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In Feminist Praxis Revisited, Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) practitioners reflect on how the field has sought to integrate its commitment to activism and social change with community-based learning in post-secondary institutions. Teaching about and for social change has been a core value of the field since its inception, and co-op, practica, and internships have long been part of the curriculum in the professional schools. However, liberal arts faculties are increasingly under pressure to integrate community engagement practices and respond to labour market demands for greater student "employability." That demand creates challenges and possibilities as WGS programs and instructors adapt to changing post-secondary agendas. This book examines how WGS programs can continue to prioritize the foundational critiques of inequality, power, privilege, and identity in the face of a post-secondary push toward praxis as resumé building, skills acquisition, and the bridging of town-and-gown differences. It pushes students to reflect critically on their own experiences with feminist praxis through critical reflections offered by the contributors along with examples of practical approaches to community-based/experiential learning.
Women's studies --- Community education --- Feminism --- civic mission of higher education. --- community partners. --- community-based learning. --- critical pedagogy. --- depoliticization. --- experiential education. --- feminist non-profits. --- feminist pedagogy. --- neoliberal university. --- non-profits neoliberalism. --- service learning. --- social justice activism. --- transforming higher ed.
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This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional disciplines. The book includes a selected set of peer-reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs. The volume demonstrates how HEIs can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change, and contribute to the development of international public policy discourse. It answers the question ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. Furthermore, it examines how higher education innovation assists societal challenges and investigates the benefits of effective social innovation engagement by HEIs. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume makes it a must-read for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners of economics, education, business and management, political science, and sociology interested in a better understanding of social innovation.
Economics --- Higher & further education, tertiary education --- Business & management --- Central government policies --- Public finance --- Open Access --- Social change --- Higher education institutions --- Societal challenges --- Universities --- Triple helix --- Quadruple helix --- SDGs --- Sustainability --- Knowledge alliances --- Entrepreneurship --- Future employment markets --- Knowledge transfer --- Digitalisation --- Community-based learning --- Funding of higher education institution --- Sectoral specialization of the regional economies
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