Learning Through Community Engagement Vision and Practice in Higher Education /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sachs, Judyth (Editor), Clark, Lindie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; Learning & Instruction.; International and Comparative Education.

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 Commu...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Community-University Engagement: International Perspectives
• 1 A collaborative turn: Trends and directions in community engagement
• 2 The Civic University - A Legal and Policy Vacuum?
• 3 Community Engagement Scholarship, Research Universities and the Scholarship of Integration
• 4 A question of purpose: Engaged learning and the research mission of the University
• 5 Educating the global citizen
• Part II Community-University Engagement in Theory and Practice: Macquarie University's PACE initiative
• 6 Imagining a curriculum for an 'engaged university'
• 7 Transformational learning - possibilities, theories, questions and challenges
• 8 Language matters: Reciprocity and its multiple meanings
• 9 Implementing an institution-wide community-engaged learning program: The leadership and management challenge
• Case Studies: 11 Vignettes of Pace in Practice
• 10 Reflection for learning: A holistic approach to disrupting the text
• 11 Assessment Strategies for New Learning
• 12 Inclusive PACE: An experience for all students
• 13 Building a community of ethical practice through PACE
• 14 Exploring critical success factors for effective collaborative relationships
• 15 Exploring the reciprocal benefits of community-university engagement through PACE
• 16 PACE and on-line learning and engagement
• 17 The practice of PACE: Lessons learned and imagined futures
• PART III International Reflections on the Macquarie Experience
• 18 Reflections on the Macquarie Experience.