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ERIC Number: EJ417347
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
Curriculum Policy as Compensatory Legitimation? A View from the Periphery.
Jansen, Jonathan D.
Oxford Review of Education, v16 n1 p29-38 1990
Explores the utility of the construct, compensatory legitimation, for the comparative study of curriculum policy. Demonstrates the limits of existing compensatory strategies for explaining the curriculum policy of Zimbabwe. Applies the construct to postcolonial states. Argues socialist curriculum policy supports the legitimation of the state in postcolonial societies. (DB)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Policy Formation, Socialism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Compensatory Legitimation; Zimbabwe