Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9783319561639
3319561634
9783319561622
3319561626
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 31, 2017).
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| Summary: | This book offers a conceptual re-think of how university community engagement functions as a lifelong learning resource for communities. While having a specific focus on the South African context, it has important implications for other universities which are concerned with their communities, and makes a compelling argument for the university as a public good, in spite of current trends towards marketization and commodification of higher education. The book draws on a theoretical framework of capabilities, asset-based community development, and the adult learning concept of dialogue, to propose a model whereby the boundary walls of the university become metaphorically 'porous', so that community members feel free to interact with the university as equal members of society. A historical outline of African universities is provided, as well as an exploration of the evolution of terms for community engagement, service learning and learning cities; and an examination of the policy and practice implications for the ideological model of a porous university.
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| Other form: | Print version: Preece, Julia. University Community Engagement and lifelong learning. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 9783319561622 3319561626
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-56163-9
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