Learning Through Community Engagement: Vision and Practice in Higher Education
Judyth Sachs (Ed.)
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Description for Learning Through Community Engagement: Vision and Practice in Higher Education
Hardback. Editor(s): Sachs, Judyth; Clark, Lindie. Num Pages: 319 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNKP; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 713.
This book charts the development of a whole-institution approach to university-community engagement at a modern Australian university, highlighting the pivotal role that curriculum renewal can play in organizational transformation. It describes how Macquarie University's PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) program developed and fostered a culture of learning that has been at the center of academic renewal, differentiation, and institutional change. It details the development of the PACE pedagogical model, the establishment of the network of stakeholder relationships which underpin it, and the embedding of the model across the whole institution. Authored by those directly involved in the change project, this ... Read more
This book charts the development of a whole-institution approach to university-community engagement at a modern Australian university, highlighting the pivotal role that curriculum renewal can play in organizational transformation. It describes how Macquarie University's PACE (Professional and Community Engagement) program developed and fostered a culture of learning that has been at the center of academic renewal, differentiation, and institutional change. It details the development of the PACE pedagogical model, the establishment of the network of stakeholder relationships which underpin it, and the embedding of the model across the whole institution. Authored by those directly involved in the change project, this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
712g
Number of Pages
319
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811009976
SKU
V9789811009976
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About Judyth Sachs (Ed.)
Professor Judyth Sachs has recently stepped down as Deputy Vice Chancellor and Provost at Macquarie University, a position she held from December 2006, to take up a role with KPMG. Prior to joining Macquarie she held various positions at the University of Sydney, Griffith University and The University of Queensland. From June 2003 to December 2006 she was Pro-Vice Chancellor ... Read more
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