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Widening participation, higher education and non-traditional students : supporting transitions through foundation programmes / Catherine A. Marshall, Sam J. Nolan, Douglas P. Newton, editors.
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English
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London : Palgrave macmillan, [2016]
Description
xix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
LC213.3.G7 W54 2016
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Educational equalization
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Great Britain
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Nontraditional college students
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Marshall, Catherine A.
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Nolan, Sam J.
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Newton, Douglas P.
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Summary note
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 prospects after entering the workplace. Foundation courses help to widen participation and create a route towards higher education. This book offers tried and tested practical solutions, from the notion of widening participation, to recruitment of students and to ways of helping them to make the most of themselves and to develop the skills they need to progress on degree courses of their choice.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Barriers to accessing higher education
2. Understanding foundation year provision
Language issues facing non-traditional students: some problems and solutions
4. Teaching mathematics to adults: integrating new and old knowledge
5. Breaking barriers: overcoming anxieties in practical science
6. Selecting mature learners: a toolkit for admissions tutors
7. Challenges and opportunities in using facebook to build a community for students at a UK university
8. Engendering an online community: supporting students the transition into university life
9. Culture shock: applying the lessons from international student acculturation to non-traditional students
10. Adjusting teaching practices for mature adults to incorporate understandings of affective processes and self-efficacy in maths
11. Student's academic emotions, their effects and some suggestions for teaching practices
12. Stories with a foundation.
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ISBN
9781349949687 ((Hardcover ; : acid-free paper))
134994968X ((Hardcover ; : acid-free paper))
LCCN
2016940531
OCLC
947815862
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