{"product_id":"creating-significant-learning-experiences-an-integrated-approach-to-designing-college-courses-9781118124253","title":"Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Dee Fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful. This is a gem of a book that every college teacher should read.\" --\u003cb\u003eKen Bain\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Best College Students Do\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the original publication of L. Dee Fink's \u003ci\u003eCreating Significant Learning Experiences\u003c\/i\u003e, higher education has continued to move in two opposite directions: more institutions encourage faculty to focus on research, obtaining grants, and publishing, while accreditation agencies, policy-makers, and students themselves emphasize the need for greater attention to the quality of teaching and learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow the author has updated his bestselling classic, providing busy faculty with invaluable conceptual and procedural tools for instructional design. Step by step, Fink shows how to use a taxonomy of significant learning and systematically combine the best research-based practices for learning-centered teaching with a teaching strategy in a way that results in powerful learning experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition addresses new research on how people learn, active learning, and student engagement; includes illustrative examples from online teaching; and reports on the effectiveness of Fink's time-tested model. Fink also explores recent changes in higher education nationally and internationally and offers more proven strategies for dealing with student resistance to innovative teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTapping into the knowledge, tools, and strategies in \u003ci\u003eCreating Significant Learning Experiences\u003c\/i\u003e empowers educators to creatively design courses that will result in significant learning for their students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As thought-provoking and inspiring today as it was when it was first published, it is a 'must' for anyone serious about creating courses that challenge students to learn deeply.\" --\u003cb\u003eElizabeth F. Barkley\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eStudent Engagement Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. Dee Fink \u003c\/b\u003ehas been an instructional consultant for more than thirty years. A former president of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), he consults on the topics of faculty development and integrated course design at two- and four-year colleges and accrediting associations around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634813440274,"sku":"9781118124253","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9bf5d69-2995-4c9b-9238-5f69b15eb351.jpg?v=1732822739","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/creating-significant-learning-experiences-an-integrated-approach-to-designing-college-courses-9781118124253","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}