Building Community: Stories and Strategies for Future Learning Community Faculty and Professionals

Learning communities are now an integral part of campus life at a wide range of colleges and universities, where they play an important part in efforts to improve student success. They help to create smooth transitions for first-year students and lead to greater satisfaction with the undergraduate experience. Learning communities can make a large campus more navigable foster a more academically and socially supportive residential environment, and forge connections among students, faculty, and staff. However, creating learning communities requires commitment and concerted effort from numerous stakeholders. With a wealth of information and hard-earned insight, Building Community: Stories and Strategies for Future Learning Community Faculty and Professionals offers indispensable advice on the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of learning communities. Topics include: The historical evolution of learning communities Learning community models Assessing the effectiveness of programs Faculty, student, and administrative perspectives on learning communities Creating a new learning community: possibilities and challenges Teacher-student dynamics within learning communities Diversity in learning communities Implications and applications for graduate education Resources for and about learning communities

• | Author: Terra Peckskamp
• | Publisher: Graduate School Press, Syracuse University
• | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 136 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0977784738
• | ISBN-13: 9780977784738