Learning communities
Subtitle: creating connections among students, faculty, and disciplines
By: Faith Gabelnick ... [et al.]
Contributors: Gabelnick, F. G.
Series: New directions for teaching and learning -- no. 41
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Jossey Bass
Published: 1990
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Interdisciplinary approach in education -- United States; Team learning approach in education; Classroom learning centers; Communication in education
Description: 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. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning community foundations --; title: Learning community models --; title: Making learning communities work : issues of implementation and sustainability --; title: Teaching in learning communities --; title: Students in learning communities : engaging with self, others, and the college community --; title: Faculty responses to learning communities --; title: Learning communities, curricular reform, and the future --; title: Resources on learning communities.