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Effective Educational Practices for Beginning Students: An Analysis of Academic Discourses and Practical Necessities

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Imagine a perfect world of higher education. What would you expect? Personal campuses, carefree and motivated students, easy-going and motivated faculty members, an atmosphere of competence, commitment and action…high expectations that can barely keep up with higher education realities.

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  1. Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Germany

    Susanne Günther

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  1. Stuttgart Media University, Stuttgart, Germany

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  2. North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, USA

    Yahya Kamalipour

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Günther, S. (2017). Effective Educational Practices for Beginning Students: An Analysis of Academic Discourses and Practical Necessities. In: Friedrichsen, M., Kamalipour, Y. (eds) Digital Transformation in Journalism and News Media. Media Business and Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27786-8_39

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