Learning to Make a Difference: Student Community Engagement and the Higher Education Curriculum - Softcover

Millican, Juliet; Bourner, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862018669 ISBN 13: 9781862018662

Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2014

Synopsis

Of equal importance to international academic and community audiences interested in learning partnerships, this book presents the latest thinking and innovations in development and professional practice in student-community engagement - an area of increasing interest and value to higher education institutions and communities alike. Through this uniquely focused text, readers will gain a better understanding of the range and scope of practice for student-community engagement within the current social, economic, and political context, supported by historical background and definitions of engagement. Practical guidelines on how to approach this work are provided, illustrated in a lively way by a variety of case study examples of learning gained from a range of different projects, co-written by students and their community partners. [Subject: Higher Education]

About this title

About the Author

Juliet Millican is Deputy Director of the Community University Partnership Programme at the University of Brighton. She received a National Teaching Fellowship award in 2013 for work in socially engaged teaching. Tom Bourner is Professor Emeritus of Personal and Professional Development, University of Brighton. Before retiring he headed research in the Business School and the Management Development Research Unit.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862018669
• ISBN 13: 9781862018662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248