Understanding University
A Guide To Another Planet
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2006
172 pages
978-0-335-22788-4 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding University provides a lifeline for new students in further and higher education offering everything from practical advice on studying, to explanations of frequently used terms. If you don't know the difference between a seminar and a tutorial or want to know what 'matriculation' means, then this is where to start.
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Content
- Front cover
- Halftitle
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Activities at university
- List of figures
- Chapter 1 Introduction: which planet are we on?
- Why this book was written
- Different ways to use the book
- Chapter 2 How do they manage to talk like that?
- In the right places at the right times
- Changing language: from ancient texts to texting
- Language and power
- Getting exposed to powerful language
- Educated language and the language of education
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3 Joining an academic tribe
- The language of your subject
- How a subject changes from school or college
- New words and new meanings
- Signs and symbols
- Other shorthand expressions: jargon, abbreviations and acronyms
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4 Take me to your leader! How to find out about the tribe
- The lecturer as guru or guide
- What lecturers might do in classrooms - and howto respond
- Other activities
- Lecturers in context
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5 What do you have to do to be accepted round here?
- Getting in
- Staying in: getting good marks
- Leaving with a qualification
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6 I thought I was the only one who felt like an alien
- You are not alone
- Signs of belonging to a group
- Your decisions about belonging
- Assertive language
- Informal and formal groups
- Students in context
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7 Real and virtual environments
- Universities are changing
- E-learning and virtual learning environments
- Netiquette - how to avoid offending people online
- Universities are changing
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Glossary
- Appendix: comments on questions
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back cover
