Women's retreat : voices of female faculty in higher education / / edited by Atsuko Seto and Mary Alice Bruce

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press Of America, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.0082
• Soggetto topico: Women college teachers - United States; Women in education - United States; Universities and colleges - United States
• Altri autori: SetoAtsuko BruceMary Alice
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section One: Career Development; Chapter 1. Parallel Play at the Mad Hatter's Tea House: Writing-In-Relation; Chapter 2. Passionate About Teaching; Chapter 3. A Photograph of Women in Academe: ""Dr. Mom""; Chapter 4. Mentoring: Authentic Connections and Pathways; Section Two: Balancing Personal and Professional Life; Chapter 5. Dancing Backward in High Heels: Balancing Traditionally Male Academia within Feminine Life; Chapter 6. Professional Expectations and Partnership: Perspectives from the Beginning, Middle, and End ; Chapter 7. Can You Have It All? The Competing Worlds of Women Balancing Motherhood With an Academic Career in Counselor EducationChapter 8. Balancing Personal Life and Career; Chapter 9. Living in Two Worlds: Personal Perspectives in the Long-Distance Commuter Relationship; Section Three: Cultural and Individual Identity; Chapter 10. Transitions: A Woman on the Move!; Chapter 11. Fostering lnclusivity in Counselor Education for Culturally Diverse Women; Chapter 12. Leaving Home: Relationships and Experiences of a Lifetime; Chapter 13. An Agnostic in Full Bloom; Section Four: Spirituality ; Chapter 14. Centrality of the Relationship in Counselor Education: Our Clients, Our Students, OurselvesChapter 15. Weaving a Life Fabric-Faith, Family, and Career; Chapter 16. Soul Work: Who Am I? What Do I Stand For? Where Am I Going?; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers inspiration and support to female faculty members in higher education who are at various stages of their professional development. Twenty-four educators share both their intuitive voices and practical knowledge on the topics of career development, balancing personal and professional life, cultural and individual identity, and spirituality.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women's retreat
• ISBN: 0-7618-6114-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789579403321
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