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Ready, willing, and able : a developmental approach to college access and success / Mandy Savitz-Romer, Suzanne M. Bouffard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 242 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 161250132X
  • 9781612501321
  • 1612501338
  • 9781612501338
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 373.1420973 22
LOC classification:
  • LB1620.5 .S27 2012
Contents:
Introduction: Redefining college readiness -- Part 1: Changing the conversation. Chapter 1. More youth, more ready: a developmental understanding of gaps in educational equity -- Chapter 2. Becoming developmentally aware: applying developmental theory to college preparation and planning. Part 2: Changing the approach. Chapter 3. Envisioning: forming an identity that includes college-going -- Chapter 4. Believing: seeing college as possible and probable -- Chapter 5. Aiming: setting goals that set up success -- Chapter 6. Organizing: realizing college dreams through self-regulation -- Chapter 7. Connecting: marshaling the support of peers and families -- Conclusion. Essential principles for incorporating adolescent development.
Summary: The authors "focus on the developmental tasks and competencies that young people need to master in order to plan for and succeed in higher education. These include identity development, articulating aspirations and expectations, forming and maintaining strong peer and adult relationships, motivation and goal setting, and self-regulatory skills, such as planning."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Redefining college readiness -- Part 1: Changing the conversation. Chapter 1. More youth, more ready: a developmental understanding of gaps in educational equity -- Chapter 2. Becoming developmentally aware: applying developmental theory to college preparation and planning. Part 2: Changing the approach. Chapter 3. Envisioning: forming an identity that includes college-going -- Chapter 4. Believing: seeing college as possible and probable -- Chapter 5. Aiming: setting goals that set up success -- Chapter 6. Organizing: realizing college dreams through self-regulation -- Chapter 7. Connecting: marshaling the support of peers and families -- Conclusion. Essential principles for incorporating adolescent development.

The authors "focus on the developmental tasks and competencies that young people need to master in order to plan for and succeed in higher education. These include identity development, articulating aspirations and expectations, forming and maintaining strong peer and adult relationships, motivation and goal setting, and self-regulatory skills, such as planning."--Back cover.

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