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Academic Life As Seen By Others

Author : Charles Lekic
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525516515
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Academic Life As Seen By Others written by Charles Lekic and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have a favourite teacher we remember fondly. That special teacher who brought their subject matter to life. The teacher who made sure we ‘got it’. The one who went out of their way to support their students and encourage their learning. The one we knew really cared. This is an anthology of warm and often humorous memories from forty-four students, staff and fellow faculty spanning two decades about a beloved professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Manitoba. The intent of this collection of personal anecdotes and tributes is to share with others the possibilities of pursuing an academic career. It’s also about celebrating learning itself. As one former student wrote, “Dr. Lekic really opened my eyes to the fact that it can be good fun and very rewarding to win a child’s trust.” Beautifully illustrated, Academic Life as Seen by Others offers a rare glimpse into the world of academia from a decidedly non-academic and lighthearted viewpoint.

The Last Lecture

Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340978504
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)

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Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Academic Life and Labour in the New University

Author : Dr Ruth Barcan
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472405773
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Academic Life and Labour in the New University written by Dr Ruth Barcan and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be an academic today? What kinds of experiences do students have, and how are they affected by what they learn? Why do so many students and their teachers feel like frauds? Can we learn to teach and research in ways that foster hope and deflate pretension? Academic Life and Labour in the New University: Hope and Other Choices addresses these big questions, discussing the challenges of teaching and researching in the contemporary university, the purpose of research and its fundamental value, and the role of the academy against the background of major changes to nature of the university itself. Drawing on a range of international media sources, political discourse and many years’ professional experience, this volume explores approaches to teaching and research, with special emphasis on the importance of collegiality, intellectual honesty and courage. With attention to the intersection of large-scale institutional changes and intellectual shifts such as the rise of transdisciplinarity and the development of a pluralist curriculum, this book proposes the pursuit of more ethical, compassionate and critical forms of teaching and research. As such, it will be of interest not only to scholars of cultural studies and education, but to all those who care about the fate of the university as an institution, including young scholars seeking to join the academy.

How to Be a Happy Academic

Author : Alexander Clark
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1526449048
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book How to Be a Happy Academic written by Alexander Clark and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to be an effective, successful and happy academic? This book helps you hone your skills, showcase your strengths, and manage all the professional aspects of academic life. With their focus on life-long learning and positive reflection, Alex and Bailey encourage you to focus on your own behaviours and personal challenges and help you to find real world solutions to your problems or concerns. Weaving inspirational stories, the best of research and theory, along with pragmatic advice from successful academics, this book provides step-by-step guidance and simple tools to help you better meet the demands of modern academia, including: Optimising your effectiveness, priorities & strategy Workflow & managing workload Interpersonal relationships, and how to influence Developing your writing, presenting and teaching skills Getting your work/life balance right. Clear, practical and refreshingly positive this book inspires you to build the career you want in academia.

Survive and Thrive in Academia

Author : Kate Woodthorpe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351690760
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Survive and Thrive in Academia written by Kate Woodthorpe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocket mentor for the early career academic learning to strategically navigate the demands of an academic role, this book is a friendly and constructive companion providing hands-on advice about how to balance teaching responsibilities alongside other duties. More than just a ‘how to’, the text is a timely commentary on changes in higher education. Discussing contemporary developments and offering guidance on how to negotiate this evolving climate, the book uniquely captures the political, social, economic and cultural forces at play, taking into account the issues which influence and shape an academic’s career trajectory. Organised around the three main tasks within a conventional academic post – teaching, research and administration – the book includes tips, pauses for thought, author reflections and sources for further reading, and provides insight to help the reader reflect on what they are doing, why, and where to go next in their career. Crucially, it shows that in order to survive and flourish, the early career academic needs to take a strategic view as to their function, purpose and contribution both inside and beyond the intellectual establishment. From establishing a research niche to getting stuck into administration Survive and Thrive empowers the early career academic, helping them to build their academic reputation both internally and externally and maintain a sense of personal fulfilment and accomplishment within an increasingly commercialised environment.

