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Designing for Learning: Creating Campus Environments for Student Success
β Scribed by C. Carney Strange; James H. Banning
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 370
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Understand the design factors of campus environmental theorythat impact student success and create a campus of consequence Designing for Learning is a comprehensive introduction tocampus environmental theory and practice, summarizing the influenceof collegiate environments on learning and providing practicalstrategies for facilitating student success through intentionaldesign. This second edition offers new coverage of universaldesign, learning communities, multicultural environments, onlineenvironments, social networking, and safety, and challengeseducators to evaluate the potential for change on their owncampuses. You'll learn which factors make a living-learningcommunity effective, and how to implement these factors in therenovation of campus facilities. An updated selection of vignettes,case scenarios, and institutional examples help you apply theory topractice, and end-of-chapter reflection questions allow you to testyour understanding and probe deeper into the material and how itapplies to your environment. Campus design is no longer just about grassy quads andivy-covered wallsβthe past decade has seen a surge in newdesigns that facilitate learning and nurture student development.This book introduces you to the many design factors that impactstudent success, and helps you develop a solid strategy forimplementing the changes that can make the biggest difference toyour campus. Learn how environments shape and influence studentbehavior Evaluate your campus and consider the potential for change Make your spaces more welcoming, inclusive, and functional Organize the design process from research to policyimplementation Colleges and universities are institutions of purpose and place,and the physical design of the facilities must be undertaken withattention to the ways in which the space's dimensions and featuresimpact the behavior and outlook of everyone from students tofaculty to staff. Designing for Learning gives you a greaterunderstanding of modern campus design, and the practicalapplication that brings theory to life.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Authors
Part One Components and Impacts of Campus Environments
Chapter 1 Physical Environments: The Role of Place and Design
The Campus as Place
Conduits of Nonverbal Communication
Places of Learning
Connecting Through Sense of Place
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 2 Aggregate Environments: The Impact of Human Characteristics
Environments as People
Students of a Feather
A Synthesis of Concepts
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 3 Organizational Environments: How Institutional Goals Are Achieved
The Nature of Organized Environments
Anatomy of Organized Environments
Dynamics of Organized Environments
Organizational Performances
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 4 Socially Constructed Environments: Different Views Through Different Eyes
Seeing Is Believing
Campus Culture
Questions for Discussion
Part Two Designing Campus Environments That Foster Student Learning and Success
Chapter 5 Promoting Inclusion and Safety
Designing Environments for Inclusion
Socially Constructed Factors
Principles of Universal Design
Campus Assessment and Response
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 6 Encouraging Participation and Engagement
Theories of Student Engagement
Physical Dimensions of Engagement
Aggregate Dimensions of Involvement
Organizational Dimensions of Involvement
Constructed Dimensions of Involvement
Institutional Assessment and Response
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 7 Building Communities of Learning
Characteristics of Communities
Successful Communities
Dimensions of Community
Challenges of Building Community
Assessment and Institutional Response
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 8 Learning Through Mobile Technology
The Scope of Things Present
The Status of Things as They Are
The Future of Things to Come
Questions for Discussion
Chapter 9 Assessing and Creating Designs for Student Learning and Success
Toward an Ecology of Learning
A Campus Design Matrix
A Personal Ecology of Student Development
Campus Policies and Practices
Questions for Discussion
References
Name Index
Subject Index
EULA
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