Academic's support kit [[electronic resource] /] / Rebecca Boden, Debbie Epstein, Jane Kenway

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450896603321
• Autore: Boden Rebecca <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, 2005
• ISBN: 1-282-55995-8; 9786612559952; 1-84787-744-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (785 p.)
• Collana: The Academic's Support Kit
• Altri autori (Persone): EpsteinDebbie <1945->; KenwayJane
• Disciplina: 378.1/20941; 378.1202341
• Soggetti: College teachers - Vocational guidance - Great Britain; Education, Higher - Research - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; VOLUME 1: Building Your Acedemic Career; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introducing the Academic's Support Kit; Chapter 1 - Who should Use this Book and How?; Chapter 2 - Why have an Academic Career?; Chapter 3 - Shaping up: Academic Anatomies; Chapter 4 - Presenting Yourself: Vita Statistics; Chapter 5 - Getting a Job, Getting Promoted; Chapter 6 - Balancing Acts: between Work and Life; Further Reading; Index; VOLUME 2: Getting Started on Research; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introducing the Academic's Support Kit; Chapter 1 - Who should Use this Book and How?; Chapter 2 - Getting Going: Developing Research IdeasChapter 3 - The Research Process; Chapter 4 - Doing your Project; Chapter 5 - Moving on: Developing Yourself as a Researcher; Further Reading; Index; VOLUME 3: Writing for Publication; Contents; Acknoweldgements; Introducing the Academic's Support Kit; Chapter 1 - Who should Use this Book and How?; Chapter 2 - The Business of Writing; Chapter 3 - The Business of Publishing; Chapter 4 - Publishing Articles in Acedemic Journals; Chapter 5 - Publishing Books and in Books; Chapter 6 - Other ; Sorts of Publishing; Further Reading; Index; VOLUME 4: Teaching and SupervisionContents; Acknowledgements; Introducing the Academic's Support Kit; Chapter 1 - Who should Use this Book and How?; Chapter 2 - Teaching Relations; Chapter 3 - Powerful Pedagogies?; Chapter 4 - Teaching Identities; Chapter 5 - Postgraduate Research Supervision (I) Getting Going; Chapter 6 - Postgraduate Research Supervision (II) Getting and Keeping them Going; Further Reading; Index; VOLUME 5: Winning and Managing Research Funding; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introducing the Academic's Support Kit; Chapter 1 - Who should Use this Book and Why?; Chapter 2 - The Research Funding Pressure CookerChapter 3 - Getting to Know the Funding Agencies; Chapter 4 - Getting the Basics in Place; Chapter 5 - Getting Down, Dirty and Detailed; Chapter 6 - Project Management; Further Reading; Index; VOLUME 6: Building Networks; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introducing the Academic's Support Kit; Chapter 1 - Who should Use this Book and Why?; Chapter 2 - Networking Basics; Chapter 3 - Thinking through Networks; Chapter 4 - Academic Networks; Chapter 5 - What are Stakeholder Networks?; Chapter 6 - How to Network with your Stakeholders; Chapter 7 - Dissemination NetworksFurther Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Academic's Support Kit is a unique resource that provides all the information, skills and guidance to support academic professional development. Written by a team of experienced and international authors, the Kit offers a wealth of references, techniques and practical advice in the following 6 books: -Building Your Academic Career This volume encourages you to take a proactive approach to getting what you want out of academic work whilst being a good colleague -Getting Started On Research In contrast to t