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Publication Date: 2018
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Ways of Thinking and Practising: Highlighting the Complexities of Higher Education Curriculum
Barradell, Sarah; Barrie, Simon; Peseta, Tai
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, v55 n3 p266-275 2018
There is often little opportunity to think deeply about educational practice, and curriculum in particular in universities today, yet this is a much-needed conversation as graduates encounter an increasingly complex world. We propose ways of thinking and practising (WTP) as an idea to help frame these complex conversations. In this conceptual paper, we suggest that WTP provides an opportunity to think about curriculum in four key ways. The first is WTP help foster an "integrated" and "holistic" view of curriculum. The second is WTP help to focus learning on "multiple" knowledge forms, as well as "production," "circulation" and "application." Third, WTP signal the importance of "simultaneously" developing student "agency" whilst inducting students into disciplinary communities. Finally, WTP help focus learning on "real-world needs." The complexity of WTP transects the epistemological, ontological and axiological concerns facing today's universities, providing academics with a framework to engage with curriculum from multiple perspectives.
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Curriculum, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Holistic Approach, Inquiry, Epistemology, Student Development, Communities of Practice, Educational Needs
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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