Mentoring At-Risk Students through the Hidden Curriculum of Higher Education (eBook)

Buffy Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
200 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8323-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is focused on the mentoring process, a popular higher education initiative that is often used to promote retention and academic success. The central purpose is to unveil the hidden curriculum and provide a blueprint for both students and teachers on how to navigate the institutional culture of higher education.

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Mentoring At-Risk Students through the Hidden Curriculum of Higher Education reveals how the institutional culture and social networks of universities influence the academic success of underrepresented students. This book is based on a qualitative study that integrates a sociological and higher education theoretical framework to examine the impact of mentoring programs on students' acquisition of institutional cultural capital and social capital during their college experience.This book offers an innovative mentoring model that illuminates how students can navigate the hidden curriculum of higher education. In addition, the book provides practical strategies on how to avoid academic mine fields in order to thrive in college. This book is written for administrators, faculty, student affairs professionals and students to promote retention, academic success, and create a more transparent, inclusive, and equitable higher education system.See here for an article by the author on mentoring programs in colleges and universities published in Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/04/book-argues-mentoring-programs-should-try-unveil-colleges-hidden-curriculumTo learn about a recent presentation by the author, see here: http://diverseeducation.com/article/66772/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=82772667e2334157934731fc05a8fe9c&elqCampaignId=358

Autor

Buffy Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of St. Thomas.

Inhalt

IntroductionChapter 1: Invest Now or Pay LaterChapter 2: Learning at the MarginsChapter 3: Decoding the Hidden CurriculumChapter 4: Transforming Mentoring ProgramsChapter 5: Play to Win: Learn the RulesChapter 6: Overcoming Mentoring Barriers: Do Not Give UpConclusionAppendix AAppendix BAppendix C

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.6.2013
• Zusatzinfo: 6 Illustrations including: - 3 Black & White Illustrations; - 3 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Administration • Cultural Capital • Education • faculty • Higher Education Administration • institutional culture • Peer Mentoring • Social capital • Sociology
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8323-0 / 0739183230
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8323-6 / 9780739183236