Owton Studying as a Parent

A Handbook for Success
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-33058-1
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Student to Student

Offers practical information and motivational support to help parents in higher education successfully deal with the challenges they face, and make juggling their parent and student commitments less arduous. Written by a recent student parent graduate, it covers issues from funding and childcare, to managing insecurities and future directions.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Owton, Helen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author Biography.- Abbreviations.- Prologue.- PART I: GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.- 1. Access to Higher Education.- PART II: ENTERING HIGHER EDUCATION.- 2. Student Pregnancy.- 3. Becoming a Student Parent.- 4. Funding.- PART III: JUGGLING ACTS: BALANCING THE LIFESTYLE.- 5. Balancing Social Life.- 6. Balancing Childcare.- 7. Time Management.- 8. Stress Management.- 9. Supporting Student Parents.- PART IV: FUTURE DIRECTIONS.- 10. Postgraduate Student Parents.- 11. After Graduation.- Further Reading.- Acknowledgements.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Owton is currently a Lecturer at De Montfort University and Associate Lecturer at the Open University. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Winchester, an MSc at the University of Chichester, and a PhD at the University of Exeter.