Title:
Finding the why : Personalizing learning in higher education / margit misangyi watts, editor.
Author:
Watts, Margit Misangyi, 1949-
Publication Information:
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2016.
Call Number:
LB1060 .F563 2016
Abstract:
"This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning addresses how we might help students find the 'why' of their educational endeavors. This volume draws on the perspectives of seasoned scholars from around the country who consider the low retention rates and lack of engagement in many students" -- page 4 of cover.
ISBN:
9781119254188
Series:
New directions for teaching and learning ; number 145
New directions for teaching and learning ; no. 145.
Physical Description:
101 pages: 23 cm.
General Note:
"Spring 2016"
Contents:
Personalizing learning / Educational success and surrounding culture / Integrative learning: Making liberal education purposeful, personal, and practical / Project-based learning in colleges of business: Is it enough to develop educated graduates? / Making learning meaningful: Engaging students in ways that matter to them / Challenging the first year of college: Old models and new imperatives / After the doors opened: Asking why at a new community college / The undergraduate learning community: A bridge to understanding why / Why higher education: Lessons learned in a learner-centered college / Concluding remarks
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