University adult education approches: developing a model for the Qwa-qwa campus of the University of the North

[摘要] This study develops a model for university adult education to guide the Qwa-Qwa Campus ofthe University of the North in its quest to play a role in adult education practice. It exploresthe route that the Qwa-Qwa Campus could take in extending its resources to a wide range ofindividuals, special interest groups and targeted audiences in the North-Eastern Free Statecommunity that was historically marginalised from university education.In developing the envisaged model the study explores a number of international and local (SouthAfrican) approaches in university adult education. This academic endeavour is intended toprovide some guidelines for the Qwa-Qwa Campus’ envisaged role in university adult education.In pursuance of these aims (lie study investigates the typical role that a university plays in adulteducation by reflecting on the following issues:_ University outreach__ Distance education_ University Extension programmes / service_ University adult and ccntmuing education_ Universities and communities__ Sources o f funding for university adult education practice.A review of literature including a home-page survey are used as methodologies of unravellingtypical University Adult Education approaches of four universities in Australia ii(La Trobe,Deakin, Ballarat and Charles'STtirt), one university in the United States of America (Tuskegee),two universities in Southe; s Africa (Botswana and Lesotho) and four Universities in South, . . Africa (Western Cape, Cape ToWd, Witwatersrand and Transkei).Key people at selected South African Universities actively involved in adult education practicewere interviewed. Three people fi/nn the community were interviewed to assess the needs ofsurrounding people in the Qwa-Qwa area. The study brings these elements together in anattempt to develop a realistic model for the involvement of the Qwa-Qwa Campus in adulteducation.

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand