Students as partners in the promotion of civic engagement in higher education

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4098096
AutoresYaw Owusu-Agyeman (0000-0001-6730-5456, Directorate for Institutional Research and Academic Planning, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, autor correspondente), Magda Fourie-Malherbe (Stellenbosch University), Magda Fourie‐Malherbe (0000-0002-8351-6111, Stellenbosch University)
Ano2021
Volume46
Fascículo6
Páginas1241-1255
Data de publicação2021-06-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2019.1666263
OpenAlexW2974876745
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas46

The development of the knowledge and skills of students can only be complete when the tenets of civic engagement are inculcated in them to respond to the needs of society. However, due to the weakening role of higher education institutions to develop a university ethos that stimulate civic interest and participation among students, it has become necessary to examine the aspects that enhance civic engagement. Using social cognitive and transformative learning theories, we examined six major aspects namely, civic knowledge, civic skills, civic culture, cultural diversity, social responsibility and students as partners to reveal the sets of relationships and antecedents that enhance civic participation among students. We relied on a mixed method approach for gathering and analysing data from students in an HEI setting in Ghana (n = 261). Results revealed that cultural diversity experience, social responsibility and students as partners represent important aspects for stimulating civic participation among students in HEIs

Civic engagement · Ethos · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social responsibility · Sociology · Transformative learning · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Service-Learning and Community Engagement