The didactics tradition in South Africa. A reply to Richard Krüger.

Autor/in	Le Grange, Lesley
Titel	The didactics tradition in South Africa. A reply to Richard Krüger.
Quelle	In: Journal of curriculum studies, 40 (2008) 3, S. 399-407Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272; 1366-5839
DOI	10.1080/00220270701832498
Schlagwörter	Pädagogik; Didaktik; Curriculumtheorie; Geschichte (Histor); Fundamentalismus; Austausch; Theorie; Südafrika (Staat)
Abstract	There has been a growing interest in the European Didaktik tradition as part of a process of 'internationalizing' curriculum studies. Krüger provides useful insights into some aspects of Didaktiek in South Africa. However, the essay does not contextualize this tradition within the broader history of South African education. This reply contends that Didaktiek was interwoven with 'fundamental pedagogics' and as a consequence played a role in reproducing apartheid ideology-it did not provide a language of critique or possibility. This is one reason why the tradition has seen its demise in post-apartheid South Africa. I argue that curriculum theory, which crucially deals with the relationship between schooling and society and highlights the socially constructed nature of schooling, offers a more useful alternative for critiquing apartheid education policy and for charting a process of transformation of education in South Africa.
Erfasst von	IPN - Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel
Update	2013/1