Reviews: Higher education students
6 reviews found for "Higher education students"
- Book review : Essential study skills: the complete guide to success at university (2nd ed.)
- This is a book review of Essential study skills: the complete guide to success at university (2nd ed.) by Tom Burns and Sandra Sinfield, published by Sage in 2008, ISBN 9781412945851. It was reviewed by Brian Poole of CELC at the National University Singapore, on behalf of ESCalate. Burns and Sinfield say from the off (p4) that they have ‘tried to adopt a user-friendly tone’ but that ‘no one writing style…will work for everybody’, but at times,...
- Book Review: Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools (Achieving QTS)
- Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools is the latest addition to the well-established Achieving QTS series. As such, it provides a fresh, up-to-date look at the challenges which confront trainee teachers within the framework of the revised Professional Standards for the Award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) as set out in the government document Qualifying to Teach (DfES 2002), which replaces DfEE Circular 4/98
- Book Review: Introduction to Education Studies (Introduction to Education Studies Series)
- An engaging and wide-ranging introductory book with a great deal to commend it. It will prove most useful for undergraduate students of education studies
- Book review : Changing identities in higher education : voicing perspectives
- This is a book review of Changing identities in higher education : voicing perspectives edited by Ron Barnett and Roberto Di Napoli, published by Routledge in 2008, ISBN 9780415426053. It was reviewed on behalf of ESCalate by Deborah Lee of Nottingham Trent University. This book brings together academics, managers, educational developers and students to give their perspectives on identities in contemporary higher education. Part I, offers...
- Book review : Improving student retention in higher education : the role of teaching and learning
- This is a book review of Improving student retention in higher education : the role of teaching and learning by Glenda Crosling, et al., published by Routledge in 2008, ISBN 9780415399210. It was reviewed by Deborah Lee of Nottingham Trent University on behalf of ESCalate. The book is organised into three sections which explore three particular themes: i) student diversity; ii) modes of teaching and learning; and iii) disciplines of study. Each...
- Book review : Achieving success through academic assertiveness : real life strategies for today's Higher Education students
- This is a book review of Achieving success through academic assertiveness : real life strategies for today's Higher Education students by Jenny Moon published by Routledge in 2008, ISBN 9780415991438. It was reviewed by Keith Savage of Stockport College on behalf of ESCalate. What is academic assertiveness? “It is the capacity to cope better with challenges that are associated with the learning in, and experiences of, advanced education” (Moon,...