P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in Higher Learning Education and Life, 2/c/e
Robert S. Feldman,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Sheila Chick,
Fanshawe College
ISBN: 0070919771 Copyright year: 2005
About the Authors
Robert S. Feldman is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award and has written some 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and books. His books, some of which have been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Chinese, include Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior, Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children, Understanding Psychology, 6/e, and Development Across the Life Span, 3/e. His research interests encompass the study of honesty and truthfulness in everyday life, development of nonverbal behaviour in children, and the social psychology of education. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.
With the last of his three children starting college last falland facing the proverbial empty nestProfessor Feldman occupies his spare time with serious cooking and earnest, but admittedly unpolished, piano playing. He also loves to travel with his wife, who is also a college professor. He lives with her in a home that looks out on the Holyoke mountain range in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Sheila Chick teaches at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, where she is a professor in the General Studies Division. She has taught communication, student success, popular culture, English as a Second Language, career development, and instructional design courses.
Sheila is a graduate of Toronto Teachers College, the University of Western Ontario (Kings College) and the University of Calgary, where her focus was on the use of portfolios for career development. Her areas of research and interest are in instructional design, workplace learning, and faculty evaluation.
An avid gardener, painter, traveller, and swimmer, Sheila lives in London, Ontario with her husband, Errol Cochrane, and daughter, Caitlin.
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