Thirteenth in the Service-Learning in Disciplines series, this book provides a sound approach to the many conceptual and methodological changes that have taken place in the teaching of languages and cultures. By reviewing the accomplishments of Spanish teachers and what theory informs us, the editors have compiled a series of suggestions to help students and teachers "connect with communities in order to facilitate learning with each other rather than about each other".

Construyendo Puentes (Building Bridges): Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Spanish (Higher Education)

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Stylus Publishing

The story of the Exploring Transfer project, a 12-year collaboration between Vassar College and LaGuardia and six other community colleges that has resulted in student transfer and graduation rates three times higher than the national average. Describes the strategies that make it a success, and demonstrates how other institutions can adapt it.

Transforming Students' Lives: How "Exploring Transfer" Works, and Why

Lieberman, Janet

Yearsley Hungar, Julie

The portfolio is a powerful tool for learning and assessment. Introducing the electronic into the mix increases its power, especially through the key feature of interactive hyperlinks and the potential to promote continuous reflection on, and updating of, learning. This introduction examines the potential of electronic portfolios by addressing: rationales for creating an electronic portfolio; possible features of the portfolio; examples of current practice; cautions; and recommendations. Chapters by nineteen portfolio practitioners from a range of disciplines and institutions describe the construction and use of electronic portfolios. They describe the uses: * By students to display and reflect on work for a specific course or program * By faculty to document and reflect on their classroom practice and allow comment by colleagues or others * By institutions to demonstrate accountability to their stakeholders and as a vehicle for institution-wide reflection, learning, and improvement. The section on institutional portfolios includes chapters on the incorporation of institutional research and data, and the potential role for such portfolios in accreditation. Section editors: Susan Kahn, Daniel P Tompkins, and Kathleen Blake Yancey.

Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning

A practice-oriented volume written by sociology faculty for their colleagues and others who care about the retention and success of students of color in the discipline's gateway courses.

Included In Sociology: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity (Higher Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Over forty colleges, universities, and associations report the latest developments in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Sections of the book include developing infrastructure, collaborating for change, instituting policies, documenting and assessing impact, and learning along the way. Framed with essays by AAHE Vice President Barbara Cambridge and Carnegie Foundation Vice President Pat Hutchings, the book's chapters reveal the strategies developed by institutions of all kinds to foster the scholarship of teaching and learning. This book constitutes an introduction to scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning, and will interest anyone who is concerned about student learning and the kind of inquiry that helps promote that learning.

Campus Progress: Supporting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning (AAHE Assessment Publications Bundle)

AAHE

Using Assessment to Strengthen General Education (AAHE Assessment Publications Bundle)

Behind Outcomes: Contexts and Questions for Assessment (AAHE Assessment Publications Bundle)

Assessment Programs and Projects: A Directory (AAHE Assessment Publications Bundle)

Conference speeches by L. Lee Knefelkamp, Peter T. Ewell, and Rexford Brown.

Three Presentations, 1989: From the Fourth National Conference on Assessment in Higher Education, 1989 (AAHE Assessment Publications Bundle)

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