Curriculum change and contextual realities in South African education : cui bono?

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Jansen, Jonathan D.

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Taylor & Francis

Abstract

Evaluates two South African curriculum change projects (Science Education Project and Fort Hare Project) that illustrate the difficulty of instituting meaningful change while working within the confines of the state school system. Concludes that control of schools by the state, supremacist ideology in curricula, and institutionalization of inequality are barriers to change within the system.

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Curriculum problems, Educational change, Discrimination in education, Educational philosophy, Government school relationship, Access to education, Black studies, Curriculum development, Educational improvement, Foreign countries, Political influences, Political power, Racial discrimination, Science curriculum, Secondary education, Teacher education, Fort Hare Project (FHP), Science Education Project (SEP), Apartheid, Education -- South Africa

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Jansen, J D 1988, ‘Curriculum change and contextual realities in South African education: cui bono?’, Journal of Curriculum Studies, vol. 20, issue 6, pp. 521-527. [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00220272.asp]