Creating Significant Learning Experiences
Subtitle: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: March 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780787960551
Subjects: Higher & further education; Study & learning skills; Education, Higher; College And University Curricula; Methods Of Instruction And Study In Higher Education; Education; Education / Teaching; United States; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Higher; Administration - General; Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General; College teaching; Curricula
First sentence: Every year, in the United States alone, more than five hundred thousand college teachers prepare to teach classes, and more than fifteen million students come to learn.
Description: "Creating Significant Learning Experiences also offers valuable recommendations on what various organizations in higher education can do to more effectively support better teaching. Based on the six key needs of faculty interested in changing the way they teach, Fink identifies several specific actions for decision makers in colleges and universities, accrediting agencies, funding agencies, journals on teaching, and disciplinary associations." "This book presents an exciting vision of what higher education might be, accompanied by practical advice on how to make that vision a reality."--Jacket.