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Publication Date: 2018
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Neoliberalism and Curriculum in Higher Education: A Post-Colonial Analyses
Gyamera, Gifty Oforiwaa; Burke, Penny Jane
Teaching in Higher Education, v23 n4 p450-467 2018
In an era of internationalisation and globalisation, neoliberal agendas have now become important aspects of many institutional and national governments' higher education policy. A major aspect of these neoliberal agendas is their impact on the curriculum. This paper critically examines the impact of neoliberal agendas on curriculum through a postcolonial and decolonising lens, drawing on research conducted in the African context to illuminate the theoretical analysis presented. Drawing on 48 semi-structured interviews and documentary analyses across three public universities in Ghana, we examine the relationship between neoliberal agendas, neo-colonialism and curriculum imperatives in African higher education. The analysis illuminates the ways that hegemonic discourses connected to neoliberal agendas re-privilege Western-oriented values and perspectives and impact the curriculum changes in African higher education institutions.
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Higher Education, Structured Interviews, State Universities, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development, Correlation, Foreign Policy, Western Civilization, Values, Agenda Setting, International Education, Global Approach, Commercialization, Institutional Advancement, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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