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The curriculum? That's just a unit outline, isn't it

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ID4855405
AuthorsSharon P Fraser, Sharon Fraser (0000-0002-0766-4892, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Agnes Bosanquet (0000-0003-2563-6120, Macquarie University), Agnes M Bosanquet
Year2006
Volume31
Issue3
Pages269-284
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075070600680521
OpenAlexW2032010382
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited4

The term curriculum is familiar in school education, but more ambiguous in its usage in a higher education context. Although it is frequently used in academic staff discussions, policy and planning documents, and to describe advisory bodies, its usage is inconsistent and multifarious. This article reports a phenomenographic study of the ways in which academics conceive of the curriculum in higher education. It examines the variation in perceptions of curriculum, which is critiqued through the work of school curriculum theorists, who utilise Habermas’s theory of knowledge‐constitutive interests. The intention of this article is to explore the epistemologies and assumptions that underpin these conceptions, in order to promote an inclusive and shared vocabulary as a basis for curriculum development

Curriculum · Curriculum development · Curriculum mapping · Curriculum theory · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Phenomenography · Political science · Sociology · Vocabulary · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Psychology · Reflective Practices in Education

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Citations per year2,69
Citation span2010 - 2026 (17)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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