{"product_id":"9781118416327","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","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120477094128,"sku":"9781118416327","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781118416327_p0.jpg?v=1763694449","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781118416327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}