Thursday, October 04, 2012

Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education


Smith, Barbara Leigh et al.  Learning Communities: Reforming Undergraduate Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Call No.: FDC 378.12 L479s

Publisher's Description: Learning Communities is a groundbreaking book that shows how learning communities (LCs) can be a flexible and effective approach to enhancing student learning, promoting curricular coherence, and revitalizing faculty. Written by Barbara Leigh Smith, Jean MacGregor, Roberta S. Matthews, and Faith Gabelnick¾acclaimed national leaders in the learning communities movement¾this important book provides the historical, conceptual, and philosophical context for LCs and clearly demonstrates that they can be a key element in institutional transformation.

Publisher's Book Page: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787910368.html