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Neoliberalism and curriculum in higher education: a post-colonial analyses.
- Source :
- Teaching in Higher Education; May2018, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p450-467, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- In an era of internationalisation and globalisation, neoliberal agendas have now become important aspects of many institutional and national governments’ higher education policy. A major aspect of these neoliberal agendas is their impact on the curriculum. This paper critically examines the impact of neoliberal agendas on curriculum through a postcolonial and decolonising lens, drawing on research conducted in the African context to illuminate the theoretical analysis presented. Drawing on 48 semi-structured interviews and documentary analyses across three public universities in Ghana, we examine the relationship between neoliberal agendas, neo-colonialism and curriculum imperatives in African higher education. The analysis illuminates the ways that hegemonic discourses connected to neoliberal agendas re-privilege Western-oriented values and perspectives and impact the curriculum changes in African higher education institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13562517
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Teaching in Higher Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128550077
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2017.1414782