| Description |
xviii, 220 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series |
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Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Why Learning Communities? -- 2. Types and Models of Learning Communities -- 3. Creating a Campus Culture for Learning Communities -- 4. Developing the Curricula -- 5. Recasting Faculty Roles and Rewards -- 6. Building Administrative Partnerships -- 7. Putting Administrative Structures in Place -- 8. Evaluating and Assessing Learning Communities -- 9. How Learning Communities Affect Students, Faculty, and the Institution -- 10. Concluding Advice and Reflections on Creating Learning Communities -- App. Learning Communities Contacts |
| Summary |
"In recent years, learning communities - a curricular instructional innovation that integrates different facets of the undergraduate experience to enhance and enrich learning - have become the most promising new strategy for promoting student success and satisfaction in college. Learning communities give students the chance to deepen and diversify their education, connect with others who share their interests, and actively participate in the educational process."--BOOK JACKET |
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"Creating Learning Communities is a guide to the essentials of this rewarding new program area, including how to design, fund, staff, manage, and integrate learning communities into different campuses. Drawing from their own experience, as well as from experiences of campuses around the country, Nancy S. Shapiro and Jodi H. Levine provide both a sound theoretical rationale and nuts-and-bolts advice on the logistical, administrative, financial, and turf-related issues of creating an effective learning community. And perhaps most important, they show how to ensure that such communities embody and fulfill the objectives for which they were established."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index |
| Subject |
College teaching -- United States.
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Group work in education -- United States.
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Educational change -- United States.
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| Author |
Laufgraben, Jodi Levine, 1966-
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| LC no. |
99033625 |
| ISBN |
0787944629 alkaline paper |
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