This book shows how to design and develop educational programmes that are linked, logical and successful, with clear, step-by-step guidance on the processes involved. It shows how to develop courses that successfully meet quality and assessment criteria (including those set by the Quality Assurance Agency), and provides a route map through the various elements involved. The author shows how to design modules with clearly defined levels for assessment, outcomes and quality criteria, and which meet standard teaching and learning expectations. Developed to be accessible, straightforward, systematic and practical, it is illustrated throughout with examples and concise summaries. Key features include: *clear, simple guidance on developing a module *understanding levels and level descriptors *setting aims and learning outcomes *developing assessment methods and criteria *devising teaching strategies *staff development activities *guidance on programme specification.

Academic assertiveness is an essential capability that is required of students who wish to achieve academic and professional success. Written for students who are aiming to achieve college success, Achieving Success through Academic Assertiveness: Real life strategies for today's higher education students focuses on the challenges that learners face and encourages positive actions that support triumphs in learning situations. Jennifer Moon creatively explores the importance of this emerging topic and how assertiveness is linked to the process of learning and overall student development, critical thinking and academic achievement.

In this book, Jennifer Moon explores and clarifies critical thinking and provides practical guidance for improving student learning and supporting the teaching process.

Key themes covered include:

• different views of and approaches to critical thinking with an emphasis on a practical basis that can be translated into use in the classroom.
• links between learning, thinking and writing
• the place of critical thinking alongside other academic activities such as reflective learning and argument
• critical thinking and assessment, class environments, staff knowledge and development, writing tasks and oral tasks.

Teachers in all disciplines in post-compulsory education will find this approach to defining and improving studentsa (TM) critical thinking skills invaluable.

Academic assertiveness is an essential capability that is required of students who wish to achieve academic and professional success. Written for students who are aiming to achieve college success, Achieving Success through Academic Assertiveness: Real life strategies for today's higher education students focuses on the challenges that learners face and encourages positive actions that support triumphs in learning situations. Jennifer Moon creatively explores the importance of this emerging topic and how assertiveness is linked to the process of learning and overall student development, critical thinking and academic achievement.

Modular course structures are now the norm in higher education. The book provides a step-by-step handbook on the processes involved in the design of modules and programmes, showing how to develop courses successfully that meet quality, assessment and other key criteria. A comprehensive, concise and refreshingly straightforward guide, this book is a unique practical resource, covering the entire process of developing a module. It gives a clear overview of various elements and enables readers to develop successful structures for their own students. The handbook stresses the importance of design modules that account for assessment, course outcomes and quality issues. Illustrated throughout with practical examples, case studies and concise summaries, the book will be relevant to everyone involved in designing, developing, administering or assessing courses. It is also available in a fully photocopyable ringbinder edition, with additional exercises and worksheets for use by staff developers and those working with groups of academics.

A discussion of the management of learning on short courses and in workshops, which may take place in a wide range of "educational" or training situations. It cuts across the cultures of academic teaching and training and draws on Jenny Moon's experience in both fields.

In this book, Jennifer Moon explores and clarifies critical thinking and provides practical guidance for improving student learning and supporting the teaching process.

Key themes covered include:

• different views of and approaches to critical thinking with an emphasis on a practical basis that can be translated into use in the classroom.
• links between learning, thinking and writing
• the place of critical thinking alongside other academic activities such as reflective learning and argument
• critical thinking and assessment, class environments, staff knowledge and development, writing tasks and oral tasks.

Teachers in all disciplines in post-compulsory education will find this approach to defining and improving students critical thinking skills invaluable.

In 2008, I was sentenced to eighteen months in a California state prison for attempted first-aedegree robbery. This book contains excerpts from letters I wrote to my former RP/L (Revolution Partner/Lover) while I was incarcerated as well as images and descriptions of my prison relics. Besides it detailing life in prison, it is a story about love, revolution, and freedom (and lack thereof). This book was originally printed in 2012 as a limited edition of fourteen to accompany each photograph in the Prison Relic series from "Phoenix Rising, Part 1: This Is Where I Learned Of Love." Photographs by Patrick Connor. This edition is the Collector's Edition, full-color printing. It is also available as an eBook at a significantly more reasonable price. Jennifer Moon is a Los Angeles based artist, adventurer, and revolutionary. For more information about Jennifer Moon and her practice, visit jmoon.net.