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Zrull, Mark C.; Rocheleau, Courtney A.; Smith, M. Corinne; Bergman, Shawn M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
This article focuses on curriculum-based learning communities (LCs). In these LCs, manipulation of the curriculum is intentional and often innovative, with the overarching goals of developing meaningful connections among students, between students and faculty, and between students and their coursework. The variety of curriculum-based models…
Descriptors: College Students, Communities of Practice, Intellectual Disciplines, Curriculum Enrichment
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Felten, Peter; Clayton, Patti H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
The question of how best to fulfill the academy's role in civic life animates many discussions about the identity and function of higher education in the twenty-first century. Service-learning is emerging as a central component of efforts to connect both disciplinary learning and general education with this historic and increasingly salient…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Service Learning