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Peer reviewedHarlow, Steve; Cummings, Rhoda – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2003
Describes three relational patterns of community college students in their course experience: survivor, adjustor, and encounterer. Uses Passmore's theory of closed and open capacities as a framework for a model of planning and implementing instruction to move students from survivors or adjustors to encounterers. (Contains 12 references.) (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Strategies, Learning Modalities
Peer reviewedReynolds, Jim; Morra, Thomas – Inquiry, 2001
Describes a Northern Virginia Community College online course that was designed to assist students in learning about the structure of knowledge and the steps in the learning process. Asserts that the ability to understand, control, and direct one's own learning is essential to becoming an effective lifelong learner. Contains 16 references. (NB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Learning
Peer reviewedRobertson, Douglas Reimondo – Journal of Faculty Development, 2001
Discusses the teaching perspective of Systemocentrism, or teacher/learner-centeredness, and two of its main elements: (1) attention to teachers' and learners' inner experience; and (2) attention to the intersubjective systems that develop among teachers and learners. Suggests that Systemocentrism provides faculty developers with a new tool for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Practices
Download full textMaricopa County Community Coll. District, Tempe, AZ. Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction. – 1997
The Maricopa Community College District (MCCD) intends this document to serve as a starting point for focusing on the following major themes: (1) dialogue about learning, given that changes are occurring in and around the learning process; (2) a common understanding of learning as a complex process on order to provide a framework for dialogue; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Role, Community Colleges, Culture
Peer reviewedPemberton, Freida Lorraine Nash – Journal of Faculty Development, 2001
Focuses on the benefits provided by telecommunication and the adaptation of distance learning models in higher education. Argues that distance learning is cost-effective, time-effective, accessible, and flexible, and that varying student populations and a changing economy make distance education a vital new tool. (NB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Computer Mediated Communication
Cross, K. Patricia – 1998
This monograph is part of the League for Innovation's learning initiative aimed at assisting community colleges in developing practices, programs, and policies that place learning at the heart of the educational enterprise. It highlights key innovations in the community colleges, distilling key elements from research on learning outcomes, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Constructivism (Learning)
