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Learning Communities : Reforming Undergraduate Education

ISBN: 978-0-7879-1036-5
Hardcover
416 pages
September 2004, Jossey-Bass
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Introduction.

The Authors.

PART ONE: The Contemporary and Historical Context ofLearning Communities.

1. Learning Communities and Undergraduate Education Reform.

2. Learning Community History: Education for What? Education forWhom?

PART TWO: Learning Community Structures andPractices.

3. Learning Community Curricular Structures.

4. Core Practices in Learning Communities.

PART THREE: Rich Arenas for Reform.

5. General Education, the First Year of College, and LearningCommunities.

6. Success for All: Learning Communities in Basic Skills andEnglish as a Second Language Settings.

PART FOUR: Initiating and Strengthening LearningCommunities.

7. Information and Feedback: Using Assessment to Strengthen andSustain Learning Communities.

8. Recruiting and Supporting Learning Community Teachers.

9. Initiating and Sustaining Learning Communities.

PART FIVE: Conclusion.

10. The Future of Learning Communities.

References.

Notes.

Name Index.

Subject Index.
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