Abstract The community engagement project described in this article took the form of the re-invention and re-interpretation of a historic symbol (Diana the elephant) on the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University (NWU), South Africa. In 2015, the Faculty of Education Sciences invited staff and students to reinterpret the elephant (a symbol of education, longevity, wisdom, care, stamina, memory) in a new and more multicultural, multilingual, inclusive and environmentally conscious South Africa. The participatory process described, and the related outcomes, involved learning by students and academics across disciplines (the conceptualisation, design, engineering and creation of the structure) and collaboration between academics, children and adults from the community, all with a strong servicelearning dimension in relation to teacher education.

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新旅程的旧象征：重新想象跨学科的合作，以学习和实践教育

摘要本文描述的社区参与项目采取了对南非西北大学（NWU）Potchefstroom校园中的历史符号（大象戴安娜）的重新发明和重新诠释的形式。2015年，教育科学学院邀请教职员工和学生在一个新的，更具多元文化，多语言，包容性和环保意识的南非重新诠释大象（教育，长寿，智慧，关怀，耐力，记忆的象征）。所描述的参与过程及相关结果涉及跨学科的学生和学者的学习（概念的设计，设计，工程和结构的创建），以及来自社区的学者，儿童和成人之间的协作，所有这些都具有强大的服务学习维度。与教师教育有关。