The Making of Curriculum in Higher Education

Introducing a special issue devoted to the making of curricula in higher education, this article presents the main theoretical and empirical issues in this field of research. It first stresses the importance of addressing the contents and organization of knowledge in the study of higher education, a...

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Auteurs principaux: Barrier, Julien, Quéré, Olivier, Vanneuville, Rachel
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Langue:Français
Publié: 2019
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spelling cairn-RAC_042_0033RACRevue d'anthropologie des connaissances https://shs.cairn.info/revue-anthropologie-des-connaissances-2019-1-page-33?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rac.042.0033 The Making of Curriculum in Higher Education Barrier, JulienQuéré, OlivierVanneuville, Rachel2019 higher educationinstitutionsknowledgepedagogypoliticssocializationSociology of curriculumfre Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances | 131 | 1 | 2019-04-03 | p. 33-60 RAC_04274 Introducing a special issue devoted to the making of curricula in higher education, this article presents the main theoretical and empirical issues in this field of research. It first stresses the importance of addressing the contents and organization of knowledge in the study of higher education, a key site for the production, legitimation and transmission of abstract knowledge. Based on a literature review of French and international works on curricula in higher education, the article then highlights three research questions, related to the production and institutionalization of academic knowledge, its translation into curricula, and the role of curriculum in the socialization of students. Finally, the presentation of the issue’s articles brings to light the political issues, institutional arrangements and professional logics structuring curricula. Cairn free access
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topic higher education
institutions
knowledge
pedagogy
politics
socialization
Sociology of curriculum
spellingShingle higher education
institutions
knowledge
pedagogy
politics
socialization
Sociology of curriculum
Barrier, Julien
Quéré, Olivier
Vanneuville, Rachel
The Making of Curriculum in Higher Education
topic_facet higher education
institutions
knowledge
pedagogy
politics
socialization
Sociology of curriculum
description Introducing a special issue devoted to the making of curricula in higher education, this article presents the main theoretical and empirical issues in this field of research. It first stresses the importance of addressing the contents and organization of knowledge in the study of higher education, a key site for the production, legitimation and transmission of abstract knowledge. Based on a literature review of French and international works on curricula in higher education, the article then highlights three research questions, related to the production and institutionalization of academic knowledge, its translation into curricula, and the role of curriculum in the socialization of students. Finally, the presentation of the issue’s articles brings to light the political issues, institutional arrangements and professional logics structuring curricula.
author Barrier, Julien
Quéré, Olivier
Vanneuville, Rachel
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Quéré, Olivier
Vanneuville, Rachel
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title The Making of Curriculum in Higher Education
title_short The Making of Curriculum in Higher Education
title_full The Making of Curriculum in Higher Education
title_fullStr The Making of Curriculum in Higher Education
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