Keys to Success, Brief Edition - Softcover

Carter, Carol J.; Bishop, Joyce; Kravits, Sarah Lyman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130107980 ISBN 13: 9780130107985

Publisher: Pearson, 1998

Synopsis

• Appropriate for Freshman Orientation, Student Success, College Preparation, “University 101.”
• This streamlined, shorter version of the interactive best-selling text emphasizes thinking and learning by connecting college success skills to career and life skills:
• ― Critical, creative, and strategic THINKING. This centerpoint of academic, career success, and life success is emphasized throughout this book in each chapter, in end-of-chapter exercises and in a separate chapter.
• ― DIVERSITY is a thread that unites all the topics of the book. In addition to chapter 8's astute and sensitive discussion of diversity, diverse needs are treated in the context of every possible topic (for example, time management - juggling part-time work and/or family with school, note-taking - different learning styles take different kinds of notes).
• ― End of chapter EXERCISES reinforce four major skills: THINKING, TEAMWORK, WRITING, and STRATEGIC THINKING/PLANNING. The learn-by-doing approach involves students in discovering their abilities first-hand. The work puts skills in the context of work and life situations, helping students see how their work in school will serve them both in class and later on the job and in their personal lives.

About this title

About the Author

CAROL CARTER is Vice President and Director of Student Programs and Faculty Development at Prentice Hall. She has written Majoring in the Rest of Your Life: Career Secrets for College Students and Majoring in High School. She has also co-authored The Career Tool Kit, Keys to Career Success, Keys to Study Skills, Keys to Thinking and Learning, and Keys to Effective Learning. She has taught welfare to work classes, team taught in the LaFamilia Scholars Program at Community College of Denver, and has conducted numerous workshops for students and faculty around the country. She is the host of the Keys to Lifelong Learning Telecourse, a twenty-six episode telecourse to help students at a distance prepare for college, career, and life success. In addition to working with students of all ages, Carol thrives on foreign travel and culture; she has been fortunate enough to have been a guest in forty foreign countries.

JOYCE BISHOP holds a Ph.D. and license in clinical psychology and has taught for more than twenty years, receiving a number of honors, including Teacher of the Year. For the past four years she has been voted "favorite teacher" by the student body and Honor Society at Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA, where she has taught since 1986 and is a tenured professor. She is currently working with a federal grant to establish Learning Communities and Workplace Learning in her district. A keynote speaker at national conferences, she is developing an extensive online faculty development program in the areas of multiple intelligences, cooperative learning, authentic assessment, and curriculum development for hybrid classes. She also co-authored Key to Effective Learning, Keys to Thinking and Learning, and Keys to Study Skills. Joyce is the lead academic of the Keys to Lifelong Learning Telecourse, distributed by Dallas Telelearning.

SARAH LYMAN KRAVITS is a student of life with a passion for learning. In her drive to help others discover their love for learning―and their essential selves―she has spent the last six years writing, researching, talking to students, and talking to teachers in pursuit of the best possible textbooks on student success. She has co-authored The Career Tool Kit, Keys to Success, Keys to Effective Learning, Keys to Thinking and Learning, and Keys to Study Skills. She originally hooked into the world of student success as Program Director for LifeSkills, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to further the career and personal development of high school students. Even earlier, being a Jefferson Scholar at the University of Virginia helped to bring her love of learning to new levels. She encourages readers to make the most of this time in school―it is an incredible gift.

From the Back Cover

Prepare Yourself to be Competitive in the 21st Century

What skills will you need in order to create success in the fast-paced, global marketplace?
While many skills will help you, research and projections point to one above all others: a good education.

The world is changing continually, and the changes affect you:

• The growth of technology has changed the workplace, resulting in far more knowledge-based jobs and far fewer manual labor jobs.
• The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that five years from now 60 percent of all of the jobs in the United States will require skills currently held by only 20 percent of the population.
• The "emerging knowledge economy" will make knowledge of information and technological skills absolute requirements for career success.
• The earning power of a college graduate will continue to grow, especially against the waning earning power of those without a degree.

You have the potential to improve the world, and make a better life for yourself, by using your education to maximize your potential. Who knows what creation of yours - scientific, social, economic, technological, artistic, literary, and political ― will improve the way we live. Key to Success will give you the tools you need ― self-knowledge, reading and writing skills, the ability to work with others, time and money management, personal wellness, integrity, strategic career planning, and more ― to allow you to be competitive in the twenty-first century, creating every advantage you deserve in life.

Visit our Student Success Supersite at http://www.prenhall.com/success

Features include:

• Major Exploration
• Career Advice
• Web Links
• Tips from Successful Students
• Student Bulletin Boards
• Faculty Resources

At the Supersite, click on the Keys to Success book cover to view the Keys to Success Companion Website, including essay questions, links to over 100 student success websites (listed according to chapter topic), brief articles stemming from each chapter, student bulletin boards, and an on-line syllabus manager for instructors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0130107980
• ISBN 13: 9780130107985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 311