The curriculum ideology of the South African secondary school biology

dc.contributor.authorMnguni, Lindelani
dc.contributor.emaillindelani.mnguni@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-13T11:31:35Z
dc.date.available2013-06-13T11:31:35Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa has had a number of curriculum reforms since 1994 which have been based on both political and education grounds. However, there is a dearth of knowledge about the nature of the envisioned graduates, especially with respect to social challenges. This can be addressed by exploring the curriculum ideology which outlines the vision of subjects within an education system by clarifying the aims of the subject, the content knowledge taught, the instructional process, the roles of teachers and students, as well as the assessment processes. There are at least four curriculum ideologies, namely, the scholar academic ideology, efficiency ideology, student-centred ideology and social reconstruction ideology. The aim of the current study was to investigate the curriculum ideology of the Grade 11 Biology curriculum by analysing the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement. Results show that Biology adopts a multi-curriculum ideology approach with greater emphasis on scholar academic and student-centred ideologies. Characteristics of the social reconstruction ideology were the least observed. This implies that Biology is designed to advance the discipline but will probably not lead to social and student empowerment with regard to current social challenges.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2013en_US
dc.description.librariangv2013
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajournalofeducation.co.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMnguni, L 2013, 'The curriculum ideology of the South African secondary school biology', South African Journal of Education, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 1-11.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-0100 (print)
dc.identifier.issn:2076-3433 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/21636
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEASAen_US
dc.rights© 2013 EASAen_US
dc.subjectCAPSen_US
dc.subjectEfficiency ideologyen_US
dc.subjectScholar academic ideologyen_US
dc.subjectSocial reconstruction ideologyen_US
dc.subjectStudent-centred ideologyen_US
dc.subject.lcshCurriculum planning -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshBiology -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africaen
dc.titleThe curriculum ideology of the South African secondary school biologyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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