| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Some introductory thoughts / Robert H. Cantwell and Jill J. Scevak -- Section 1: Stories of new academics -- Chapter 2. Learning how to be an academic -- the story of a new academic in the sciences / Danielle Skropeta -- Chapter 3. Learning how to be an academic -- the story of a new academic in education / Kelly Freebody -- Section 2: Teaching and learning -- Chapter 4. Aligning intellectual development with curriculum, instruction and assessment / Robert H. Cantwell, Jill J. Scevak and Robert J. Parkes -- Chapter 5. The nature of academic learning / Robert H. Cantwell -- Chapter 6. Assessment: principles and practice / Gavin T. Brown -- Chapter 7. Lectures / Jill J. Scevak -- Chapter 8. The tutorial as cognitive apprenticeship: developing discipline-based thinking / Robert J. Parkes and Nona Muldoon -- Chapter 9. Supporting scholarly tutors to conduct effective tutorials / Kathryn Sutherland -- Chapter 10. Teaching and learning in a laboratory setting / Siegbert Schmid and Justin R. Read -- Chapter 11. Teaching online: issues and challenges for on-campus and distance instruction / Caroline Steel -- Chapter 12. Teaching within diversity / Nina Burridge and Richard Walker -- Section 3. Research and research training -- Chapter 13. Preparing for a career as a researcher / Sid Bourke and Allyson Holbrook -- Chapter 14. Writing for publication / Pamela J. Green and John A. Bowden -- Chapter 15. Research training: supervising and managing research students / Pamela J. Green and John A. Bowden -- Section 4. Administration and community service -- Chapter 16. Academic administration: becoming involved / Stephen Crump -- Chapter 17. Professional activities and community service / Clare McBeath -- Section 5. Academic workplace -- Chapter 18. Academic life: an interpersonal dimension / Jane Goodman-Delahunty and Ben Walker -- Chapter 19. A lifeline for emerging academics / Dawn Garbett and Belinda Tynan -- Chapter 20. Academic work: a developmental perspective / Gerlese Åkerlind -- Chapter 21. Some concluding thoughts / Jill J. Scevak and Robert H. Cantwell |
| Summary |
Academic life is complex and adjusting to life as a new academic requires a range of skills and abilities to fulfill the multiple roles the academic must play as researcher, teacher and administrator. An Academic Life assists in the process of orienting new academics to the nature of academic life, particularly greater accountability in all aspects of academic life, growth in the numbers of academic staff, and increasing demands and expectations from the growing student population. This title addresses the key areas of academic work: teaching and learning; research, research training and pub |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
College teaching -- Vocational guidance -- Australia
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College teachers -- Australia
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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College teachers
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College teaching -- Vocational guidance
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Theory & Practice of Education.
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Education.
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Social Sciences.
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cantwell, Robert H. (Robert Harley)
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Scevak, Jill J. (Jill Janina)
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| ISBN |
9781441668356 |
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1441668357 |
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