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Multi-cultural awareness in a learning community.(St. Ambrose University)
Abstract
St. Ambrose University uses Learning Communities to help students integrate themselves into the university community and to lay the groundwork for their understanding that a solid liberal arts education involves cross-disciplinary learning. The Learning Community design broadened our students' awareness of the term community and their role in it.
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Learning communities were integrated into the curriculum for first-year students at St. Ambrose University five years ago. These communities consist of 17 students who matriculate in the same content-based classes and a seminar for new students. In the fall of 2000, the Reading, ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Multi-cultural awareness in a learning community.(St. Ambrose...