Kaarina Maatta (Professor of Educational Psychology in the Faculty, Satu Uusiautti (Finland University of Lapland)

The Psychology of Study Success in Universities

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Universities around the world are under increasing pressure to maintain high levels of graduation and to make study processes as efficient as possible, with teachers and students struggling to meet the expectations placed upon them as a result. The Psychology of Study Success in Universities asks whether it is possible to meet these demands at the same time as protecting the well-being of students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780415791960
• ISBN-10: 0415791960
• Artikelnr.: 48996867

Autorenporträt

Kaarina Määttä is Professor of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland. She is also Vice-rector of the University of Lapland. Satu Uusiautti is Professor of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland, and Adjunct Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Foreword Acknowledgements Part 1 Introduction 1.1 What is
This Book about? 1.2 The Expectation of Success and Prompt Graduation 1.3
Introduction to the Research behind This Book Part 2 Successful University
Students 2.1 The Ideal Study Process and Factors Hindering It 2.2 PhD
Studies as Described by Doctoral Students Themselves 2.3 Students'
Resources in University Studies Part 3 Successful University Teachers and
Teaching 3.1 Caring Teacherhood in University Education 3.2
Well-structured, Positive Teaching 3.3 Resources for the Successful
Supervision of Theses 3.4 Teacher Collaboration and Well-being as the
Success Factor Part 4 The Importance and Essence of Study Success 4.1
Success Requires Engagement and Optimism 4.2 Love for Learning as the Way
toward Well-being and Success 4.3 Study Success as a Process and Outcome