higher education discussion 6

Discussion: Learning Together

Learning communities emerged as a popular trend in the late 1990s and has become more prevalent in higher education. Learning communities have been developed based on shared qualities among students such as their major, career goal, academic interest, or non-academic factors such as living in a particular residence hall or participating in a student organization or athletic team. The chapter on active and collaborative learning by Kuh, et al. (2010) presents a very positive view of learning communities. The article by Talburt and Boyle (2005) presents a more critical view.

In this week’s Discussion, you will consider these opposing viewpoints and how these perspectives shape and influence learning environments.

ASSIGNMENT BELOW PLEASE READ

Post your thoughts with regard to the following questions:

· What are the potential benefits and challenges of learning communities?

· Which arguments are the most important, in your view?

· Should learning communities be pursued as a significant strategy for enhancing student learning?

Please answer the above questions in grammatical paragraph form using in text citation.

Talburt, S., and Boyle, D. (2005). Reconsidering learning communities: Expanding the discourse by challenging the discourse. Journal of General Education, 54(3), 209-236. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research Complete database: http://web.ebscohost.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/ehost/detail?sid=3c87a2e9-7d75-4f17-bcfa-ce23530e8e31%40sessionmgr113&vid=1&hid=113&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=ehh&AN=19827891

*****Assignment length needs to be 3 to 4 paragraphs minimally. ******