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ERIC Number: EJ1099102
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0304-3797
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The Significance of Context for Curriculum Development in Engineering Education: A Case Study across Three African Countries
Case, Jennifer M.; Fraser, Duncan M.; Kumar, Anil; Itika, Ambrose
European Journal of Engineering Education, v41 n3 p279-292 2016
Curriculum reform is a key topic in the engineering education literature, but much of this discussion proceeds with little engagement with the impact of the local context in which the programme resides. This article thus seeks to understand the influence of local contextual dynamics on curriculum reform in engineering education. The empirical study is a comparative analysis of the context for curriculum reform in three different chemical engineering departments on the African continent, located in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa. All three departments are currently engaged in processes of curriculum reform, but the analysis shows how the different contexts in which these efforts are taking place exert strong shaping effects on the processes and outcomes for that reform.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kenya; South Africa; Tanzania
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