Teaching Study Skills and Supporting Learning

Stella Cottrell is an international bestselling author, with over a million sales worldwide. Her other titles include The Study Skills Handbook, Critical Thinking Skills, Skills for Success, The Macmillan Student Planner, The Exam Skills Handbook and Mindfulness for Students. Stella was formerly Director of Lifelong Learning at the University of Leeds, and Pro Vice-Chancellor for Learning and Teaching at the University of East London.

• PrefacePART ONE: LEARNING IN CONTEXTIntroductionUnderstanding the LearnerSupportive Learning EnvironmentsInduction, Orientation and the Identification of Learning NeedsIntegrating Study Skills into TeachingWriting: The Burning IssueStudy Skills ProgrammesSupporting Individual StudentsTeaching to Support Learning: The Reflective PractitionerPART TWO: MENUSOutlines for Study Skills SessionsIntroduction to the SectionInduction: Orientation to LearningManaging Learning: Attitudes and Approaches to LearningManaging Learning: Identifying Skills and Learning PrioritiesWorking with OthersOrganisational SkillsThinking SkillsUsing Lectures EffectivelyReading for ResearchWriting Skills IWriting Skills IIWriting Skills IIICritical and Analytical Thinking SkillsSeminars and Oral PresentationsMemoryRevision and ExamsDrawing it TogetherAppendicesReferencesIndex.