Table of Contents
Learning
Community Models Cover
The
phrase “learning community” is being used in many contexts:
“Learning”
and “community” can be seen as both means and ends.
Recent
trends in educational reform efforts:
Learning
Communities
From
Courses
To Programs
Learning
Communities Address the Needs for:
Learning
community curricula are found in. . .
Learning
Communities Invite an Array of Pedagogical Approaches:
Others
who participate on LC teaching teams besides faculty members:
Learning
Communities Can Be Structured As:
Three
Basic Types of Learning Community Models
“F.I.G.’s”
Freshman Interest Groups
Examples
of F.I.G.’s
“F.L.C.’s”
Federated Learning Communities Goals: Community, Integrative Learning,
and Faculty Development in a Large Class Environment
F.L.C.
in the Major
Linked
or Paired Courses Goal: Curricular coherence and integrating skill and
content teaching
Examples
of Paired Courses
Learning
Clusters: Goal: Coherence, thinking and writing skills in a community setting
A Learning
Cluster Schedule
Learning
Cluster Procedures
Business
Cluster
Team-Taught
Learning Communities
Team-Taught
Course Pairs
Team-Taught
Triads of Courses
Team-Taught
Course Schedule for the Quanta Program
Coordinated
Study Model
Coordinated
Study Model Typical Schedules
Enrollment
in Team-Taught Models
Enrollment
in Team-Taught Models
Are
Learning Communities Effective?
Successful
Learning Community Implementation |