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Sustaining and improving learning communities / Jodi Levine Laufgraben, Nancy S. Shapiro.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 186 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0787960543
  • 9780787960544
Other title:
  • Sustaining & improving learning communities [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.16 22
LOC classification:
  • LB2341 .L245 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction : the what and why of learning communities -- 2. A campus culture for sustaining learning communities / Anne Goodsell Love -- 3. Planning and assessing the curriculum -- 4. Pedagogy that builds community / Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Daniel Tompkins -- 5. Faculty development -- 6. Developing purposeful and focused assessment -- 7. Approaching diversity through learning communities / Emily Decker Lardner -- 8. Sustaining living-learning programs / David Schoem -- 9. Next steps : expanding our understanding of communities of learning.
Review: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index.

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

"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.

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