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Becoming an Academic Lynn McAlpine

Becoming an Academic By Lynn McAlpine

Becoming an Academic by Lynn McAlpine


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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.

Becoming an Academic Summary

Becoming an Academic by Lynn McAlpine

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.

About Lynn McAlpine



LYNN McALPINEis Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford, UK. She has been recognized in distinguished research awards from the American Educational Research Association and the Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education.

GERLESE AKERLINDis Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods atThe Australian National University. She is an honorary Research Associate of the Oxford LearningInstitute, the University of Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

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.

Additional information

GOR004455536
9780230227910
0230227910
Becoming an Academic by Lynn McAlpine
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2010-10-14
224
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