{"product_id":"university-community-engagement-and-lifelong-julia-preece-9783319561622","title":"University Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning: The Porous University","description":"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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Preece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319561626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319561622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d","brand":"Julia Preece","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089093832959,"sku":"9783319561622","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46076d23-f03e-4901-acc0-a9de6807601e.jpg?v=1769108153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/university-community-engagement-and-lifelong-julia-preece-9783319561622","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}