Human Development and Community Engagement through Service-Learning (eBook)

The Capability Approach and Public Good in Education

Ntimi Nikusuma Mtawa (Autor)

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2019
263 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783030347284 (ISBN)

Infos

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.  

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.  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.12.2019
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 263 p. 1 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Amartya Sen • Capabilities and service learning • Capability Approach • Human Development and Service Learning • Service Learning
• ISBN-13: 9783030347284 / 9783030347284