{"product_id":"sustaining-and-improving-learning-communities-isbn-9780787960544","title":"Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities","description":"\u003ci\u003eSustaining and Improving Learning Communities\u003c\/i\u003e is the long awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003eCreating Learning Communities.\u003c\/i\u003e The authors continue their exploration of the concept of learning communities as an innovation in undergraduate curricular instruction that allow students to actively participate in their own education, and deepen and diversify their college experience. Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Nancy S. Shapiro address a wide range of topics such as campus culture for sustaining learning communities, learning communities and the curriculum, pedagogies, and faculty development. \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: The What and Why of Learning Communities 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Campus Culture for Sustaining Learning Communities 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne Goodsell Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Planning and Assessing the Curriculum 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Pedagogy That Builds Community 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJodi Levine Laufgraben, Daniel Tompkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Faculty Development 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Developing Purposeful and Focused Assessment 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Approaching Diversity Through Learning Communities 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Decker Lardner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Sustaining Living-Learning Programs 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Schoem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Next Steps: Expanding Our Understanding of Communities of Learning 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJodi Levine Laufgraben,\u003c\/b\u003e formerly director of First-Year programs and the assistant vice provost for University Studies, is associate vice provost and director of Periodic Program Review at Temple University, Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy S. Shapiro,\u003c\/b\u003e founding director of the College Park Scholars Program, is the associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, at the University System of Maryland. They are the coauthors of \u003ci\u003eCreating Learning Communities.\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUSTAINING \u0026amp; IMPROVING LEARNING COMMUNITIES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSustaining and Improving Learning Communities\u003c\/i\u003e is the long awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003eCreating Learning Communities.\u003c\/i\u003e The authors continue their exploration of the concept of learning communities as an innovation in undergraduate curricular instruction that allow students to actively participate in their own education, and deepen and diversify their college experience. Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Nancy S. Shapiro address a wide range of topics such as campus culture for sustaining learning communities, learning communities and the curriculum, pedagogies, and faculty development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Learning communities have come of age. With their first volume \u003ci\u003eCreating Learning Communities\u003c\/i\u003e as a foundation, Laufgraben and Shapiro show how this important movement has become powerfully woven with other strands of undergraduate reform including diversity, assessment, and new forms of pedagogy. Together the two books are an unbeatable combination.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e —Peter T. 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