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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969204903321

Autore

Popovic Celia

Titolo

Understanding undergraduates : challenging our preconceptions of student performance / / Celia Popovic and David A. Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-72541-5

1-283-54631-0

9786613858764

1-136-72542-3

0-203-81690-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

The staff and educational development series

Classificazione

EDU000000

Altri autori (Persone)

GreenDavid A., Ph. D.

Disciplina

378.1/25

Soggetti

College teaching

College students

Academic achievement

Education, Higher - Great Britain

Education, Higher - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Understanding Undergraduates; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Introduction; 1. Introduction; 2. Understanding the Research Context; 3. Higher Education in the Uk and Usa; 4. Understanding Beliefs Shared by Teachers in the Uk and Usa; 5. Understanding Uk Teachers' Beliefs; 6. Understanding Us Teachers' Beliefs; 7. Understanding Students' Beliefs; 8. Challenging Our Preconceptions; Appendix 1. Student Surveys; Appendix 2. Group-work Tables; Appendix 3. Vignettes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most university teachers have ideas about the typical good or not-so-good student in their classes, but rarely do they share these thoughts with others. By keeping quiet about the preconceptions - or stereotypes - they harbour, teachers put themselves at risk of missing key evidence to help them revise their beliefs; more importantly, they



may fail to notice students in real need of their support and encouragement.In this unique work, the authors explore UK and US university teachers' beliefs about their students' performance and reveal which beliefs are well-founded, which ar