Peer Cohorts and the Unintended Consequences of Freshman Learning Communities

Autor/in	Jaffee, David
Titel	Peer Cohorts and the Unintended Consequences of Freshman Learning Communities
Quelle	In: College Teaching, 55 (2007) 2, S.65-71 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-7555
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; First Year Seminars; Peer Relationship; Cohort Analysis; Group Dynamics; Student Behavior; Student Development; Interdisciplinary Approach; Outcomes of Education; College Faculty; Teacher Student Relationship; Adolescents; Psychological Patterns; Conflict; Theory Practice Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Peer-Beziehungen; Kohortenanalyse; Gruppendynamik; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Fakultät; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Konflikt; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung
Abstract	First-year programs and freshman learning communities (FLCs) have become an institutionalized feature of the higher-education landscape. Although a vast amount of literature asserts the positive consequences of these programs, less attention has been devoted to the unintended, and occasionally negative, consequences of FLCs. The author identifies the formation of the "peer cohort" as the central intended consequence of FLCs that also produces unintended student behaviors that may hinder student learning, student development, and faculty-student relations. A number of social-psychological theoretical principles are used to illustrate the peer cohort dynamics that emerge in FLCs. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10