What the Best College Students Do
A School, Self Help, Academic book. As a soon-to-be college student (internal screaming), I found this book a...
The author of the best-selling book "What the Best College Teachers Do" is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college--and every other educational enterprise, too.The first thing they should do? Think beyond the transcript. The creative, successful people profiled in this book--college graduates who went on to change the world we live in--aimed higher than straight A's. They used their four years to cultivate habits of thought that would enable them to grow and adapt throughout their lives.Combining academic research on learning and motivation with insights drawn from interviews with people who have won Nobel Prizes, Emmys, fame, or the admiration of people in their field, Ken Bain identifies the key attitudes that distinguished the best college students from their peers. These individuals started out with the belief that intelligence and ability are expandable, not fixed. This led them to make connections across disciplines, to develop a "meta-cognitive" understanding of their own ways of thinking, and to find ways to negotiate ill-structured problems rather than simply looking for right answers. Intrinsically motivated by their own sense of purpose, they were not demoralized by failure nor overly...
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I suppose I am the target audience for this book, given that I work at a liberal arts college and believe strongly in its mission. The first seven chapters are essentially a love letter to the ideal of studying across disciplines, with examples of successful professionals and students who have followed that model. I thought the last... This book had an interesting and unexpected effect on me. I read it through a teacher's lens thinking about what I, as a teacher of students about to head to college, could do to facilitate the kind of learning that will most benefit good college students. And while I chafed at the book's anecdotal and seemingly unacademic style, it... As a soon-to-be college student (internal screaming), I found this book a good introduction to attitudes and a few habits to foster success. It led to a lot of thinking about what I want out of my education, myself, my life.The entire book is summarized well in the last passage:(My notes) Don't focus on yourself (fame, short-term rewards,...
