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Article: Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing for Change, and Implementing Programs
- Article from:
- Journal of College Student Development
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing for Change, and Implementing Programs Nancy Shapiro and Jodi Levine San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999, 240 pages, $29.95 (softcover)
Recently, higher education scholars have identified learning communities as curricular innovations that foster seamless learning environments for individuals and institutions as a whole (Cross, 1998; Tinto, 1998). The constructivist foundations of learning communities promote collaboration and creativity in the learning environment, but at the same time the complexity of designing and implementing them on campus can be overwhelming for both novices and veterans. In Creating ...