TY - JOUR
T1 - Students as partners in the promotion of civic engagement in higher education
AU - Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw
AU - Fourie-Malherbe, Magda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Society for Research into Higher Education.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Civic engagement
KW - civic skills
KW - cultural diversity experience
KW - social responsibility
KW - students as partners
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073969949&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03075079.2019.1666263
DO - 10.1080/03075079.2019.1666263
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073969949
SN - 0307-5079
VL - 46
SP - 1241
EP - 1255
JO - Studies in Higher Education
JF - Studies in Higher Education
IS - 6
ER -