Achieving Success Through Academic Assertiveness : Real Life Strategies for Today's Higher Education Students

Academic assertiveness is an essential capability that is required of students who wish to achieve academic and professional success. Written for students who are aiming to achieve college success, Achieving Success through Academic Assertiveness: Real Life Strategies for Today's Higher Education Students focuses on the challenges that learners face, and encourages positive actions that support triumphs in learning situations. Jennifer Moon creatively explores the importance of this emerging topic and how assertiveness is linked to the process of learning and overall student development, critical thinking, and academic achievement. This book offers a substantial section of resources, practical advice, and features: Techniques for implementing academic assertiveness into student development, "Real life" scenarios and quotations from students about their experiences, Questions and exercises about topics in the chapters to raise self-awareness, Dialogue exercises that encourage best practice techniques and learner reflection, Fictional journals threaded throughout the book that creatively engage readers, Loads of examples of everyday challenges that students experience, Guidance on how to cope and manage difficult learning situations in a successful manner. Introduction -- Coping With Challenges In Higher Education -- Learning To Cope: Fight, Flight Or Be Assertive! -- The Display Of Assertive Behavior -- The Origins Of Assertive Behavior And The Effects Of Circumstances -- As A Human, You Have Rights And Responsibilities -- Managing More Assertively: Tools And Techniques -- Managing Difficult Situations -- Managing Thought, Emotion, And Self-confidence -- Coping Assertively With Fear, Failure, And Disappointment -- A Chapter For Course Facilitators. Jennifer Moon. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [204]-205) And Index. Introduction Coping with challenges in higher education Learning to cope: fight, flight or be assertive! The display of assertive behaviour The origins of assertive behaviour and the effects of circumstances Rights and responsibilities? Managing more assertively; tools and techniques Managing difficult situations Managing thought, emotion and self confidence Coping with fear, failure and disappointment A chapter for course facilitators. Academic assertiveness is an essential capability that is required of students who wish to achieve academic and professional success. Written for students who are aiming to achieve college success, this book focuses on the challenges that learners face and encourages positive actions that support triumphs in learning situations