Many professors, especially at the associate level, say yes to service requests despite the
pervasive advice to “just say no.” Much of this service constitutes “invisible labor” that diverts …

This book offers a conceptual re-think of how university community engagement functions as
a lifelong learning resource for communities. While having a specific focus on the South …

ABSTRACT Violence in South African schools seems to be increasing and the
consequences affect not only the physical, emotional, and academic lives of learners but …

Definitions of what constitutes community engagement are constantly evolving. This chapter
elaborates on Chap. 1's introduction to the terminology and its historical trajectory, revealing …

Studies of adult learning in Africa, where they exist, often draw uncritically on Western
theoretical and methodological frameworks such as andragogy, experiential learning and …

Donna Goldie studied the student engagement approach of teaching academics at one
regional Australian university. She found their approach as enmeshed with individual …

Over four decades of transformative-learning (TL) research, theorists have steadily called for
the design of a quantitative instrument capturing the central tenants of individual …

Continuing education initiatives often fail to consider the needs of adult learners in
technologically-mediated spaces. Alternative means of engaging adults in the learning …

Many countries lack adequate legislation to combat sexual harassment of women. The
situation in South Africa however is quite different. Since the collapse of Apartheid, there are …

This chapter explores the origins and changing nomenclature for service learning,
highlighting some of the differences in approach, particularly between South Africa and the …