TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laufgraben,Jodi Levine
AU  - Shapiro,Nancy Sherman
TI  - Sustaining and improving learning communities
SN  - 0787960543
AV  - LB2341 .L245 2004
U1  - 378.16 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - San Francisco, CA
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - United States
KW  - Administration
KW  - Curricula
KW  - Group work in education
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004006647.html
ER  -