Learning communities : reforming undergraduate education /
Learning communities : reforming undergraduate education /
Barbara Leigh Smith ... [et al.].
- 1st ed.
- 400 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning communities and undergraduate education reform -- Learning community history : education for what? : education for whom? -- Learning community curricular structures -- Core practices in learning communities -- General education, the first year of college, and learning communities -- Success for all : learning communities in basic skills and English as a second language settings -- Information and feedback : using assessment to strengthen and sustain learning communities -- Recruiting and supporting learning community teachers -- Initiating and sustaining learning communities -- The future of learning communities. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Shows how learning communities can be a flexible and effective approach to enhancing student learning, promoting curricular coherence, and revitalizing faculty. Provides the historical, conceptual, and philosophical context for learning communities and demonstrates that they can be a key element in institutional transformation. From publisher description.
0787910368 (alk. paper)
2004008843
College teaching--United States
Education, Higher--Curricula--United States
Group work in education--United States
Interdisciplinary approach in education--United States
LB2331 / .L392 2004
378.1/2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning communities and undergraduate education reform -- Learning community history : education for what? : education for whom? -- Learning community curricular structures -- Core practices in learning communities -- General education, the first year of college, and learning communities -- Success for all : learning communities in basic skills and English as a second language settings -- Information and feedback : using assessment to strengthen and sustain learning communities -- Recruiting and supporting learning community teachers -- Initiating and sustaining learning communities -- The future of learning communities. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Shows how learning communities can be a flexible and effective approach to enhancing student learning, promoting curricular coherence, and revitalizing faculty. Provides the historical, conceptual, and philosophical context for learning communities and demonstrates that they can be a key element in institutional transformation. From publisher description.
0787910368 (alk. paper)
2004008843
College teaching--United States
Education, Higher--Curricula--United States
Group work in education--United States
Interdisciplinary approach in education--United States
LB2331 / .L392 2004
378.1/2