Building Faculty Learning Communities: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 97 - Softcover

Milton D. Cox; Laurie Richlin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787975680 ISBN 13: 9780787975685

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2004

Synopsis

Changing our colleges and universities into learning institutions has become increasingly important at the same time it has become more difficult. Faculty learning communities have proven to be effective for addressing institutional challenges, from preparing the faculty of the future and reinvigorating senior faculty, to implementing new courses, curricula, and campus initiatives on diversity and technology. The results of faculty learning community programs parallel for faculty members the results of student learning communities for students, such as retention, deeper learning, respect for other cultures, and greater civic participation. The chapters in this issue of New Directions for Teaching and Learning describe from a practitioner's perspective the history, development, implementation, and results of faculty learning communities across a wide range of institutions and purposes. Institutions are invited to use this volume to initiate faculty learning communities on their campuses. This is the 97th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

About this title

About the Author:

Milton D. Cox is the author of Building Faculty Learning Communities: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 97, published by Wiley.

Review:

"This volume is commendable for the efficiency with which it presents a vast amount of data and scholarship about a very interesting educational phenomenon." (Authors Journal Compilation, Winter 2007)

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0787975680
• ISBN 13: 9780787975685
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176