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March 29, 2017
Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education
- Author
- Smith, Barbara Leigh, Jean MacGregor, Roberta Matthews and Faith Gabelnick
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
- ISBN
- 787910368
- Table of Contents
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ch. 1 Learning communities and undergraduate education reform
ch. 2 Learning community history : education for what? : education for whom
ch. 3 Learning community curricular structures
ch. 4 Core practices in learning communities
ch. 5 General education, the first year of college, and learning communities
ch. 6 Success for all : learning communities in basic skills and English as a second language settings
ch. 7 Information and feedback : using assessment to strengthen and sustain learning communities
ch. 8 Recruiting and supporting learning community teachers
ch. 9 Initiating and sustaining learning communities
ch. 10 The future of learning communities
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 Gabelnick¾acclaimed national leaders in the learning communities movement¾this important book provides the historical, conceptual, and philosophical context for LCs and clearly demonstrates that they can be a key element in institutional transformation. (From the Publisher)