CIVIC MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE TEACHING PROCESS
CIVIC MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE TEACHING PROCESS

Summary/Abstract: The mission of the university changed during the 20th century under the influence of scientific and cultural progress. Universities have maintained their initial functions: transmission of culture, professional formation and research, but have added new functions to better respond to the requirements of the community that hosts them: innovation in technology, public instance for critical examination and commitment to civil rights, social justice and reforms. There are five ways in which the civic mission of today’s university can be accomplished: 1. the student is redefined as a consumer 2. the teaching strategies are student-centered 3. the theoretical fundaments of teaching are predominant constructivist 4. service learning is used 5. the graduate is equipped with civic skills The term literacy has gained a new dimension under these circumstances, the dimension of civic literacy.

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