A socially responsive university
The lens of decolonisation invites the opportunity to reflect on the current mainstream views regarding the purpose of the public university. A decolonized approach suggests that the key tasks of a university (teaching, research and community engagement) should be socially responsive. This conceptu...
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The lens of decolonisation invites the opportunity to reflect on the current mainstream views
regarding the purpose of the public university. A decolonized approach suggests that the key
tasks of a university (teaching, research and community engagement) should be socially
responsive. This conceptual article draws on a class project to suggest a way in which the three
tasks can be combined to respond so a particular social need. Against the foil of a class project -
situated in a larger Izindaba Zokudla (conversations about food) community engagement project
of the University of Johannesburg – this article argues: 1) instead of conventional teaching
methods, teaching should be based on an empowerment education model; 2) instead of a
top-down externally initiated model, community engagement should use a participatory multistakeholder
approach; and 3) instead of conventional research approaches, research should be
transformative. The article concludes, firstly that it is possible to integrate the teaching, research
and community engagement tasks of a public university productively, and secondly, it should
take as point of departure empowerment education, participatory community engagement, and
transformative research.
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| spelling | doaj-art-cb865de3b97e4e709441c3fb9f0365322025-01-20T08:56:25ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-10-0137210.36615/jcsa.v37i2.1551A socially responsive universityMariekie Burger0University of Johannesburg The lens of decolonisation invites the opportunity to reflect on the current mainstream views regarding the purpose of the public university. A decolonized approach suggests that the key tasks of a university (teaching, research and community engagement) should be socially responsive. This conceptual article draws on a class project to suggest a way in which the three tasks can be combined to respond so a particular social need. Against the foil of a class project - situated in a larger Izindaba Zokudla (conversations about food) community engagement project of the University of Johannesburg – this article argues: 1) instead of conventional teaching methods, teaching should be based on an empowerment education model; 2) instead of a top-down externally initiated model, community engagement should use a participatory multistakeholder approach; and 3) instead of conventional research approaches, research should be transformative. The article concludes, firstly that it is possible to integrate the teaching, research and community engagement tasks of a public university productively, and secondly, it should take as point of departure empowerment education, participatory community engagement, and transformative research. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1551decolonisationteaching, research and community engagementuniversitysocially responsive |
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| title | A socially responsive university |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A socially responsive university |
| title_short | A socially responsive university |
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| topic | decolonisation teaching, research and community engagement university socially responsive |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/1551 |
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