The School of Life

Author : Alain de Botton
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9780241985830
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book The School of Life written by Alain de Botton and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for - and deserve. This book brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including: - how to understand yourself - how to master the dilemmas of relationships - how to become more effective at work - how to endure failure - how to grow more serene and resilient.

Rhythms of Academic Life

Author : Peter J. Frost
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452264694
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Rhythms of Academic Life written by Peter J. Frost and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1996-07-16 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.

Academic Life

Author : John B. Bennett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556359012
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Academic Life written by John B. Bennett and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this profound look at the academy, John Bennett reminds us that our leadership decisions always presuppose our philosophies of life and that understanding precedes practice. How we understand the communities we lead informs the many practical judgments we make about directions to take, structures to create, processes to initiate, and values to uphold. Bennett argues that faculty may understand their departments or institutions in one of two ways: as simply aggregations of individuals or as communities of intertwined persons. From these views, two different leadership values and positions emerge. The first disposes us toward seeing academic conflict as inevitable and elevates heroic leadership styles where power is understood in terms of advancing one agenda over competitors. The second underwrites leadership as supposing openness to others and emphasizes the vital contributions that can follow. By providing specific illustrations of the two modes of leadership and the nature of hospitality and openness, Academic Life presents a strong platform from which to build a rich and rewarding academic community. Contents include: • The nature of insistent individualism • Why the prevalence of insistent individualism? • Hospitality as an essential virtue • Self, others, institutions, and the common good • Conversation as an essential metaphor • The uses of conversation • Community and covenant • Engaged, but not heroic, leadership

Mindstorms

Author : Seymour A Papert
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 154167510X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Mindstorms written by Seymour A Papert and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.

Academic Life As Seen By Others

Author : Charles Lekic
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525516531
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Academic Life As Seen By Others written by Charles Lekic and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have a favourite teacher we remember fondly. That special teacher who brought their subject matter to life. The teacher who made sure we ‘got it’. The one who went out of their way to support their students and encourage their learning. The one we knew really cared. This is an anthology of warm and often humorous memories from forty-four students, staff and fellow faculty spanning two decades about a beloved professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Manitoba. The intent of this collection of personal anecdotes and tributes is to share with others the possibilities of pursuing an academic career. It’s also about celebrating learning itself. As one former student wrote, “Dr. Lekic really opened my eyes to the fact that it can be good fun and very rewarding to win a child’s trust.” Beautifully illustrated, Academic Life as Seen by Others offers a rare glimpse into the world of academia from a decidedly non-academic and lighthearted viewpoint.

Academic Life and Labour in the New University

Author : Ruth Barcan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317185951
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Academic Life and Labour in the New University written by Ruth Barcan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be an academic today? What kinds of experiences do students have, and how are they affected by what they learn? Why do so many students and their teachers feel like frauds? Can we learn to teach and research in ways that foster hope and deflate pretension? Academic Life and Labour in the New University: Hope and Other Choices addresses these big questions, discussing the challenges of teaching and researching in the contemporary university, the purpose of research and its fundamental value, and the role of the academy against the background of major changes to nature of the university itself. Drawing on a range of international media sources, political discourse and many years’ professional experience, this volume explores approaches to teaching and research, with special emphasis on the importance of collegiality, intellectual honesty and courage. With attention to the intersection of large-scale institutional changes and intellectual shifts such as the rise of transdisciplinarity and the development of a pluralist curriculum, this book proposes the pursuit of more ethical, compassionate and critical forms of teaching and research. As such, it will be of interest not only to scholars of cultural studies and education, but to all those who care about the fate of the university as an institution, including young scholars seeking to join the academy.

An Academic Life

Author : Robert H. Cantwell
Publisher : ACER Press
ISBN 13 : 1441668357
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book An Academic Life written by Robert H. Cantwell and published by ACER Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Cantwell and Jill Scevak have brought together new academics and experienced educators from a variety of discipline backgrounds to provide clear and practical insights into the journey of entering the academic world. Any new academic will find this book an invaluable resource.

