New faculty : a practical guide for academic beginners
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New faculty : a practical guide for academic beginners
Palgrave, 2007
2nd ed
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"Revised & updated" -- cover
Includes index
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Description
Successfully launching an academic career in the challenging environment of higher education today is apt to require explicit preparation. "New Faculty" offers a useful compendium of 'survival' advice for 'the faculty newcomer: practical tips on classroom teaching, student performance evaluation, detailed advice on grant-writing, student advising, professional service, and publishing. This new edition brings this Palgrave classic up-to-date, providing new faculty with encouraging words of advice and important information.
Table of Contents
PART I: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS Institutional Environment and the Academic Community Faculty Mentoring PART II: FACULTY WORK ACTIVITIES Teaching: Lectures and Discussion Active Learning and Other Instructional Management Issues Advising Students Getting Published The Art of Grantsmanship Faculty Service Legal Issues and the Professorate Concluding Considerations Further Thoughts
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