Learning communities : reforming undergraduate education / Barbara Leigh Smith ... [et al.]. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2004. - xvi, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series . - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-376) and index.

Learning communities and undergraduate education reform -- Learning community history : education for what? education for whom? -- Learning community curricular structures -- Core practices in learning communities -- 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 -- Information and feedback : using assessment to strengthen and sustain learning communities -- Recruiting and supporting learning community teachers -- Initiating and sustaining learning communities -- The future of learning communities.

0787910368 (alk. paper)

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College teaching--United States.
Group work in education--United States.
Interdisciplinary approach in education--United States.
Education, Higher--Curricula--United States.

LB 2331 / .L392 2004