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University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning
Julia Preece
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Description for University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning
Hardback. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JNF; JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319561622
SKU
V9783319561622
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Ref
99-15
About Julia Preece
Julia Preece is Professor of Adult Education at the Durban University of Technology and Honorary Professor at the Universities of KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State in South Africa. She has published widely on adult education, lifelong learning and community engagement.
Reviews for University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning
“Julia Preece’s book is an exciting and very important book for the community engagement field—not just in South Africa and the global south where many of her case studies are located, but for the field more broadly too. … this is an excellent book and an essential read for SL and CE practitioners and students in both the global South ... Read more