ERIC Number: EJ1470110
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
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A Practical Framework for a Flourishing Praxis of Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education Institutions
Karen E. Venter; Somarie M. Holtzhausen
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v29 n1 p5-22 2025
This empirical article offers a practical framework to complement Sandmann's integrated theoretical model for advancing the praxis of engaged scholarship in higher education institutions. The article introduces a newly developed integrated service-learning praxis (ISLP) approach, which served as a research context for constructing the practical framework. The ISLP approach combines community-engaged service-learning as pedagogy, appreciative inquiry as a research-and-change model, and the strategies of appreciative leadership to deliver praxis. Through a qualitative action research design, six international community-engaged service-learning champions participated in an appreciative inquiry to coconstruct the practical framework. They drew on their reflective practice and expertise within a study grounded in generative and social constructionist theories. The resulting practical framework includes actions to advance the careers of future engaged scholars and to guide the institutionalization of engaged scholarship.
Descriptors: Praxis, Scholarship, Service Learning, Integrated Activities, School Community Relationship, Researchers, College Faculty, Higher Education, Socialization, College Administration, Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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