Sustaining and improving learning communities /

Laufgraben, Jodi Levine, 1966-

Sustaining and improving learning communities / Sustaining & improving learning communities Jodi Levine Laufgraben, Nancy S. Shapiro. - First edition. - xix, 186 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

Introduction : the what and why of learning communities -- A campus culture for sustaining learning communities / Planning and assessing the curriculum -- Pedagogy that builds community / Faculty development -- Developing purposeful and focused assessment -- Approaching diversity through learning communities / Sustaining living-learning programs / Next steps : expanding our understanding of communities of learning. Anne Goodsell Love -- Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Daniel Tompkins -- Emily Decker Lardner -- David Schoem -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"Sustaining and Improving learning Communities is the long awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking book Creating Learning Communities. The authors continue their exploration of the concept of learning communities as an innovation in undergraduate curricular instruction that allows students to actively participate in their own education, and deepen and diversify their college experience. Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Nancy S. Shapiro address a wide range of topics such as campus culture for sustaining learning communities, learning communities and the curriculum, pedagogies, and faculty development."--BOOK JACKET.

0787960543 9780787960544

2004006647


Universities and colleges--Administration--United States
Universities and colleges--Curricula--United States
Group work in education--United States

LB2341 / .L245 2004

378.16

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