04392oam 2200649 a 450 991080863310332120020610101448.0979-84-00-60640-31-280-46870-X97866104687060-313-01104-410.5040/9798400606403(CKB)111087027039332(OCoLC)52768150(CaPaEBR)ebrary10023080(Au-PeEL)EBL3000774(CaPaEBR)ebr10023080(OCoLC)1438938798(DLC)BP9798400606403BC(MiAaPQ)EBC3000774(EXLCZ)9911108702703933220010718e20022024 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAcademic pathfinders knowledge creation and feminist scholarship /Patricia J. Gumport1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (217 p.)Greenwood studies in higher education,1531-80870-313-32096-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-191) and index.Cover -- Academic Pathfinders -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- 1 The Dynamic Nature of Academic Knowledge -- THE CENTRALITY OF KNOWLEDGE TO HIGHER EDUCATION -- PRIOR LITERATURE ON ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE -- Historical Understandings of Curricular Change -- Rise of Departmental/Disciplinary Organization -- Factors Involved in the Emergence of New Fields -- Mainstream Fields -- Marginal Fields -- Interdisciplinary Fields -- The Organizational Factors That Constrain or Permit Change -- The Views of Sociologists of Science -- CRITIQUE OF PRIOR CONCEPTUALIZATIONS -- A PROPOSAL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK -- Disciplinary Paradigms -- Organizational Paradigms -- The Relevance of External Politics -- 2 Academic Feminism: Antecedents, Initiatives, and Unresolved Issues -- POLITICAL CATALYSTS -- ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES -- Women's Studies Programs -- INTELLECTUAL ADVANCES -- UNRESOLVED ISSUES -- 3 Investigating Knowledge Creation -- THE RATIONALE FOR THE DESIGN -- THE CORE SAMPLE AND THE INTERVIEW DATA -- THE ANALYSIS BY GENERATION -- Each Generation in Context -- 4 The Pathfinders' Breakthroughs -- STARTING POINTS: GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL -- Career Options for Women -- Political Interests -- POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS -- FEMINIST AWAKENINGS -- Sources of Feminist Awakenings -- Forming Networks for Change -- INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS -- Generating Feminist Questions -- Extending Political Concerns -- Finding Organizational Opportunities -- Identifying Unexplored Terrain -- 5 Knowledge Creation in the Disciplines: History, Sociology, and Philosophy -- HISTORY -- SOCIOLOGY -- PHILOSOPHY -- DISCIPLINARY DIFFERENCES -- 6 Alternative Academic Pursuits: The Pathtakers and Forerunners -- THE PATHTAKERS -- THE FORERUNNERS -- SUMMARY -- 7 Changing Conditions for Knowledge Creation.THE CHANGING POLITICAL CONDITIONS -- THE CHANGING CONDITIONS IN UNIVERSITIES -- THE ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE -- Appendix: Notes on the Research Design and Methods -- INTERVIEWS WITH THE CORE SAMPLE -- Interview Guide for Primary Informants -- Section 1: Career History -- Section 2: Intellectual Biography -- Section 3: Reflections on Feminist Perspectives in Academia -- DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURES -- METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND LIMITATIONS -- Linking the Framework with Data -- Utility of Interpretive Analysis -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.Greenwood studies in higher education.Women college teachersWomen college studentsWomen in higher educationFeminism and educationLearning and scholarshipWomen college teachers.Women college students.Women in higher education.Feminism and education.Learning and scholarship.378/.0082Gumport Patricia J1597769DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910808633103321Academic pathfinders3982776UNINA