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)
2004008843
College teaching--United States. Group work in education--United States. Interdisciplinary approach in education--United States. Education, Higher--Curricula--United States.