Approaching College with Purpose
By: Amy Lee Ph.D, Margaret Delehanty Kelly, M.A., Catherine Lee, and Maggie Bergeron, M.A.Copyright: 2022
Subject: College Success
Grade Level: 13-14
- Approaching College with Purpose includes a textbook and student journal that focus on the importance of students beginning their educational journey with intention, developing good habits, creating a strong mindset, and acquiring strategies to ensure a successful transition to college. Delivered with a concise, approachable, and modern tone that respects students, the text and student journal emphasize the importance of communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. Ideal for First-Year Experience and College Success programs, the text and student journal are designed to acknowledge and respect students’ unique perspectives, focus on students owning their experience, put the emphasis on communication, especially writing, and provide just-in-time skill-building resources.Special features throughout the text engage students as they learn the content:
- In Your Own Words: prompts for journaling to support mindfulness, metacognition, and reflection
- Critical Moments: illustrative case studies compiled from interviews and reflective journals of first-year students
- Think About It: prompts that help students develop reflection and metacognition as habituated practice
- Try This: quick, low-stakes activities that allow students to apply new concepts, explore new tools, and practice mindfulness
- Communication Situation: scenarios designed to develop rhetorical awareness about interpersonal communication, drawing attention to the context, and fostering intentionality about communication choices
- In Your Own Words: Keep. Quit. Start: directive-oriented journaling activities that ask three questions about chapter content: What is a habit or approach you want to (1) keep using? (2) quit using? (3) start doing?
The book’s introduction includes a special message to students from the authors: “…As you choose majors, build new friendships, discover new passions, and navigate setbacks, this book will support you in developing an intentional and purposeful approach to college, and life. This book’s ultimate goal is to set you on the path toward owning your own experiences, and approaching college, and your life, with purpose.”Does your program incorporate soft skills development for students? Since every occupation needs these foundational skills, consider adding Soft Skills for the Workplace to your order. - Products & Prices College & Career
- Table of Contents
- Part I: The Transition to College1. Begin with Purpose: Own Your College Experience
2. Mindset Matters
3. Engaging Diversity and Why It Matters
4. The Practice of Engaging Diversity
Part I Toolbox: Tools for Managing Assignments, Workload, and ProjectsPart II: Collaborating and Communicating5. Collaborating Effectively
6. Collaboration and Teamwork in College
7. Being a Writer
8. Writing in College
Part II Toolbox: Tools for Managing Your Writing Process and ProjectsPart III: Beyond College9. Investing in Your Well-Being
10. Investing in Your Future - The Look Inside images are for preview purposes only. The format of the actual product may vary from the images shown.
- About the Author(s)