Learning communities are curricular structures that link different disciplines around a common theme or question. They give greater coherence to the curriculum and provide students and faculty with a vital sense of shared inquiry. This volume examines the concept of learning communities within the framework of twentieth-century educational theory and reform. The authors provide comprehensive, detailed descriptions of how to design, maintain, and evaluate learning communities and include firsthand accounts from students and faculty in learning communities across the nation. At a time when higher education seeks a sense of shared purpose, learning communities offer an approach that balances the demands of individualism with those of contributing to the common good. Solutions to the problems we confront require multiple points of view, a variety of competencies, and an acknowledgment of interdependence and mutual respect. Learning communities are one way we may build the commonalities and connections so essential to our education and our society.This is the 41st issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning.
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Learning communities are curricular structures that link different disciplines around a common theme or question. They give greater coherence to the curriculum and provide students and faculty with a vital sense of shared inquiry. This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning places learning communities within the framework of twentieth-century educational theory and reform. The authors provide comprehensive, detailed descriptions of how to design, maintain, and evaluate learning communities and include firsthand accounts from students and faculty in learning communities across the nation. At a time when higher education seeks a sense of shared purpose, learning communities offer an approach that balances the demands of individualism with those of contributing to the common good. Solutions to the problems we confront require multiple points of view, a variety of competencies, and an acknowledgment of interdepAndence and mutual respect. Learning communities are one way we may build the commonalities and connections so essential to our education and our society. This is the 41st issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.
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Learning communities are curricular structures that link different disciplines around a common theme or question. They give greater coherence to the curriculum and provide students and faculty with a vital sense of shared inquiry. This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning places learning communities within the framework of twentieth-century educational theory and reform. The authors provide comprehensive, detailed descriptions of how to design, maintain, and evaluate learning communities and include firsthand accounts from students and faculty in learning communities across the nation. At a time when higher education seeks a sense of shared purpose, learning communities offer an approach that balances the demands of individualism with those of contributing to the common good. Solutions to the problems we confront require multiple points of view, a variety of competencies, and an acknowledgment of interdependence and mutual respect. Learning communities are one way we may build the commonalities and connections so essential to our education and our society. This is the 41st issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.
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Many colleges are creating learning communities as an avenue of educational improvement and faculty revitalization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
learning community effort, federated courses, federated learning communities, coordinated studies program, learning community experience, clustered courses, learning community models, learning community programs, learning community students, freshman interest groups, learning cluster, faculty load, peer adviser, faculty teams, linked courses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Stony Brook, Master Learner, Federated Learning Community, Washington Center, Freshman Interest Group, The Evergreen State College, University of Maryland, Western Michigan University, University of Oregon, John Dewey, Babson College, Integrated Studies, San Francisco, Association of American Colleges, Interdisciplinary Writing Program, Oxford University Press, Basic Books, Freshmen Interest Groups, Life Sciences, Patrick Hill, University of Wisconsin New!
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learning community effort, federated courses, federated learning communities, coordinated studies program, learning community experience, clustered courses, learning community models, learning community programs, learning community students, freshman interest groups, learning cluster, faculty load, peer adviser, faculty teams, linked courses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Stony Brook, Master Learner, Federated Learning Community, Washington Center, Freshman Interest Group, The Evergreen State College, University of Maryland, Western Michigan University, University of Oregon, John Dewey, Babson College, Integrated Studies, San Francisco, Association of American Colleges, Interdisciplinary Writing Program, Oxford University Press, Basic Books, Freshmen Interest Groups, Life Sciences, Patrick Hill, University of Wisconsin New!
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- The Experimental College by Alexander Meiklejohn on 5 pages
- Stony Brook (NY) (Images of America) by Three Village Historical Society on page 61, and page 74
- Embracing Contraries: Explorations in Learning and Teaching by Peter Elbow on page 85, and page 86
- The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom on page 6, and page 17
- Fostering Academic Excellence Through Honors Programs (Josse Bass Higher and Adult Education) by Paul G. Friedman on page 99, and Back Matter
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