Constructive alignment in Pacific tertiary education: building the waka with nails

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Burnett, Greg
Abstract

Constructive alignment as a way of framing curriculum has wide appeal in many tertiary education contexts. At one Pacific regional tertiary institution, it has recently been embraced as a means toward greater program quality. Its unquestioned acceptance, however, raises the need for critical reflection. This reflection critiques constructive alignment from a number of perspectives, including its resistance to complex educational realities and its technical rationality in the face of organic aspects of a decolonised Pacific education.

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International Journal for Academic Development

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26

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1470-1324

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Taylor & Francis

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10.1080/1360144X.2019.1699797