Ways of knowing and the possible contributions of curriculum to the decolonising project

Yunus Ballim

doi:10.36615/sotls.v2i1.54

Yunus Ballim

Vice-Chancellor, Sol Plaatjie University, Kimberley; Professor of Civil Engineering Materials at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Ways of knowing, decolonisation, curriculum, south africa

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In this reflective piece, Prof Yunus Ballim argues that we need to develop a more coherent position and understanding of the meaning of curriculum transformation in higher education and how this process may contribute to decolonising the curriculum.

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BALLIM, Yunus. Ways of knowing and the possible contributions of curriculum to the decolonising project. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, v. 2, n. 1, p. 136-144, Apr. 2018. Available at: http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=54

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Apr 24, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36615/sotls.v2i1.54

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Ways of knowing and the possible contributions of curriculum to the decolonising project. (2018). Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South (SOTL) in the South, 2(1), 136-144. https://doi.org/10.36615/sotls.v2i1.54

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018): SOTL in the South (special issue)

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