Achieving success through academic assertiveness
Subtitle: real life strategies for today's higher education students
By: Jennifer Moon.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415991421; 9780415991438; 9780203887202
Subjects: College student orientation; Teacher-student relationships; Academic achievement; Assertiveness (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Coping with challenges in higher education; title: Learning to cope: fight, flight or be assertive!; title: The display of assertive behaviour; title: The origins of assertive behaviour and the effects of circumstances; title: Rights and responsibilities?; title: Managing more assertively; tools and techniques; title: Managing difficult situations; title: Managing thought, emotion and self confidence; title: Coping with fear, failure and disappointment; title: A chapter for course facilitators.