University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning The Porous Uni
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
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Julia Preece
University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning
Julia Preece
University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning The Porous University
Julia Preece Durban University of Technology Unit of Adult and Community Education Durban, South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-56162-2 ISBN 978-3-319-56163-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56163-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017944279 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: ChuckSchugPhotography / Getty Stock Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Permission has been kindly granted to reproduce sections of text and illustrative diagrams as follows: Johannes Smit, Editor-in-Chief, for the journal Alternation Special Issue (vol 23, issue 1) to reproduce my Fig. 2.1 and pages 217–221 from my article ‘The Porous University: Rethinking Community Engagement’. This text and figure are reproduced in Chap. 2 of my book. David Weerts and Lorilee Sandmann, for their diagram ‘Fig. 1: Universitycommunity engagement boundary spanning roles at public research universities’ published in Weerts, D. and L. Sandmann (2010) ‘Community Engagement and Boundary Spanning Roles at Research Universities’, The Journal of Higher Education, 81(6), 702–727. This is reproduced in Chap. 3 of my book as Fig. 3.1. Arne Carlsen at UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning to reproduce their ‘Framework of the Key Features of Learning Cities’. This is presented in Chap. 5 of my book as Fig. 5.1. Durban, South Africa
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Foreword
It is a great pleasure for me to introduce readers to this excellent book, con
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