Abstract
This excellent publication, Engaging Higher Education Curricula, could not have come at a more opportune time. As South African tertiary institutions grapple with more than a year’s worth of student protests, frequent campus closures and extreme measures to ensure that examinations continue, the conceptual understandings of higher education curricula are expanding. This publication sets the tone for critical conversations that need to be had within universities in the country now and in the years to come.
Highlights
As South African tertiary institutions grapple with more than a year’s worth of student protests, frequent campus closures and extreme measures to ensure that examinations continue, the conceptual understandings of higher education curricula are expanding
A key strength of the text is that it argues against the utilitarian view of higher education curricula that has permeated South African universities in the last two decades
In conjunction with sensitising the reader to the utilitarian view of higher education curricula, the text speaks to the presumptuous notion of viewing students as ‘consumers’
Summary
In conjunction with sensitising the reader to the utilitarian view of higher education curricula, the text speaks to the presumptuous notion of viewing students as ‘consumers’. Creating critical conversations on higher education curricula in South Africa This excellent publication, Engaging Higher Education Curricula, could not have come at a more opportune time. As South African tertiary institutions grapple with more than a year’s worth of student protests, frequent campus closures and extreme measures to ensure that examinations continue, the conceptual understandings of higher education curricula are expanding.
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