04809nam 2200709 a 450 991047996060332120170814172910.00-7619-1896-51-322-30710-51-4522-6339-6(CKB)2550000000105654(EBL)996584(OCoLC)809772197(SSID)ssj0000697414(PQKBManifestationID)12275429(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697414(PQKBWorkID)10692331(PQKB)10199461(SSID)ssj0000741889(PQKBManifestationID)12315718(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741889(PQKBWorkID)10742378(PQKB)10262895(MiAaPQ)EBC996584(OCoLC)1007860156(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085208(EXLCZ)99255000000010565420120521d2000 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSo you want to be a professor?[electronic resource] a handbook for graduate students /P. Aarne VesilindThousand Oaks, Calif. ;London SAGEc20001 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4522-3246-6 0-7619-1897-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Employment Opportunities In Academia; The American Higher Educational System; Expectations Differ for Faculties at Different Colleges and Universities; The Good and the Bad of Choosing an Academic Career; Chapter 2 - Getting on Academic Job; To Post-Doc or Not to Post-Doc?; Choosing Where to Apply for a Tenure-Track Job; Salary; Other Considerations; Applying for a Job While Holding the ABD; The Job Opening; The Job Notice; The Application; The Screening; The Interview; The Seminar; The Second Visit; The Rejection; The Offer; Appendix: Internet ResourcesChapter 3 - Learning to TeachHow Students Learn; Sensory Learning; Motivation; Intellectual Development; Chapter 4 - Organising a Course; Deciding What Students Should Learn; Choosing a Text; Writing the Syllabus; Chapter 5 - Presenting a Course; Lecturing; Using Visual Aids; Alternatives to Lectures; Chapter 6 - Meeting Vour First Class; First-Time Fears; The First Class Session; Chapter 7 - Testing and Evaluation; Validity and Reliability; Giving Tests; Student Evaluations; Chapter 8 - Advising and Mentoring; Making Students Welcome; Student-Specific AdvisingResponding to Personal ProblemsMentoring; Chapter 9 - Research and Scholarship; Why Universities Emphasize Research and Published Scholarship; Choosing the Topic for Research or Scholarship; Choosing the Funding Agency; Writing Your Proposal; Getting Your Proposal Funded; Chapter 10 - Publishing; How to Write a Scholarly Paper; Submitting Yout Paper for Publication; The Sticky Question o f Authorship; Writing a Book; Presenting Papers at Scholarly Conferences; Chapter 11 - Getting Tenure; The Origins and Justification for Tenure; The Tenuring Process; An Alternative Path to TenureIs There Life After a Negative Tenure Decision?Arguments Against Tenure; Chapter 12 - Academic Integrity; Moral Justification for Academic Honor; Preventing Cheating; Using the Judicial System; Honor in Research and Publishing; Conflict of Interest; Copyrights and Patents; Moral Responsibility to and of the Professorate; Chapter 13 - Getting fired; Six Ways to Lose a Tenured Academic Job; Justification for Moral Rules in Academia; Chapter 14 - The Academic Career; Keeping the Balls in the Air; Progression of Your Academic Career; Epilogue; Appendix: Supplementary Readings; IndexAbout the AuthorThis is a comprehensive guide for graduates from any academic discipline who want to pursue an academic career. The author covers a wide range of skills for future success including teaching, testing and maintaining a research programme.College teachersEmploymentUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcCollege teachingVocational guidanceUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcGraduate studentsEmploymentUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.College teachersEmploymentCollege teachingVocational guidanceGraduate studentsEmployment378.12378.12023Vesilind P. Aarne15862StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910479960603321So you want to be a professor2486888UNINA