Understanding undergraduates : challenging our preconceptions of student performance / / Celia Popovic and David A. Green
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| Autore: |
Popovic Celia
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| Titolo: |
Understanding undergraduates : challenging our preconceptions of student performance / / Celia Popovic and David A. Green
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.1/25 |
| Soggetto topico: | College teaching |
| College students | |
| Academic achievement | |
| Education, Higher - Great Britain | |
| Education, Higher - United States | |
| Classificazione: | EDU000000 |
| Altri autori: |
GreenDavid A., Ph. D.
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding undergraduates |
| ISBN: | 1-136-72541-5 |
| 1-283-54631-0 | |
| 9786613858764 | |
| 1-136-72542-3 | |
| 0-203-81690-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910969204903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Staff and educational development series.