ERIC Number: EJ1428908
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 11
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Powerful and Life-Changing Learning Communities
Monica W. Walker; Stacie A. Miller; Adrianne S. Washington
Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, v3 n1 2023
For over 2 decades, the Learning Community Program has impacted students at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), with its emphasis on critical thinking, community, belonging, and student success. Faculty teaching this high-impact practice (HIP) not only implement an integrated curriculum in 2 paired courses representing different disciplines, but also strive to build community among the students and teachers, setting up activities and an atmosphere so that students of diverse backgrounds can build relationships and understanding. CCBC's internal data, which is presented in this article, concurs regarding the success of learning communities. In January 2023, CCBC's Planning, Review, and Evaluation (PRE) Department provided a data analysis comparing all the learning community sections of courses to standalone sections, for all semesters between summer 2019 to summer 2022.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Communities of Practice, College Programs, Critical Thinking, Sense of Community, Success, Educational Practices, Student Experience, Culturally Relevant Education, College Faculty, Academic Achievement, Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness
Board of Trustees of the Community College of Baltimore County. 7201 Rossville Boulevard, ADMN 101, Baltimore, MD 21237. Tel: 443-840-3756; e-mail: rminor@ccbcmd.edu; Web site: https://tales.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/tales
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland
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