Learning communities
Subtitle: reforming undergraduate education
By: Barbara L. Smith ... [et al.].
Contributors: Smith, Barbara Leigh.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: College teaching -- United States; Group work in education -- United States; Interdisciplinary approach in education -- United States; Education, Higher -- Curricula -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning communities and undergraduate education reform; title: Learning community history : education for what? education for whom?; title: Learning community curricular structures; title: Core practices in learning communities; title: General education, the first year of college, and learning communities; title: Success for all : learning communities in basic skills and English as a second language settings; title: Information and feedback : using assessment to strengthen and sustain learning communities; title: Recruiting and supporting learning community teachers; title: Initiating and sustaining learning communities; title: The future of learning communities.