The business plan of the Department of Curriculum Studies is informed by the following vision and mission statements, which are in line with US’s Vision 2012:

Vision Statement

The department strives for academic excellence in the context of curriculum studies as a scientific field.

This vision is informed by the following values:

• Integrated scholarship
• Critical stance
• Transformative practice
• Respect for diversity of people and ideas
• Participative leadership
• Financial sustainability

Mission Statement

The vision is actualised by striving for:

• Seamless integration of research, teaching and community interaction
• Critical and responsive attitude to national curriculum policy and international tendencies
• Innovative contributions to curriculum inquiry
• The creation of a climate and space for critical discussion and collegial interaction
• Continuous sustainable management practices (financial, staff, students, in/output, etc.)

Research Focus

Major areas of inquiry are:

• Curriculum theory
- Approaches
• Curriculum management and policy
- Management of change
- Leadership
• Environment and community
- Technology
- Democratisation of curricula
• Language and communication
- Conceptualisation
- Literacy

	Verbal
	Visual

• Learning and Teaching
- Assessment and evaluation
- Learners
- Learning Theory
- Educators
• Learning materials (development)
- Content analysis
- Sources
- Programmes