Overview
- Re-thinks how university community engagement functions as a lifelong learning resource for communities
- Argues that meaningful engagement between universities and the community should involve community empowerment, rather than being solely led by universities
- Draws on a theoretical framework of capabilities and asset based community development
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Reviews
“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 and North.” (Janice McMillan, International Journal of Lifelong Education, Vol. 37 (6), 2018)
“This clear and illuminating book makes a substantial contribution to the scholarship on university community engagement. It does this at a theoretical level by drawing innovatively on asset-based and capability perspectives, as well as literature on learning cities and regions. At contextual and empirical levels, it uses African examples of good practice. I found the book personally useful for my own continuing understanding and practice in learning from and with communities from a university base.” (Prof Peter Rule, Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning
Book Subtitle: The Porous University
Authors: Julia Preece
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56163-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56162-2Published: 25 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85840-1Published: 12 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56163-9Published: 13 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 214
Topics: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Social Work and Community Development, Educational Policy and Politics