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Decolonizing Curriculum

Decolonizing Curriculum is an academic concept within curriculum studies that refers to the critical reconfiguration of educational content, pedagogy, and epistemologies to dismantle colonial hierarchies and center marginalized knowledge systems, thereby distinguishing itself from culturally responsive or inclusive approaches by challenging the foundational dominance of Western epistemic frameworks in formal education.

628

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31.5K

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985

Authors

393

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

386

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Publications

628

The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical Pedagogy of Place

David A. Gruenewald · Educational Researcher · 2003 · 2.1K citations

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Pedagogy and the politics of hope: theory, culture, and schooling: a critical reader

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 910 citations

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Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit

Jennifer Brant · Brock Education Journal · 2014 · 803 citations · Full text

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Decolonisation of higher education: Dismantling epistemic violence and Eurocentrism in South Africa

Savo Heleta · Transformation in Higher Education · 2016 · 560 citations · Full text

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Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy

Henry A. Giroux · Policy Futures in Education · 2010 · 513 citations · Full text

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Authors

985

  1. MZ
    Michalinos Zembylas

    Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus

    11 publications · 906 citations

    11

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  2. LL
    Lesley Le Grange

    Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    6 publications · 267 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. KL
    Kathy Luckett

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    5 publications · 287 citations

    5

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  4. PM
    Peter McLaren

    Chapman University, United States

    5 publications · 370 citations

    5

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  5. SS
    Sharon Stein

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    5 publications · 726 citations

    5

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Institutions

393

  1. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    18 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    17 h-index

    24 publications

    897 citations

  3. Stellenbosch University

    Stellenbosch, South Africa

    16 h-index

    24 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    15 h-index

    23 publications

    712 citations

  5. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    707 citations

  6. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    726 citations

  7. Nelson Mandela University

    Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. Open University of Cyprus

    Nicosia, Cyprus

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    743 citations

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Venues

  1. Teaching in Higher Education

    18 publications · 768 citations

    15

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 1.8K citations

    11

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  3. South African Journal of Higher Education

    10 publications · 657 citations

    10

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  4. Educational Philosophy and Theory

    EPAT · 9 publications · 540 citations

    8

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  5. Educational Theory

    8 publications · 954 citations

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