Feminist Academics

Author : Louise Morley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135746710
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Academics written by Louise Morley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores questions of feminist interventions in academic institutions, covering both the structure and culture of such places and the social divisions between women.

Learning Spaces: Creating Opportunities For Knowledge Creation In Academic Life

Author : Savin-Baden, Maggi
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335222307
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Learning Spaces: Creating Opportunities For Knowledge Creation In Academic Life written by Savin-Baden, Maggi and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to (re)capture learning spaces within academic life. By challenging the notion that academic thinking must take place in cramped, busy working spaces, it re-introduces the reader to the importance of spaces for reflecting, thinking and writing.

Biographies and Careers throughout Academic Life

Author : Jesús F Galaz-Fontes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319274937
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Biographies and Careers throughout Academic Life written by Jesús F Galaz-Fontes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book draws on the 2007 Changing Academic Profession international survey in order to document the personal characteristics, career trajectories, sense of identity/commitment and job satisfaction of academics in 14 countries with different levels of economic and social development and different higher education systems. With nearly 26,000 academics surveyed in 19 countries (of which 14 are reporting their results in this volume), the empirical basis of the book is the most up-to-date and far-reaching in the area. With major changes taking place both in the local and global contexts of higher education and in the working conditions within individual universities, as exemplified by increasing managerialism and performance-based funding, it is important to consider the impact of these changes on the profiles and working lives of the academic profession across different countries. But it is also important to look at the ways in which the faculty’s changing profile impacts on the organisation and management of universities and on the delivery of their central functions. Although not always obvious in the short-term, academic work and its conditions attract, incorporate and promote different types of individuals who, in turn, exert considerable influence on the nature of academic work, higher education institutions and, potentially, society. As faculty members are central to the teaching, research and service enterprise activities of higher education, it is important to understand their personal characteristics, career trajectories, sense of identity and commitment, and job satisfaction. These are central for understanding the academic profession in general and, in particular, the factors affecting their involvement and productivity in the work of their institutions. These are a complex result of a mixture of contextual factors (e.g. the status and regulatory framework of the higher education system, the features and atmosphere of the particular institution) and personal factors (e.g. gender, educational attainment, family background, attitudes to work and broader social values).This book examines the different situations facing the academic profession in individual countries and provides comparative studies of country differences.

The Research Game In Academic Life

Author : Lucas, Lisa
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335211917
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Research Game In Academic Life written by Lucas, Lisa and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the implications of an increasingly competitive global system of higher education research? In what ways have policy changes to the evaluation and funding of university research impacted on higher education institutions in the UK and in other countries? How do institutional and departmental managers and individual academics organise and manage research to best maximise the gains of being successful in research? The Research Game in Academic Lifeturns a spotlight on the importance of research in determining the reputation and success of universities and the academics who work within them. It provides an overview of the changing policies of funding and evaluating university research during the last twenty years and analyses how this has impacted on the status and hierarchical positioning of universities in the United Kingdom. Comparisons of research policies in other national systems of higher education are also made, with examples from Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Australia. Empirical data is drawn from qualitative case studies of two UK universities and focuses on the way in which the management and organisation of research within these institutions has responded to the demands of economic and accountability pressures and successive rounds of the Research Assessment Exercise. More particularly, the book reflects the human stories and accounts from the individuals who serve to maintain the important research and teaching work of these institutions. The Research Game in Academic Lifeoffers a thoughtful analysis and will make essential reading for researchers, department leaders, policy makers and managers in higher education.

Competitive Accountability in Academic Life

Author : Richard Watermeyer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788976134
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Competitive Accountability in Academic Life written by Richard Watermeyer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how a culture of ‘competitive accountability’ in UK higher education produces multiple tensions, contradictions and paradoxes that are destabilizing and deleterious to the work and identities of academics as research scientists. It suggests the potential of a new discourse of scientific accountability, that frees scientists and their public communities from the absurdities and profligacy of ‘performativity’ and ‘managerial governmentality’ encountered in the REF and an impact agenda – the noose of competitive accountability – and a more honest and meaningful public contract.