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Stockdale, Kelly, J., Casselden, Biddy and Sweeney, Rowan 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4697-3302
(2021)
Diversifying the curriculum: understanding student’s approaches to reading lists and developing student curator roles.
Educational Developments, 22.3.
pp. 12-15.
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Abstract
This article reports on findings of two small projects aimed at decolonising reading lists and the wider curriculum at Northumbria University. The projects were funded by an internal Educational Quality Enhancement Fund (EQEF) and involved the collaboration of Criminology, and Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) Departments, running concurrently. They assumed that reading lists are a fundamental part of the curriculum, and therefore a crucial tool for helping to ensure a diversity of voices in the literature that we share with our students. The first project focussed on decolonising the CIS and Criminology curriculum by working with students to understand how they view their readings lists. Online focus groups with students were run, utilising Stockdale and Sweeney's (2019) intersectionality matrix as a tool to help generate discussion and facilitate student perspectives on the diversity of their reading. The second project recruited two student curators from the CIS and Criminology departments to strengthen and develop areas of the curriculum where marginalised voices were less well represented. These projects were not without challenges, particularly during the time of a global pandemic. There were some common themes and also interesting differences between the two subject areas which we consider. This article will share our research findings, discuss challenges faced, and talk through some of the practical steps taken which we hope will be of benefit for those working to decolonise their curriculum.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Article Type: | Article |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Curriculum; Reading list; Diversity; Student curators |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences |
| Research Priority Areas: | Society and Learning |
| Depositing User: | Rowan Sweeney |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2024 11:23 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2024 12:12 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/13966 |
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