The College Fear Factor

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca D. Cox is Assistant Professor of Education at Seton Hall University. Klappentext Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges! where she shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another! despite good intentions. Zusammenfassung Rebecca D. Cox draws on five years of interviews and observations at community colleges! where she shows how students and their instructors misunderstand and ultimately fail one another! despite good intentions. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Today's College Students Part 1: Students * The Student Fear Factor * Student Aspirations: Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck *"How Is That Helping Us?" Part 2: Classroom Dynamics * College Teaching * Professors Who "Come Down to Our Level" Part 3: Gatekeeping * Academic Literacies * Reimagining College from the Inside Out * Appendix: The Research Studies * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca D. Cox, Cox Rebecca D.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674060166
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06016-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Education, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, Teaching skills and techniques, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Adult education, continuous learning, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher