Student Student Life category: 717 books
What Universities Can Be
A New Model for Preparing Students for Active Concerned Citizenship and Ethical Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher...
Academic Advising
A Comprehensive Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
One of the challenges in higher education is helping students to achieve academic success while ensuring their personal and vocational needs are fulfilled. In this updated edition more than thirty experts offer their knowledge in what has become the most comprehensive, classic reference on academic...
College Rules!, 3rd Edition
How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
And You Thought Getting into College Was Hard . . .
Students who assume they can figure out college on the fly often learn things the hard way—they look back and think, “If only I’d known this from the start!” College Rules! will save you the time and trouble, setting you up for academic...
Mentoring Matters
A Toolkit for Organizing and Operating Student Advisory Programs
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As schools are trying to connect with their students and assure that every student has an adult mentor in the building, the need for school-based mentoring programs could not be
Understanding Poverty in the Classroom
Changing Perceptions for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
People who live in poverty consider life in different ways than those who have adequate basic resources. Many educators tend to see the world through their middle-class worldview. Because of this, they do not understand these significant and often rational differences. They may misinterpret behavior...
Our Schools Suck
Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
"Our schools suck." This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures like Bill Cosby have...
How to Get A's in College
Hundreds of Student-Tested Tips
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
These days college is not a luxury but a necessity. With four (or more) long years of college life ahead of them, it's essential that students have some help to make the most of their time. This book explains how, featuring peers who talk directly and personally to students. Here, hundreds of successful...
College Success Guaranteed
5 Rules to Make It Happen
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
As a lifelong teacher, Malcolm Gauld has watched thousands of kids go off to college. Some return to visit after their first year exuding the vibe of conquering heroes. Others look, well, pretty bummed out. This book offers a plan to help the new college student complete Year #1 as a member of the...
Sticks and Stones
Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as...
by Asiapac Editorial
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016
Impart values of filial piety, trust-worthiness, love for the community and love for learning.
by Aryan Shanker
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Aryan Shanker is 11 yr-old student of Grade 6 at UWCSEA East, Singapore. He loves writing, sports and food. He likes to be called "Mr. Cool". "Through My Magnifying Glass", Aryan zooms into moments that have created his thoughts on School Life from K1 till Pre-Teens He focuses on...
Let the Students Speak!
A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
From a trusted scholar and powerful story teller, an accessible and lively history of free speech, for and about students.
Let the Students Speak! details the rich history and growth of the First Amendment in public schools, from the early nineteenth-century's failed student free-expression...
Study in the USA
A Foreign Student’s Guide to University Study in the U.S.A
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
This book is a primer for new students coming to the USA for study. If you are planning on studying in the USA for University, this is a must read book. From a general overview of US culture, navigating the University selection process, and getting into the best school for you, this book is the perfect...
Achieving Results
Maximizing Student Success in the Schoolhouse
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
As a result of this distressing information on the challenges facing our educators, this book was written to highlight approaches and strategies that have been found to improve student outcomes. Administrative factors, educational policy and law, implementation of evidence-based teaching practices,...