Human Development and Community Engagement Through Service-learning: The Capability Approach and Public Good in Education - Couverture rigide

Mtawa, Ntimi Nikusuma

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030347273 ISBN 13 : 9783030347277

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020

Synopsis

This book establishes community engagement and service-learning as pathways to advancing human development and common good. Using the human development and capability approach as normative frameworks, with South Africa as a frame of reference, the author investigates the theoretical contributions and ultimate benefits of university-community partnerships. In doing so, this book demonstrates that three interrelated capabilities - affiliation, common good professionals and local citizenship - are developed through community engagement and service-learning. Subsequently, the notion of transformative change through community engagement and service-learning is illuminated, particularly when operating within the context of power differentials, inequality and extreme poverty. This book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of service-learning, and its implications for partnerships between universities and external communities.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ntimi Nikusuma Mtawa is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa. His research interests focus on higher education and human development, university-community partnerships, and common good.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030347273
• ISBN 13: 9783030347277
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 282
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