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The curriculum ideology of the South African secondary school Biology

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dc.creator Lindelani Mnguni
dc.date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:14:43Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:14:43Z
dc.identifier 0256-0100
dc.identifier 2076-3433
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/cf76d643291a48e1b0c3987b3b11a814
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17070
dc.description South Africa has had a number of curriculum reforms since 1994 which have been based on both political and education grounds. However, there is a dearth of knowledge about the nature of the envisioned graduates, especially with respect to social challenges. This can be addressed by exploring the curriculum ideology which outlines the vision of subjects within an education system by clarifying the aims of the subject, the content knowledge taught, the instructional process, the roles ofteachers and students, as well as the assessment processes. There are at leastfour curriculum ideologies, namely, the scholar academic ideology, efficiency ideology, student-centred ideology and social reconstruction ideology. The aim of the current study was to investigate the curriculum ideology of the Grade 11 Biology curriculum by analysing the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement. Results show that Biology adopts a multi-curriculum ideology approach with greater emphasis on scholar academic and student-centred ideologies. Characteristics of the social reconstruction ideology were the least observed. This implies that Biology is designed to advance the discipline but will probably not lead to social and student empowerment with regard to current social challenges.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Education Association of South Africa (EASA)
dc.relation http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002013000200012
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/0256-0100
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3433
dc.source South African Journal of Education, Vol 33, Iss 2, Pp 1-11 (2013)
dc.subject Biology
dc.subject CAPS
dc.subject efficiency ideology
dc.subject Grade 11
dc.subject scholar academic ideology
dc.subject social reconstruction ideology
dc.subject South Africa
dc.subject student-centred ideology
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title The curriculum ideology of the South African secondary school Biology
dc.type article


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