Cliff, A, Walji, S, Mogliacci, RJ et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Unbundling and higher education curriculum: a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory view of process. Teaching in Higher Education, 27 (2). pp. 217-232. ISSN 1356-2517
Abstract
The focus of this paper is on the contestations and dilemmas emergent in the higher education curriculum in a context of increasing processes of unbundling, digitisation and marketisation. The paper explores the notion of contestation through the theoretical lens of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory. It points to illustrative examples of this contestation from empirical data drawn from stakeholder research in South African higher education. The paper grapples with understandings of the concept of curriculum and argues how these have been shaped by – and are shaping – emergent meanings of the curriculum in an unbundling context. The argument is that these emergent meanings are a function of different explicit and tacit understandings of curriculum and what higher education offers to students. These understandings are deepened or modified by processes of unbundling. Empirical data from the research study show these understandings to be forming against the backdrop of powerful cultural and agentic forces and players.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Teaching in Higher Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Unbundling, higher education curriculum, Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, curriculum as contestation, digitisation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/P002102/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2020 16:30 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2022 08:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13562517.2019.1711050 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:154998 |