special they could always opt to go to a university in their own country. Nothing wrong with seeing how things can be improved for all customers, as long as it doesn't go too far. Universities provide the service they wish to provide, those who go to learn made a deliberate choice to go there. A chat around the water cooler should be enough space and resource for dialogue.
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