W Norton Grubb

Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges (eBook, ePUB)

Inside and Outside of Classrooms

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a three-year study of over 20 community colleges, Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges analyzes developmental education practices, exploring what goes wrong and what goes right, and provides a series of recommendations for improved practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136206078
• Artikelnr.: 38446218

Autorenporträt

W. Norton Grubb is the Emeritus Professor and David Pierpont Gardner Chair in Higher Education at The Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Robert Gabriner is Professor of Educational Leadership and Director of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program for Schools and Community Colleges at San Francisco State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Understanding the Quandary of Basic Skills: Framing the Issues in
Community Colleges
Chapter 2 Developmental Students: Their Heterogeneity, Readiness, and
Perspectives
SECTION ONE: INSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Chapter 3 Instruction in Basic Skills: The Dominance of Remedial Pedagogy
Chapter 4 Innovation in Basic Skills Instruction: The Landscape and the
Locus of Change
Chapter 5 Student Support Services: Their Possibilities and Limits
Chapter 6 Integrating Student Services with Instruction: Chaffey College's
Long Journey to Success
SECTION TWO: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON CLASSROOMS
Chapter 7 Assessment and Alignment: The Dynamic Aspects of Developmental
Education
Chapter 8 Funding, Resources, and the Money Myth: Effects on Instruction
and Innovation
Chapter 9 Other Institutional Effects on Instruction and Innovation
Chapter 10 Solving the Basic Skills Dilemma: Conclusions and
Recommendations