Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4648
Title: Reinventing Higher Education: Towards Participatory and Sustainable Development
Contributor(s): Haddad, Caroline (editor); Meek, Vincent Lynn  (editor); Goedegebuure, Leo (editor)
Publication Date: 2008
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4648
Abstract: In December 2007, the Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID), UNESCO Bangkok, convened the 11th UNESCO-APEID Conference entitled "Reinventing Higher Education: Toward Participatory and Sustainable Development." This volume contains selected papers from that conference, which was held in Bangkok from 12 to 14 December 2007. The objectives of the Conference were to: • enhance understanding of the concepts and principles of participatory and sustainable development; • explore the role of higher education institutions in engaging with communities, NGOs and the private sector; • encourage the formulation of collaborative participatory and sustainable development programmes and activities; • facilitate the development of a network of policy makers, educators and learners who will contribute to collaborative learning for participatory development and social change; and • showcase examples and models of "Participatory and Sustainable Development in Action" (APEID, 2007, p. 1). The meeting organizers defined participatory development as a bottom-up, grassroots, people-centred approach to development. It is directed at taking advantage of the full potential of all sectors of society, "especially poor and marginalized social groups."
Publication Type: Book
Publisher: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Place of Publication: Bangkok, Thailand
ISBN: 9789292232054
9789292232061
Fields of Research (FOR) 2008: 160506 Education Policy
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930599 Education and Training Systems not elsewhere classified
HERDC Category Description: A3 Book - Edited
Publisher/associated links: http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/205_206/Higher_Education.pdf
Extent of Pages: 120
Series Name: The 11th UNESCO-APEID Conference
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