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Wheelahan, Leesa; Moodie, Gavin – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This paper critiques the emergence of micro-credentials in higher education. It argues that micro-credentials build on the discourse of employability skills and 21st century skills within human capital theory, and that they increase the potential of human capital theory to 'discipline' the HE curriculum to align it more closely with putative…
Descriptors: Criticism, Credentials, Higher Education, Employment Potential
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McEwen, N. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1980
Suggests that a phenomenological "model of man" can help secondary school teachers of geography emphasize the subjective nature of human experience and the importance of values. Phenomenology is examined and the relationship of phenomenology to geography is illustrated. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Sociology, Geography Instruction, Intellectual Disciplines
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Johnston, Sue – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1994
Maintains that courses in curriculum studies should be evaluated on "why" they should be part of teacher education and "how" they should be taught. Asserts that curriculum studies occupies a more tenuous position in teacher education than do established disciplines such as sociology, philosophy, and psychology. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Change