TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Barbara Leigh
TI  - Learning communities: reforming undergraduate education 
SN  - 0787910368 (alk. paper)
AV  - LB2331 .L392 2004
U1  - 378.1/2 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - College teaching
KW  - United States
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Curricula
KW  - Group work in education
KW  - Interdisciplinary approach in education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Learning communities and undergraduate education reform --; 2; Learning community history : education for what? : education for whom? --; 3; Learning community curricular structures --; 4; Core practices in learning communities --; 5; General education, the first year of college, and learning communities --; 6; Success for all : learning communities in basic skills and English as a second language settings --; 7; Information and feedback : using assessment to strengthen and sustain learning communities --; 8; Recruiting and supporting learning community teachers --; 9; Initiating and sustaining learning communities --; 10; The future of learning communities
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004008843.html
ER  -