Professing to Learn : Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University.
Neumann, Anna.
Professing to Learn : Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (319 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Into the Middle: Mapping the Early Post-Tenure Career in the Research University -- 2 The Heart of the Matter: Passionate Thought and Scholarly Learning -- 3 Mindwork: What and How Professors Strive to Learn -- 4 Location: Where Professors Pursue Their Scholarly Learning -- 5 Becoming Strategic: Recently Tenured University Professors as Agents of Scholarly Learning -- 6 Organizing to Learn: What Universities Provide for Professors' Scholarly Learning -- 7 The Middle Remapped: Toward an Ecology of Learning in the Early Post-Tenure Career -- Appendix A: Study Designs and Background Data -- Appendix B: Interview Protocols and Consent Forms for the Four Universities Project -- Appendix C: Framework: University Professors' Scholarly Learning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
By exploring the intellectual activities pursued by these faculty and their ongoing efforts to develop and define their academic interests, Professing to Learn directs the attention of higher education professionals and policy makers to the core aim of higher education: the creation of academic knowledge through research, teaching, and service.
9780801896408
College teachers-Vocational guidance-United States.
Scholars-Vocational guidance-United States.
College teachers-Tenure-United States.
Electronic books.
LB1778.2 .N475 2009
378.1/2
Professing to Learn : Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (319 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Into the Middle: Mapping the Early Post-Tenure Career in the Research University -- 2 The Heart of the Matter: Passionate Thought and Scholarly Learning -- 3 Mindwork: What and How Professors Strive to Learn -- 4 Location: Where Professors Pursue Their Scholarly Learning -- 5 Becoming Strategic: Recently Tenured University Professors as Agents of Scholarly Learning -- 6 Organizing to Learn: What Universities Provide for Professors' Scholarly Learning -- 7 The Middle Remapped: Toward an Ecology of Learning in the Early Post-Tenure Career -- Appendix A: Study Designs and Background Data -- Appendix B: Interview Protocols and Consent Forms for the Four Universities Project -- Appendix C: Framework: University Professors' Scholarly Learning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
By exploring the intellectual activities pursued by these faculty and their ongoing efforts to develop and define their academic interests, Professing to Learn directs the attention of higher education professionals and policy makers to the core aim of higher education: the creation of academic knowledge through research, teaching, and service.
9780801896408
College teachers-Vocational guidance-United States.
Scholars-Vocational guidance-United States.
College teachers-Tenure-United States.
Electronic books.
LB1778.2 .N475 2009
378.1/2