So you want to be a professor? [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for graduate students / / P. Aarne Vesilind |
Autore | Vesilind P. Aarne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
Disciplina |
378.12
378.12023 |
Soggetto topico |
College teachers - Employment - United States
College teaching - Vocational guidance - United States Graduate students - Employment - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7619-1896-5
1-322-30710-5 1-4522-6339-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Resources
Chapter 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 Advising Responding 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 Tenure Is 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; Index About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479960603321 |
Vesilind P. Aarne
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000 | ||
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So you want to be a professor? [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for graduate students / / P. Aarne Vesilind |
Autore | Vesilind P. Aarne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 197 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 378.12 |
Soggetto topico |
College teaching - Vocational guidance
College teachers - Employment Graduate students - Employment |
ISBN |
1-4833-9184-1
0-7619-1896-5 1-322-30710-5 1-4522-6339-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Resources
Chapter 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 Advising Responding 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 Tenure Is 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; Index About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779126703321 |
Vesilind P. Aarne
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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So you want to be a professor? : a handbook for graduate students / / P. Aarne Vesilind |
Autore | Vesilind P. Aarne |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 197 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 378.12 |
Soggetto topico |
College teachers - Employment - United States
College teaching - Vocational guidance - United States Graduate students - Employment - United States |
ISBN |
1-4833-9184-1
0-7619-1896-5 1-322-30710-5 1-4522-6339-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Resources
Chapter 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 Advising Responding 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 Tenure Is 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; Index About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819493003321 |
Vesilind P. Aarne
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Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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