New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners

✍ Scribed by Christopher J. Lucas, John W. Murry Jr. (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 307
Edition: 3
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A useful compendium of 'survival' advice for the faculty newcomer on a variety of subjects: practical tips on classroom teaching, student performance evaluation, detailed advice on grant-writing, student advising, professional service, and publishing.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Institutional Environment and the Academic Community....Pages 3-21
Faculty Mentoring....Pages 23-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Teaching: Lectures and Discussion....Pages 41-72
Active Learning and Other Instructional Management Issues....Pages 73-106
Advising Students....Pages 107-131
Getting Published....Pages 133-166
The Art of Grantsmanship....Pages 167-188
Faculty Service....Pages 189-211
Legal Issues and the Professoriate....Pages 213-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Further Thoughts....Pages 241-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-293

✦ Subjects

Higher Education;Teaching and Teacher Education;Theatre History;Educational Philosophy;Administration, Organization and Leadership;Professional & Vocational Education

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