Lynne McAlpine, Gerlese Akerlind

Becoming an Academic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book draws on research in Australia, Canada, UK, and US into the experiences of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and new academics. Each chapter develops research-informed implications for policy and practice to support developing academics, and concludes with commentaries by early career academics, developers and administrators.

Produktdetails

• Universities into the 21st Century
• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9780230227910
• ISBN-10: 0230227910
• Artikelnr.: 30540727

Autorenporträt

Lynn McAlpine, Gerlese Akerlind

Inhaltsangabe

Academic Practice in a Changing International Landscape.- Expectations and Experiences of Aspiring and Early Career Academics: Implications for Strengthening Career Preparation.- Meaning and Purpose in Postdoctoral Research: Developing as an Academic Researcher.- Comings and Goings? Disciplinary Employment Trajectories in the UK Social Sciences.- Doctoral Students and a Future in Academe? From the Iceberg to the Shore.- Living and Imagining Academic Identities: Perceptions of Doctoral Students and Pre-Tenure Academics.- Rethinking Preparation for Academic Careers: Privileged Versus Neglected Aspects of Academic Practice.- Commentaries on the Chapters: Responses from Early Career Academics, Developers and Administrators.