Higher Education and Community-Based Research [electronic resource] : Creating a Global Vision /
Munck, R.editor.
McIlrath, L.editor.
Hall, B.editor.
Tandon, R.editor.
A unique, comparative survey of community-based research within a higher education context, featuring some of the top scholars in the field, this book brings together a global range of experiences with community-based research and engages the leaders in the field worldwide to set out visions for future directions, practices, and developments.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1 Main Issues and Perspectives: An Introduction; Section I: Overview; 2 Community-Based Research: Genealogy and Prospects; 3 The Problematic of Participation: Back to the Future; 4 Community-Based Research, Health, and Social; 5 Majority-World Foundations of Community-Based Research; Section II: Experiences; 6 "With or Without You"-The Development of Science Shops and Their Relationship to Higher Education Institutions in Europe; 7 Research Engagement in the UK: Evolving Policy and Practice
8 Emerging Policy and Practices on Community-Based Research-Perspectives from the Island of Ireland9 Community-Based Research in Australian Universities: Reflections on National Policy, Institutional Strategy, and Research Practice; 10 Organizing Culture Change through Community-Based Research; 11 Community Engagement as Fabric in Which to Weave in Teaching/Learning and Research; 12 The Community-Based Research Tradition in Latin America; Section III: Perspectives; 13 Community-Based Research: Searching for Its Foundations; 14 Higher Education and the Public Good: Precarious Potential?
15 Knowledge, Action, and Hope: A Call for Strengthening the Community-Based Research MovementContributor Biographies; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A unique, comparative survey of community-based research within a higher education context, featuring some of the top scholars in the field, this book brings together a global range of experiences with community-based research and engages the leaders in the field worldwide to set out visions for future directions, practices, and developments.
School management and organization.
School administration.
International education .
Comparative education.
Higher education.
Education and state.
Educational policy.
Sociology.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
International and Comparative Education.
Higher Education.
Education Policy.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Sociology, general.