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BERNSTEIN AND FOUCAULT ON EPISTEMIC DIVERSITY AND CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
BERNSTEIN AND FOUCAULT ON EPISTEMIC DIVERSITY AND CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION

Author(s): Victor J. Pitsoe, Thulani Zengele
Subject(s): Epistemology, Higher Education , Philosophy of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Editura Sitech
Keywords: diversity; epistemic diversity; diversity management; decolonizing curriculum; classification and framing; knowledge; power;

Summary/Abstract: Both decolonization and curriculum democratisation have emerged as major talking points in discourses about higher education. The premise of this article is that curriculum change in higher education should be fueled by social context responsiveness, epistemic diversity, pedagogical innovation, classroom practises renewal, and an institutional culture of candour and critical reflection. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and post-COVID-19 pose problems for the existence of epistemic diversity and diversity management in the discourse of curriculum transformation in higher education, according to this conceptual article (4IR). Epistemic diversity and diversity management are concepts that, in our opinion, have the characteristics of an Althusserian Ideological State Apparatus that can advance the political objectives of the post-COVID-19 and 4IR spaces.

  • Issue Year: 10/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-26
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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