ERIC Number: EJ1419363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1474-0222
EISSN: EISSN-1741-265X
Decanonizing the Curriculum: English Degree Requirements in Canadian Universities Today, and the Promise of a Method-Focused Degree
Sarah Banting; Madeline Scarlett
Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, v23 n2 p173-188 2024
This paper proposes that a curricular shift we call "decanonization" is shaping contemporary English Major degrees at Canadian universities. We believe it is a response to a complex set of challenges currently facing departments as they program their undergraduate degrees in English, and, in a qualified way, we endorse it as a positive change: it can be seen as a step toward decolonization. But we argue that some forms of decanonized degree have unfortunate implications. While we affirm that our colleagues across the country are doing everything they can to sustain robust, current degrees in challenging circumstances, those circumstances have resulted in some cases in what appears to be a hollowed-out, underdefined degree. We propose an alternate curriculum, based on method, that seems to us particularly promising in the current context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Study, Decolonization, Curriculum, Barriers, Program Content, Reading Material Selection, Diversity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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