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Informationen zum Autor THE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR INNOVATION (GUNi) is composed of more than 208 members including Higher Education UNESCO Chairs, higher education institutions, networks and other institutions that are highly committed to innovation in higher education. GUNi was set up by UNESCO, the United Nations University (UNU) and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Spain, which hosts the secretariat. GUNi's mission is to strengthen the role of higher education in society contributing to the renewal of the visions, missions and policies of higher education across the world under a vision of public service, relevance and social responsibility. See more at: http://www.guninetwork.org/ GUNi has previously published four issues of the Higher Education in the World report (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011). Klappentext The Report provides visibility and critically examines the theory and practice of engagement. It explores ways in which engagement enhances teaching and research; it approaches engagement in ways that accept the multiple sites and epistemologies of knowledge! as well as the reciprocity and mutuality in learning and education through engagement. Zusammenfassung The Report provides visibility and critically examines the theory and practice of engagement. It explores ways in which engagement enhances teaching and research; it approaches engagement in ways that accept the multiple sites and epistemologies of knowledge! as well as the reciprocity and mutuality in learning and education through engagement. Inhaltsverzeichnis TEAM INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS PUBLICATION LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES AND MAPS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS PUBLICATION ABOUT THE AUTHORS GUNI PRESENTATION UNESCO'S INTRODUCTION UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY'S INTRODUCTION UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA BARCELONATECH INTRODUCTION A POEM FOR THE GREAT TURNING EDITORS' INTRODUCTION: KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL CHANGE PART I. THE CONTEXT I.1 Global challenges I.2 Rio+20: 'The Future We Want.' The first global agenda of the XXI century I.2.1 Rio+20: dynamics, governance and sustainable development goals I.3 The world we imagine I.4 Personal transformation and the consciousness revolution. Conscious life design in the holistic-biocentric evolutive model I.5 Higher education in the world: main trends and facts I.6 Timeline of the main statements of community university engagement PART II. GLOBAL ISSUES ON KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION II.1 Community university engagement II.1.1 Community university engagement global terms and terrain II.1.2 Engagement and partnership of higher education institutions with society: experiences, learning and worries II.1.3 The architecture of engagement: financing the institutional structures that support community university partnerships II.2 Knowledge in a new era II.2.1 Redesign progress now! The use of knowledge for a reconceptualized human progress II.2.2 The challenges of knowledge in a knowledge democracy II.2.3 Enlarging the conception of knowledge: the dialogue between ancient knowledge and sciences II.3 Knowledge for and with society II.3.1 Knowledge democracy, cognitive justice and the role of universities II.3.2 Community and civil society as sources of knowledge II.3.3 Shifting to intelligent societies II.4 University social responsibility: a mature and responsible definition II.5 Engagement beyond the third mission: the experience of Albukhary International University II.6 Rebuilding university social engagementPART III. RESEARCH ON KNOWLEDGE, ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION III Community university engagement initiatives: trends and progress PART IV. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IV.1 Moving beyond the ivory tower: the expanding global movement of engaged universities IV.1.1 Global networks on community university engagement IV.2 Knowledge, engagement and hig...
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THE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR INNOVATION (GUNi) is composed of more than 208 members including Higher Education UNESCO Chairs, higher education institutions, networks and other institutions that are highly committed to innovation in higher education. GUNi was set up by UNESCO, the United Nations University (UNU) and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) Spain, which hosts the secretariat. GUNi's mission is to strengthen the role of higher education in society contributing to the renewal of the visions, missions and policies of higher education across the world under a vision of public service, relevance and social responsibility. See more at: http://www.guninetwork.org/
GUNi has previously published four issues of the Higher Education in the World report
(2006, 2007, 2008, 2011).
