Title:
The pursuit of decolonising and transforming curriculum in higher education
Author:
M.W. Lumadi
University of South Africa
Published:
South African Journal of Higher Education, 21 March 2021
From the article:
The decolonisation of higher education should be viewed as a process of defying and dismantling the colonial systems that swayed education in the past and that are still perpetuated today. Colonial practices were established during times when nations-maintained supremacy over dependent territories. Moreover, decolonisation may also involve deliberating on the effect of colonisation on higher education and liberating curricula and the wider university culture from selective narratives. The foundational intent of decolonisation is to equip students with “diverse academic learning environments, curricula and approaches to research within which Indigenous cultures, histories, and knowledge are embedded” (Waghid and Hibbert 2018).