The Advancement of Learning: Building the Teaching Commons

摘要: A publication of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement Teaching, this important resource builds on work Carnegie's best-selling books, "Scholarship Reconsidered" and Assessed". "The Learning" explores premise that scholarship teaching learning holds key to improving quality higher education. answers questions readers are likely have: What defining elements learning? traditions does it build on? its distinctive claims possibilities? implications academic culture careers? How shape student experience?In addition, authors Mary Taylor Huber Pat Hutchings introduce a new concept expands - commons. As explain, commons is conceptual space in which communities educators committed inquiry innovation come together exchange ideas about use them meet challenges educating students personal, professional, civic life.