Chapter One Table of Contents:

Introduction and Initial Quiz 
Developmental Stages: Impact on Learning
Attributes and Characteristics of Contemporary Learner
Late Adolescence
Mature Learners (Non-Traditional)
Students who are Culturally Diverse
Students with Sensory and Cognitive Disabilities
Differentiation between Undergraduate and Graduate Students 
Commonalities Across Student Sub Cultures: Critical Competencies
Opportunities and Barriers to Achieving Learning Outcomes 
Glossary and References  
Final Quiz 

FOCUS OF CHAPTER ONE

• To review general concepts related to higher education student development and learning.
• To examine the general make-up of students we find in higher education.
• To illustrate important characteristics of diverse student populations in higher education, including students who are:
  • matriculating immediately following completion of secondary education
  • matriculating following work experience/career change, family development, and other circumstances
  • culturally and linguistically diverse
  • cognitively or physically challenged.
• To elucidate instructional implications associated with the developmental and learning characteristics of higher education students.

1. Introduction
2. INITIAL SELF REFLECTION ACTIVITY
3. DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES: IMPACT ON LEARNING
4. ATTRIBUTES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CONTEMPORARY HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS
5. LATE ADOLESCENCE: STUDENT CASE EXAMPLE
6. FACULTY CASE EXAMPLE
7. MATURE LEARNERS (NON TRADITIONAL LEARNERS) CASE EXAMPLE
8. CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC LEARNER DIVERSITY: STUDENT CASE EXMPLE
9. DEMOGRAPHICS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC LEARNER DIVERSITY
10. SENSORY AND COGNITIVE DISABILITIES: STUDENT CASE EXAMPLE
11. IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTRUCTION FOR LEARNERS WITH SENSORY AND COGNITIVE DISABILITIES
12. DIFFERENTIATIONS BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
13. Glossary and References for Chapter One