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Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities
Jodi Levine Laufgraben (Author), Nancy S. Shapiro (Author)
9780787960544, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 15 June 2004
208 pages
23.5 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.322 kg
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.
Preface xi The Authors xvii 1 Introduction: The What and Why of Learning Communities 1 2 A Campus Culture for Sustaining Learning Communities 14 3 Planning and Assessing the Curriculum 31 4 Pedagogy That Builds Community 54 5 Faculty Development 76 6 Developing Purposeful and Focused Assessment 97 7 Approaching Diversity Through Learning Communities 114 8 Sustaining Living-Learning Programs 130 9 Next Steps: Expanding Our Understanding of Communities of Learning 157 References 173 Index 183
Anne Goodsell Love
Jodi Levine Laufgraben, Daniel Tompkins
Emily Decker Lardner
David Schoem
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
