Abstract
Traditionally, schools, universities, and non-government organisations have operated in isolation from each other as independent silos, and functioned in ways that minimised interactions among them. A silo denotes the unidimensional manner in which institutions and fields of knowledge operate as vertically organised operations, divorced from horizontal interaction with others. For example, the university has mainly focused on teaching and research, as well as preparing students for their careers. Historically, the university's role was elitist and undemocratic and largely removed from the concerns of everyday life. The expert's role was to study and assist, but not to learn from the community (Hackney, 1986, p. 145).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Crossing Borders: African Refugees, Teachers and Schools |
| Editors | Tania Ferfolja, Margaret H. (Margaret Helen) Vickers, Florence E. McCarthy, Loshini Naidoo, Eric Brace |
| Place of Publication | Altona, Vic. |
| Publisher | Common Ground |
| Pages | 73-90 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781875864690 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |