Learning and teaching participation in institutions of higher learning: overview

The articles in the theme section describe experiences of teaching and learning participation in a range of higher education settings. From social work in India, to a law faculty in Peru, to national agricultural research institutes in East Africa, revealing many similarities but also differences in approaches to teaching and learning. The papers draw on an international workshop held at the Institute of Development Studies, UK in April 2003 on learning and teaching participation in higher education. They focus on three main areas: participatory modes and programmes of teaching and learning; university-community linkages and the role of learning networks and ways of institutionalising learning and teaching participation.|The overview contains a discussion of how participation is learned, key challenges and questions, the bridge between theory and practice and methodologies for learning and teaching participation. It also gives a summary of the papers.