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Title Making teaching and learning matter : transformative spaces in higher education / Judith Summerfield, Cheryl C. Smith, editors
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages)
Series Explorations of educational purpose ; v. 11
Explorations of educational purpose ; v. 11.
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. I Prologue, Beginning an Exchange: Administration, Faculty, and the Shared Conversation -- 1. Rooms in Common: Where Teaching and Learning Matter / Judith Summerfield -- 2. Campus Center: Negotiating the Teaching Spaces of Higher Education / Cheryl C. Smith -- 3. Book Structure: An Overview of the Conversations / Judith Summerfield -- pt. II Changing Institutional Spaces: The Challenges of an Integrated University -- 4. Bridging the Colleges: Perspectives on the Integrated University / Robert Whittaker -- 5. Fortunate Gardener: Cultivating a Writing Center / Maria Jerskey -- 6. Accountability/Assessment as a Catalyst for Building College Community / Sue Henderson -- 7. CUNY Online Baccalaureate: A Transformative Cyberspace / William Bernhardt -- pt. III Negotiating Roles and Identities: The Challenges Faculty and Students Face -- 8. Creating Space for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Transforming the Meaning of Academic Work / Bonnie Oglensky -- 9. Writing Fellow/Faculty Collaboration in a Community College: Paradigms of Teaching and Learning Across the Curriculum / Andrea Fabrizio -- 10. Academic Discourse on a Multilingual Campus / Sue Lantz Goldhaber -- 11. Power of Peers: New Ways for Students to Support Students / Louis Lucca -- pt. IV Re-envisioning Pedagogy: The Challenges of Evolving Practice -- 12. Tempo and Reading Well / Christa Davis Acampora -- 13. Exploring History, Architecture, and Art Across Three Colleges in the Bronx / Carl James Grindley -- 14. Campus Without Boundaries: The Brooklyn Green Walk / Peter Spellane -- 15. Sparking Student Scholarship Through Urban Ethnography / Kenneth J. Guest -- 16. Building Community in Professional Education: Team Learning by Design / Carol M. Connell
Summary This volume captures the spirit of collaboration and innovation that its authors bring into the classroom, as well as to groundbreaking undergraduate programs and initiatives. Coming from diverse points of view and twenty different disciplines, the contributors illuminate the often perplexing debates about what matters most in higher education today. Each chapter tells a unique story about creating vital pedagogical arenas that have the potential to transform teaching and learning for both faculty and students. These exploratory spaces include courses under construction, cross-college and inte
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Education, Higher -- Study and teaching
EDUCATION -- Experimental Methods.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
Sciences sociales.
Droit.
Sciences humaines.
Education, Higher -- Study and teaching
Form Electronic book
Author Summerfield, Judith, 1941-
Smith, Cheryl (Cheryl Hogue)
ISBN 9789048191666
9048191661
9789048191659
9048191653
6613085685
9786613085689