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About This Book
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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Table of contents
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Chapter 1: Background Context for Universities and Community Engagement in Africa
- Chapter 2: A Capabilities and Asset-Based Development Approach to Community Engagement
- Chapter 3: Community Engagement and Its Evolving Terminology
- Chapter 4: Community Engagement Through Service Learning
- Chapter 5: Learning Cities as Community Engagement
- Chapter 6: Two Case Examples of Community Engagement
- Chapter 7: The Porous University in Action
- Chapter 8: Implications of the Porous University for Policy and Practice
- Bibliography
- Index