The university and social responsiveness in the curriculum: A new form of scholarship?

London Review of Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-179

  Favish, Judith ^a   McMillan, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community; Curriculum; Higher education transformation; Knowledge; Scholarship; Service; Social responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349090230     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460902990351     Document Type: Article

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