Communities of Learned Experience - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Communities of Learned Experience write by Nancy G. Siraisi. This book was released on 2012-11-01. Communities of Learned Experience available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Renaissance, collections of letters both satisfied humanist enthusiasm for ancient literary forms and provided the flexibility of a format appropriate to many types of inquiry. The printed collections of medical letters by Giovanni Manardo of Ferrara and other physicians in early sixteenth-century Europe may thus be regarded as products of medical humanism. The letters of mid- and late sixteenth-century Italian and German physicians examined in Communities of Learned Experience by Nancy G. Siraisi also illustrate practices associated with the concepts of the Republic of Letters: open and relatively informal communication among a learned community and a liberal exchange of information and ideas. Additionally, such published medical correspondence may often have served to provide mutual reinforcement of professional reputation. Siraisi uses some of these collections to compare approaches to sharing medical knowledge across broad regions of Europe and within a city, with the goal of illuminating geographic differences as well as diversity within social, urban, courtly, and academic environments. The collections she has selected include essays on general medical topics addressed to colleagues or disciples, some advice for individual patients (usually written at the request of the patient’s doctor), and a strong dose of controversy. -- Cynthia Klestinec, Miami University' Ohio
Building and Sustaining Learning Communities
Building and Sustaining Learning Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building and Sustaining Learning Communities write by Sandra N. Hurd. This book was released on 2004-03-15. Building and Sustaining Learning Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Learning communities are small groups of students who come together with faculty and student affairs professionals to engage in common learning experiences. In Building and Sustaining Learning Communities, the authors, along with many of their colleagues, describe the rationale for learning communities, particularly in a large university; the process for setting them up; and reflections on these unique environments. After reading this book, administrators and faculty members will know precisely why they are worth considering and how to successfully create them. Part I of the book demonstrates the theoretical benefits of learning communities and then discusses various issues involved in the planning and implementation of the communities, including: Building learning community relationships within the university and among participants Strategies for collaboration Developing a learning community curriculum Course structure within learning communities Assessing learning communities Institutional challenges Part II details the experiences of faculty and students involved in Syracuse University's learning communities, including arts, citizenship, education, interprofessional, leadership, management, multicultural, online learning, and wellness. This book is a fascinating and practical guide for all readers interested in building and sustaining learning communities.
Sharing Community
Sharing Community - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sharing Community write by Gary Messinger. This book was released on 2005. Sharing Community available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Options in Community Living has been building community for 24 years. In Sharing Community, the authors share their experiences, the lessons they've learned, and some of their most meaningful efforts. This book establishes that the real, most basic reason for community-building is to find and develop opportunities for relationships, belonging, inclusion, and more meaning in the lives of all involved. The authors shows how each staff person is a resource and how community-building efforts have a snowball effect: one unexpected connection leads to another, which in turn leads to new opportunities and more connections. With this process, there is no end to the possibilities. As the authors state, "Community building teaches us that when people open up their lives to the unexpected, amazing things can happen." So, explore the experiences that the Options staff share in this book - their processes, efforts, and successes. We hope that these experiences, successes, failures, and lessons learned will inspire you to reflect and take action to build your own community.
Cases on Strategic Partnerships for Resilient Communities and Schools
Cases on Strategic Partnerships for Resilient Communities and Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cases on Strategic Partnerships for Resilient Communities and Schools write by Thomas, Ursula. This book was released on 2020-04-24. Cases on Strategic Partnerships for Resilient Communities and Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As the importance of public education increases both globally and nationally, partnerships between schools and their community become key to each other's success. Examining the intersection of schools with their communities reveals the most effective strategies for supporting school populations that are traditionally marginalized or underserved in both rural and urban areas. Cases on Strategic Partnerships for Resilient Communities and Schools is an essential publication that uncovers the problems and pitfalls of creating strategic partnerships between schools and other members of the community in which the schools are situated that include for-profit businesses, not-for-profit entities, and private organizations. The book reveals that schools that are thriving effectively do not do so in isolation but as vibrant members and centers of the communities in which they serve students and families. Moreover, it examines the difficulty in advocating for the schools and the leadership of the schools within these communities so that they can be better served. Highlighting a wide range of topics including leadership, community-based outreach, and school advocacy, this book is ideally designed for teachers, school administrators, principals, school boards and committees, non-profit administrators, educational advocates, leadership faculty, community engagement directors, community outreach personnel, entrepreneurs, researchers, academicians, and students.
School, Family, and Community Partnerships
School, Family, and Community Partnerships - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook School, Family, and Community Partnerships write by Joyce L. Epstein. This book was released on 2018-07-19. School, Family, and Community Partnerships available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
