Faculty Learning Communities : Communities of Practice that Support, Inspire, Engage, and Transform Higher Education Classrooms

Kristin N. Rainville

ISBN 13: 9798887304458

Published by Information Age Publishing, 2024

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This edited book on Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) provides and explores powerful examples of FLCs as a impactful form of professional learning for faculty in higher education. The chapters describe faculty learning community initiatives across different fields of study and within dynamic and flexible teaching and learning models. Contributing authors provide a framework for faculty learning communities, show the impact of faculty learning communities on teaching practices or student learning, and describe how these communities of practice can lead to institutional change. The book's foreword, by Milton D. Cox, investigates the changes in the FLC world over the past decade: the influence of Communities of Practices (CoP), recent recommendations about virtual FLCs and CoPs, and the positive affirmation for FLCs that implementation science has provided.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Faculty Learning Communities : Communities of Practice that Support, Inspire, Engage, and Transform Higher Education Classrooms
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798887304458
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 31D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 31 millimeters depth
• Weight: 901 grams

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This edited book on Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) provides and explores powerful examples of FLCs as a impactful form of professional learning for faculty in higher education. The chapters describe faculty learning community initiatives across different fields of study and within dynamic and flexible teaching and learning models. Contributing authors provide a framework for faculty learning communities, show the impact of faculty learning communities on teaching practices or student learning, and describe how these communities of practice can lead to institutional change. The book’s foreword, by Milton D. Cox, investigates the changes in the FLC world over the past decade: the influence of Communities of Practices (CoP), recent recommendations about virtual FLCs and CoPs, and the positive affirmation for FLCs that implementation science has provided.