Learning Communities Reforming Undergraduate Education

Name: Learning Communities Reforming Undergraduate Education
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ISBN: 9780787910365

ISBN-10: 0787910368

ISBN-13: 9780787910365

Edition: 2004

Authors: Barbara Leigh Smith, Jean MacGregor, Roberta Matthews, Faith Gabelnick

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Learning Communities is a groundbreaking book that shows how learning communities (LCs) can be a flexible and effective approach to enhancing student learning, promoting curricular coherence, and revitalizing faculty. Written by Barbara Leigh Smith, Jean MacGregor, Roberta S. Matthews, and Faith Gabelnickacclaimed national leaders in the learning communities movementthis important book provides the historical, conceptual, and philosophical context for LCs and clearly demonstrates that they can be a key element in institutional transformation.

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/8/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.37" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Introduction


The Authors



The Contemporary and Historical Context of Learning Communities



Learning Communities and Undergraduate Education Reform



Learning Community History: Education for What? Education for Whom?



Learning Community Structures and Practices



Learning Community Curricular Structures



Core Practices in Learning Communities



Rich Arenas for Reform



General Education, the First Year of College, and Learning Communities



Success for All: Learning Communities in Basic Skills and English as a Second Language Settings



Initiating and Strengthening Learning Communities



Information and Feedback: Using Assessment to Strengthen and Sustain Learning Communities



Recruiting and Supporting Learning Community Teachers



Initiating and Sustaining Learning Communities



Conclusion



The Future of Learning Communities


References


Notes


Name Index


Subject Index