Sustaining and improving learning communities
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Sustaining and improving learning communities
（The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series）
Jossey-Bass, c2004
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 allow 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.
Table of Contents
Preface xi
The Authors xvii
1 Introduction: The What and Why of Learning Communities 1
2 A Campus Culture for Sustaining Learning Communities 14
Anne Goodsell Love
3 Planning and Assessing the Curriculum 31
4 Pedagogy That Builds Community 54
Jodi Levine Laufgraben, Daniel Tompkins
5 Faculty Development 76
6 Developing Purposeful and Focused Assessment 97
7 Approaching Diversity Through Learning Communities 114
Emily Decker Lardner
8 Sustaining Living-Learning Programs 130
David Schoem
9 Next Steps: Expanding Our Understanding of Communities of Learning 157
References 173
Index 183
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