The education of historians for the twenty-first century [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Bender ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790107403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : Published for the American Historical Association by the University of Illinois Press, c2004
• ISBN: 1-283-09746-X; 9786613097460; 0-252-09049-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BenderThomas <1944->
• Disciplina: 907
• Soggetti: History - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States; Historians - United States
• 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 (p. 197-216) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: Report and Recommendations""; ""1. WE HISTORIANS""; ""Defining Who We Are""; ""The Golden Age Legacy""; ""Historical Perspective""; ""The Future of the Discipline""; ""Education for the Future""; ""Generational Succession in the Academy""; ""Public and Private Universities""; ""The Challenge""; ""2. NECESSARY DISCUSSIONS""; ""Departmental Culture""; ""Departmental Mission and Program Requirements""; ""Field Examinations""; ""Fields""; ""Language Study""; ""Introductory Course""; ""Interdisciplinarity and Theory""""World History""; ""Undergraduate Education and the Education of Teachers""; ""Common Education, Plural Careers""; ""Directors of Graduate Studies and Graduate Administrators""; ""Professionalism and Premature Professionalization""; ""Program Size, Funding, and Diversity""; ""Graduate Assistants and Unions""; ""Foreign Area Studies""; ""New Technologies""; ""Centers for Teaching Excellence/Preparing Future Faculty""; ""Publication and Tenure""; ""The Matrix of Responsibilities""; ""The American Historical Association""; ""3. RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Program Size""""Program Information and Recruitment""; ""Funding""; ""Master's Degree and Doctoral Education""; ""Director of Graduate ; Studies, Placement Officer, and Staff Support""; ""Mentoring""; ""Annual Review""; ""Retention and Attrition""; ""Grievance Procedures""; ""A Space of Their Own""; ""Placement""; ""Intellectual Community""; ""Dissertation Seminars""; ""Preparation for Teaching ""; ""Internships""; ""Professional Ethics and Practices""; ""Citizenship""; ""The American Historical Association""; ""Part 2: Foundations""; ""4. THE NATIONAL SHAPE OF DOCTORAL EDUCATION: A SURVEY OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS""""A Preliminary Sounding""; ""Concern""; ""Complexity""; ""Change""; ""Careers in Transition""; ""Complacency""; ""(Mis)communication between Faculty and Graduate Students""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: Consultations with the Discipline""; ""Appendix B: List of Respondents to the Graduate Program Survey""; ""Appendix C: Survey Instrument and Numerical Results, AHA Survey of Doctoral Programs in History (Spring 2001)""; ""Selected Bibliography on Graduate Training and Historians""; ""Index""