How to Successfully Transition Students Into College - From Traps to Triumph

Challenging traditional notions about why successful high school graduates struggle in college, this book sheds light on the obstacles that hinder a seamless transition and provides clear guidance on how to overcome them.

List of contents

1. Introduction
Section I: Structural Traps
2. Workspace Trap
3. Division of Labor Trap
4. Locus of Learning Trap
Section II: Functional Traps
5. The 80/20 Paradigm Trap
6. Pedagogical Beliefs Trap
7. The Power of Academic Vision
Section III: Cognitive Traps
8. The Academic Myopia Trap
9. Far Transfer Trap
10. Pseudowork Cognitive Trap
Epilogue

About the author

Leonard Geddes is the founder of The LearnWell Projects, an academic success organization devoted to making learning more visible, manageable, and effective. A highly regarded higher education consultant and strategist with 20+ years' experience, he is also the former Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Learning Commons at Lenoir-Rhyne University, USA.

Summary

Challenging traditional notions about why successful high school graduates struggle in college, this book sheds light on the obstacles that hinder a seamless transition and provides clear guidance on how to overcome them.

Product details

• Authors: Leonard Geddes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2023
• EAN: 9781642672886
• ISBN: 978-1-64267-288-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, EDUCATION / Teacher & Student Mentoring, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Study & learning skills: general, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Study and learning skills: general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher