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Title:

Building community : stories and strategies for future learning community faculty and professionals / edited by Terra Peckskamp and Carrie McLaughlin.

Publisher:

Graduate School Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

vii, 123 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Group work in education--United States--Case studies.
College teaching--United States--Case studies.
Professional learning communities--United States--Case studies.
Interdisciplinary approach in education--United States--Case studies.

Other Authors:

Peckskamp, Terra, 1971-
McLaughlin, Carrie, 1971-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Understanding the evolution of learning community concepts: a historical perspective / Dianna Winslow -- Learning communities: a structural overview / Heather Strine Patterson -- Tips and strategies for assessing learning communities / jared halter and Camila L©♭rtora Nardozzi -- Learning communities assessment: challenges and recommendations from faculty and staff perspectives / W. Leslie Burleson and Michele Tarnow -- The arts adventure LC: a classroom-to-community cultural connection / Eileen Strempel -- Creating a unique learning community through creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship / Eric M. Alderman -- Diversity and citizenship / Silvio Torres-Saillant and James Duah-Agyeman -- Creating change and continuity in your learning community / Paul Buckley -- Learning community encounters and strategies for effective teaching assistantship / Jamie Kathleen Portillo -- Bridging the gap: constructing faculty-student relationships for mutual learning / Braden Smith and Rachel Smith -- The higher education learning community of Syracuse University: a participant's perspective / Maria J. Lopez -- Through the looking glass of undergraduate learning communities (and what the graduate student finds) / Chris Calvert-Minor -- The Mary Ann Shaw Center for public and community service: lessons learned / Elizabeth Occhino and Jennifer Kellington -- Mentoring and the gateway learning community: the importance of mentoring in providing access to social capital / Larry Thomas and Nicole Zervas Adsitt -- Institutional pedagogies: exploring two learning community programs / Jennah K. Jones and Joshua D. Lawrie -- Critical learning community resources for educating campus stakeholders / Terra Peckskamp and Joshua G. McIntosh.

ISBN:

0977784738 (pbk.)
9780977784738 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320799364

LCCN:

2010022815

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)