Empowering Novice Academics For Student Success

Download or read book Empowering Novice Academics for Student Success written by Dr Johann Hugo and published by African Sun Media. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is essential for academics that enter the field of higher education and training, as it focuses on preparing teachers and trainers to respond appropriately to student success challenges. Student success is a burning issue,both globally and locally. While student achievement is determined by a combination of factors, teachers and their teaching practices do matter. Higher education teachers are expected to fulfil different roles at different times, such as planning for curriculum implementation, mentorship and coaching, facilitating learning, resource development, and student assessment. Against this background the primary purpose of Empowering novice academics for student success: Wearing different hats is building the capacity of novice teachers and trainers to play an influential role in increasing student success throughput.