Basic Skills for Complex Lives: Designs for Learning in the Community College | Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Abstract:

Basic Skills for Complex Lives details five principles for creating powerful classrooms and offers a new vision for professional development. Included are recommendations drawn from the work of the 11 community college campuses that participated in SPECC—a three year, multi-site, action research project of the Carnegie Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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