Teaching Study Skills and Supporting Learning: 4 (Macmillan Study Skills)

really useful book for educators. I bought this to help with a new job role as a learning mentor - full of useful information and idea to help students with getting the best from their studies by adopting the skills taught from this book. the Palgrave Study Skills books are fantastic - the bibles for all things study skills!

This book contains a wealth of useful, practical information which is presented in a very user friendly fashion. This book has been very informative and given me a lot of ideas how to help the students that I teach.

As it says in the tin

Cottrell is a great writer for stduy skills support material and this book will no dount be useful for my own continuing professinal development...the second-hand book condition was as described, thanks

It's an eexcellent book. Great service, delivered on time and at a great price

This book is an excellent resource for any tutor teaching study skills. The book is primarily written with subject tutors in mind, who want to integrate study skills into their sessions. It works equally well, however, for tutors teaching Academic skills as a stand alone module.The book is divided into two parts: the first discusses the impact of the new learning environment in HE for the student and the challenges students often face. It goes on to offer practical information for the practitioner on learning styles, induction, and expectations of students. There is also a useful discussion of personal development planning. The second part of the book has practical examples of lessons with many useful resources for teaching study skills.This book makes an excellent companion to the student directed texts written by Cottrell. Overall, a valuable resource.

This is really an excellent book. This and the partner book, The Study Skills Handbook, have contributed to a slow but steady revolution in my teaching over the past few years.The book provides materials for PHSE type sessions with pupils, but is much more than that as it can be used by teachers and lecturers, is useful for those training in the educational field but also includes ideas that can be taken straight to the classroom. It inspires useful questionnaires or activities, but once these have been completed, it leads to a really good dialogue between teacher and pupil about the mechanism of learning, and give points to which you can subsequently refer.I have found it particularly useful to use the questionnaires, such as kinaesthetic, auditory or visual learning styles quite early in a course. The students start to think about how they learn, I also learn about them and how I might best help them. Later in the course when I give explanations, I might say 'for those who like a visual image ...... The students seem to respond well to this; it creates the feeling there is a partnership between us, with similar goals. I also like the questions relating to 'global or sequential learning'.This particular book targets the teacher or lecturer, and the partner is a useful companion for the student. The written style is amusing without being patronising or trite; the pages themselves are all attractive to look at, and the variety of topics covered means I can often find something that is 'just right' as I help individual students or groups, in my tutor group or in my teaching. The age range of pupils I have used this with varies from 11 to 18 years.The two are essential for any school library, Head of Year, Sixth Form Tutor or even subject teacher. They are very reasonably priced, and I use them so much, I bought two copies of each - one for school one for home. What better recommendation can an underpaid teacher make?