Analysing micro-credentials in higher education: a Bernsteinian analysis

This paper critiques the emergence of micro-credentials in higher education. It argues that build on discourse employability skills and 21st century within human capital theory, they increase potential theory to ‘discipline’ HE curriculum align it more closely with putative labour market requirements. The is situated social realist school sociology education, draws primarily Basil Bernstein develop this critique, while also drawing Continental Didaktik tradition. analyses nature person envisaged curriculum, homo economicus theory. self a who uses invest or set anticipating range Bernstein’s concepts analyse links between what be taught, whom how taught micro-credentials. focuses principle recontextualization which comprises instructional regulative discourses, examine ways notions motivation are reshaping relations classification framing curriculum.