Widening Participation, Higher Education and Non-Traditional Students Supporting Transitions through Foundation Programmes /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Marshall, Catherine A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nolan, Sam J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Newton, Douglas P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Education.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Higher Education.

This book highlights the problems that have developed as students lack either the social or cultural capital to take the opportunity of Higher Education through conventional routes. This might be due to leaving school early, lacking entry qualifications or wanting to further their education and pros...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Barriers to Accessing Higher Education; Catherine Marshall
• Chapter 2. Understanding Foundation Year Provision; Steve Leech, Catherine Marshall and Geoff Wren
• Chapter 3. Language Issues Facing Non-Traditional Students: Some Problems and Solutions; Megan Bruce, Simon Rees and Julie Wilson
• Chapter 4. Teaching Mathematics to Adults: Integrating New and Old Knowledge; Mary Dodd, Jean Mathias and Sam Nolan
• Chapter 5. Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Anxieties in Practical Science; Sam Nolan, Simon Rees and Carole Rushall
• Chapter 6. Selecting Mature Learners: A Toolkit for Admissions Tutors; Ian Moreton
• Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities in Using Facebook to Build a Community for Students at a UK University; Nick Pearce and Sarah Learmonth
• Chapter 8. Engendering an Online Community: Supporting Students on the Transition into University Life; Sam Nolan, Megan Bruce & Steve Leech
• Chapter 9. Culture Shock: Applying the Lessons from International Student Acculturation to Non-Traditional Students; Catherine Marshall and Jean Mathias
• Chapter 10. Students’ Academic Emotions, Their Effects and Some Suggestions for Teaching Practices; Douglas P. Newton
• Chapter 11. Adjusting Teaching Practices for Mature Adults to Incorporate Understandings of Affective Processes and Self-Efficacy in Mathematics; Mary D. Dodd
• Chapter 12. Upwards Trajectories; Catherine Marshall.