Study Skills for Policing Students

Informationen zum Autor Richard Malthouse is currently employed within a large law enforcement agency, providing training design and performance needs analysis. He has been teaching, coaching, and assessing police officers for over 11 years and is a Director of The Interview Success Company Ltd which coaches individuals through the National Police Recruit Assessment Process. Dr Jodi Roffey-Barentsen is Programme Manager of Education and Teacher Training at Farnborough College of Technology in Hampshire. She has extensive experience in teaching and learning in a range of educational settings and is responsible for a suite of degree courses in education and learning support.   Her research interests are in the field of Reflective Practice, the deployment of Teaching Assistants and Transition to HE. Jodi works as a consultant for an international exam board and is a Fellow of the Institute for Learning.    Klappentext This text provides an accessible and up to date guide to study skills for all those undertaking degrees and foundation degrees in policing. It will also be relevant to degree courses in criminology and criminal justice. Efficient study skills pave the way to successful learning. This book helps policing students with all aspects of their studies including identifying how they learn best, effective note-taking, how to be critical and analytical in their reading, writing and thinking, how to carry out research and writing a final dissertation. Zusammenfassung An essential guide to study skills for all those undertaking policing related degrees. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: getting started Reading and note taking Writing skills Critical and analytical thinking skills Collaborative learning The use of information and communication technology Presentations Examinations The research project Writing your dissertation

Product details

• Authors: Richard Malthouse, Richard Roffey-Barentsen Malthouse, Malthouse Richard, Jodi Roffey-Barentsen, Roffey-Barentsen Jodi
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2010
• EAN: 9781844453528
• ISBN: 978-1-84445-352-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Policing Matters Series; Policing Matters Series; Policing Matters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Study & learning skills: general, Police & security services, Police and security services, STUDY AIDS / Study & Test-Taking Skills, Study and learning skills: general