DECART Curriculum Transformation Workshop - WP3
Universities are increasingly facing challenges in developing, transforming, and enacting resilient curricula in a volatile, uncertain, and ambiguous context. The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) team, led by Cecile Gerwel Proches, Angela James, and Macdonald Kanyangale, organized an online workshop on August 27, 2024, as part of the DECART Work Package (WP3) focused on Curriculum Transformation. The workshop was facilitated by Professor Nyna Amin, Interim Director of Teaching & Learning at the UKZN Teaching and Learning Office. Professor Amin’s presentation provided deep insights into curriculum transformation, highlighting its complexities and challenges. She explored the curriculum as an intervention that shapes individuals through ideology and social norms, and she questioned whose interests are served in this process. Emphasizing the need for radical curriculum transformation, she introduced the cycle of disruption, which encourages a continuous process of disrupting, rethinking, reimagining, and reinventing educational approaches. Additionally, she stressed the importance of moving away from traditional teacher-centric models towards student-centered learning that is responsive to societal and global needs.
