Evolving Landscape of Residential Education: Enhancing Students’ Learning in University Residential Halls

Evolving Landscape of Residential Education: Enhancing Students’ Learning in University Residential Halls
ISBN-10
9811689067
ISBN-13
9789811689062
Category
Education
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2022-05-03
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Elsie Ong, Elaine Suk Ching Liu

Description

This book examines the alignment of residential educational aims and university educational aims in order to provide guidance for implementing university-specific residential educational aims. Grounded in a new theoretical model of residential education, Residential Education in university probes into how university students adopt transformative learning through residential halls in different universities. By reviewing case studies, experience sharing, and residential hall models in renowned universities in Asia, U.K., and USA respectively, this book offers a wide perspective to assess different residential education models in practice and useful programs to promote students learning outcomes. The detailed discussion on how to create learning environments and align educational aims of residence and university to maximize learning outcomes in different cultural contexts provides readers with insight into how the residential experience in university can be improved.

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