Understanding Undergraduates : Challenging our preconceptions of student success.

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 rev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Popovic, Celia
Otros Autores: Green, David A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Colección:SEDA Series.
Temas:
Academic achievement.
College students.
College teaching.
Education, Higher > Great Britain.
Education, Higher > United States.
Students.
Étudiants.
Enseignement supérieur > Grande-Bretagne.
students.
Students
Academic achievement
College students
College teaching
Education, Higher
Great Britain
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (281 pages)
ISBN:9780203816905
0203816900

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