{"product_id":"creating-significant-learning-experiences-isbn-9781118124253","title":"Creating Significant Learning Experiences","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Dee Fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful. This is a gem of a book that every college teacher should read.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eKen Bain\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Best College Students Do\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the original publication of L. Dee Fink’s \u003ci\u003eCreating Significant Learning Experiences\u003c\/i\u003e, higher education has continued to move in two opposite directions: more institutions encourage faculty to focus on research, obtaining grants, and publishing, while accreditation agencies, policy-makers, and students themselves emphasize the need for greater attention to the quality of teaching and learning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the author has updated his bestselling classic, providing busy faculty with invaluable conceptual and procedural tools for instructional design. Step by step, Fink shows how to use a taxonomy of significant learning and systematically combine the best research-based practices for learning-centered teaching with a teaching strategy in a way that results in powerful learning experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition addresses new research on how people learn, active learning, and student engagement; includes illustrative examples from online teaching; and reports on the effectiveness of Fink’s time-tested model. Fink also explores recent changes in higher education nationally and internationally and offers more proven strategies for dealing with student resistance to innovative teaching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTapping into the knowledge, tools, and strategies in \u003ci\u003eCreating Significant Learning Experiences \u003c\/i\u003eempowers educators to creatively design courses that will result in significant learning for their students. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As thought-provoking and inspiring today as it was when it was first published, it is a ‘must’ for anyone serious about creating courses that challenge students to learn deeply.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eElizabeth F. Barkley\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eStudent Engagement Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote to Updated Edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Creating Significant Learning Experiences: The Key to Quality in Educational Programs 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Taxonomy of Significant Learning 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Designing Significant Learning Experiences I: Getting Started 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Designing Significant Learning Experiences II: Shaping the Learning Experience 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Changing the Way We Teach 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Better Organizational Support for Faculty 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Human Significance of Good Teaching and Learning 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A Planning Your Course: A Decision Guide 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B Suggested Readings 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 317\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. Dee Fink \u003c\/b\u003ehas been an instructional consultant for more than thirty years. A former president of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), he consults on the topics of faculty development and integrated course design at two- and four-year colleges and accrediting associations around the world.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Dee Fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful. This is a gem of a book that every college teacher should read.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eKen Bain\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Best College Students Do\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the original publication of L. Dee Fink’s \u003ci\u003eCreating Significant Learning Experiences\u003c\/i\u003e, higher education has continued to move in two opposite directions: more institutions encourage faculty to focus on research, obtaining grants, and publishing, while accreditation agencies, policy-makers, and students themselves emphasize the need for greater attention to the quality of teaching and learning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the author has updated his bestselling classic, providing busy faculty with invaluable conceptual and procedural tools for instructional design. 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