Search Results: HISTORY /Social History / Education from William Robertson

Carnforth: Gressingham Press, 2006. Paperback. New. This short booklet is meant to smooth the path of undergraduate students, perhaps unsure of what is expected of them, and how to gain maximum benefit from their academic years What is a college; a university? What goes on within the walls? The provision here of a basic vocabulary will make academic studies more accessible for all. New students, despite their early acquisition of the practical skills of notetaking, essay writing and so on, enter a wide, and possibly forbidding, territory. So, the attempt here is to offer a broad view, a conspectus of things academic. Presented in four main parts - Study Style; Study Management; Study Patterns and Study Outputs - this provides an essential frame-of-reference to the structures, processes and objectives of academic study at university level. An informative and useful guide to both new students, and those involved in staff development or induction courses. Reviewer's Quotes: 'The move from school or… Read More