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标题：Research in curriculum studies: Reflections on nomadic thought for advancing the field
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作者：Shan Simmonds ; Lesley Le Grange
期刊名称：Transformation in Higher Education
印刷版ISSN：2415-0991
电子版ISSN：2519-5638
出版年度：2019
卷号：4
页码：9-17
DOI：10.4102/the.v4i0.76
出版社：AOSIS
摘要：Background: Key to sustainability and expansion of any field is the intellectual works of its scholars who engage in their field as in-becoming and who continually strive towards its advancement. For researchers of curriculum studies this involves being knowledgeable and conversant of the underlying discourses framing and challenging the field. Aim: In South Africa, field of curriculum studies has been critiqued for being a quick-fix solution to social problems by merely approaching the curriculum as a ‘dumping ground’ and for its over-emphasis on curriculum as a schooling matter. The intent of this article was to exemplify other, more current, challenges and accomplishments of the research constituting the field. Setting: The publications of South African National Research Foundation-rated researchers specialising in curriculum, because their scholarship is deemed central to building societal knowledge through quality and high-impact research. Methods: A meta-study was conducted to determine trends in a particular cluster of publications to identify the ways that researchers are advancing in the field of curriculum studies in South Africa. Results: Four pertinent findings were evidenced. Firstly, strong localism/nationalism of the field. Secondly, the higher education context as highly researched. Thirdly, the multidisciplinary nature of South African curriculum studies research. Fourthly, strong impetus from sociological work in the field. Conclusion: We reflect on nomadic thought as a starting point central to the pursuits of researchers in advancing the field of curriculum studies as an intellectual activity and practice of complicated conversation.
关键词：curriculum studies; complicated conversation; nomadic thought; meta-study research; National Research Foundation-rated researchers
其他关键词：curriculum studies;complicated conversation;nomadic thought;meta-study research; National Research Foundation-rated researchers