Socially Responsible Higher Education

International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44582-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 679 g

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Is the university contributing to our global crises or does it offer stories of hope? Much recent debate about higher education has focussed upon rankings, quality, financing and student mobility. The COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, the calls for decolonisation, the persistence of gender violence, the rise of authoritarian nationalism, and the challenge of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have taken on new urgency and given rise to larger questions about the social relevance of higher education. In this new era of uncertainty, and perhaps opportunity, higher education institutions can play a vital role in a great transition or civilisational shift to a newly imagined world.

Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy shares the experiences of a broadly representative and globally dispersed set of writers on higher education and social responsibility, broadening perspectives on the democratisation of knowledge. The editors have deliberately sought examples and viewpoints from parts of the world that are seldom heard in the international literature. Importantly, they have intentionally chosen to achieve a gender and diversity balance among the contributors. The stories in this book call us to take back the right to imagine, and ‘reclaim’ the public purposes of higher education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Budd L

Tandon, Rajesh

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Social Responsibility and Community Based Research in Higher Education Institutions

Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon

PART 1: Higher Education and Civic Space for Learning

1 The University and the Tensions of Inclusion as Part of the Ethos of Social Responsibility

Ana Maria de Albuquerque Moreira, Andrea Tejera Techera, Márcia Lopes Reis and Sebastian Schurmann

2 Rethinking Higher Education for Social Responsibility in South Africa: Considering Synergies between Gandhian Principles and Ubuntu

Kanya Padayachee, Darren Lortan and Savathrie Maistry

3 Nepali Lifeworld and Its Higher Education System: A Critical Assessment of the Dis/Connection

Kapil Dev Regmi

4 ‘Social Infrastructures’ in the Nexus of Education and Justice

Benita Moolman and Janice McMillan

5 Why Are Our Rankings So White?

University Wankings

6 Saying ‘No’ to Rankings and Metrics: Scholarly Communication and Knowledge Democracy

Florence Piron, Tom Olyhoek, Ivonne Lujano Vilchis, Ina Smith and Zakari Liré

PART 2: Curricula: Decolonised and Local

7 Education outside the Classroom: Social Commitment in University Education

James Cuenca Morales and Claudia Lucía Mora Motta

8 Community Learning and the Arts in Art Education: Experiences in Montenegro

Andela Jakšic-Stojanovic

9 Higher Education and the Unique Gifts of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Anna Nahirna and Olha Mykhailyshyn

10 Language, Identity and Transformation: The Case of Arabic in Qatari Higher Education

Emna Belkhiria, Mazhar al-Zo’by and Arslan Ayari

11 Universities and Society in Kyrgyzstan: A Historical, Political and Economic Perspective

Bohdan Krawchenko, Zalina Enikeeva and Tamara Krawchenko

PART 3: Teaching: Engaged Action

12 Social Responsibility and Legal Education in India: A Study in Special Reference to National Law Universities

Anita Kumari and Pratikalpa Sharma

13 Engaging the School Community into Diversity and Inclusion: The Case of EHESP School of Public Health

Estelle Baurès and Alessia Lo Porto-Lefébure

14 Service Learning at the Instituto Professional of Chile: Social Responsibility in Higher Technical and Professional Education

José Sepúlveda Maulén

15 Towards a New Understanding of Social Responsibility: The Experiences and Challenges Faced by Peru’s Law Schools

Renata Anahí Bregaglio Lazarte, Renato Antonio Constantino Caycho and Paula Camino Morgado

PART 4: Partnerships: Renegotiating Knowledge and Society

16 Tagore, Social Responsibility and Higher Education in India

Sarita Anand

17 Preventing University Student Radicalisation: A Social Responsibility for Institutions of Higher Education

Catherine Déri

18 Support for Prospective Refugee Students in Germany: Quo Vadis?

Jana Berg

19 50 Years and beyond on Knowledge for Change in Malaysia: The Case of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Muzaimi Mustapha, Asyirah Abdul Rahim and Darshan Singh

20 Towards a European Framework for Community Engagement in Higher Education

Thomas Farnell and Bojana Culum Ilic

21 Policies, Learning and Ethical Positions in the University-Community Articulation: Higher Education Legitimacy in the Southern Cone

Sebastián Fuentes

22 Trying to Say ‘No’ to Rankings and Metrics: Case Studies from Francophone West Africa, South Africa, Latin America and the Netherlands

Florence Piron, Tom Olyhoek, Ivonne Lujano Vilchis, Ina Smith and Zakari Liré

Conclusion: Towards a Framework for Knowledge Democracy

Rajesh Tandon and Budd Hall

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Budd Hall is Professor Emeritus with the School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada, and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.

Rajesh Tandon is Founder-President, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), a global participatory research and training organisation based in New Delhi, India and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.