Full Description
This accessible resource provides comparative insights on experiential and exploratory learning in community-based settings in Higher Education.
Eight cutting-edge case studies of novel pedagogic approaches in India and the UK show how learners have stepped out of the shadows of the institution to engage with stakeholders beyond the campus as part of their formal studies. The case studies present approaches that emphasise situated experiential learning which enables undergraduate or postgraduate students to develop positive, mutually beneficial relationships with local communities and organisations as well as develop nuanced sensitivity to context. Issues including scale, assessment, partnership building, colonialism, sustainability, and social justice are discussed, alongside identifying the critical components of successful community engaged pedagogies.
This text will be ideal reading for those in leadership positions; those with learning and teaching responsibilities for departments, schools, and colleges; and for individual academics seeking pedagogical approaches which reflect their own values and the institutions that they represent.
Contents
An Introduction to Community-Engaged Learning in the UK and India
Andy Pitchford and Pooja Thomas
Chapter 1: MICA's Unique Rural Immersion Program: Combining Experiential Learning and Community-Engaged Learning Synergistically
Kallol Das and Yogesh Mungra
Chapter 2: Engaging Students, Transforming Communities: The Empowering London Module
Sophie Clutterbuck and Vanessa Airth
Chapter 3: Decolonising Community-Engaged Learning in the Built Environment: Lessons from Theory and Practice
Marie Xypaki, Gemma Moore, Elena Besussi, and David Owen
Chapter 4: The Urban Fellows Programme: Pedagogical Approaches to Urban Practice at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore
Shriya Anand, Gautam Bhan, Sudeshna Mitra, and Neha Sami
Chapter 5: Immersion and Transformative Research in Higher Education
Anup Dhar and Shyam Menon
Chapter 6: Engaging Students and Communities through Research: The Science Shop at Queen's University Belfast
Emma McKenna and David Owen
Chapter 7: Of Goats and Garbage: Teaching the Subaltern City
Gauri Bharat
Chapter 8: Community Organising in the UK Higher Education Sector: How Membership of Civic Alliances Enables Universities to Strengthen Democracy
Tim Hall
Conclusion: Reimagining Higher Education through a Decolonial Lens
Rahul Bishnoi and Sonal Purohit
