Beyond the Academic Gateway: Looking Back on the Tenure-track Journey - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0776628909 ISBN 13 : 9780776628905

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press, 2020

Synopsis

Tenure is a pivotal decision for the academy. If it is earned, it provides security and permanence, creating further academic freedom to pursue research and interests important to the institution and to society. If it is not earned, then the peer review process provides clarification for why it has not been earned. This book brings together lived experiences of academics around the time of the tenure decision. While the book is stand-alone, it has the same collection of authors who wrote about their tenure-track experiences in The Academic Gateway, making the pair of books a remarkable longitudinal collection.

The authors explore the complex relationship between academics, the academy as an ideal, and universities as an enactment of that ideal. Personal growth is evident and shows diversity of experience, as the maturing relationships with the role and workplace unfurl. Where tenure track is a very personal journey, the period around tenure is necessarily a form of engagement with peers. Yet it has challenges, particularly in a milieu where academic freedom is being nurtured. Individual authors negotiate their choices between their personal objectives and institutional mandates and policies. Simultaneously, after years in the tenure-track, they continue to be evolving as academics, whether through personal growth or by seeking changes in the academy itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Timothy M. Sibbald is an associate professor with the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. He has varied interests, which includes examining experiences of professors in higher education, selfstudy of the instructional-learner interaction that includes his own migration from high school teacher to teaching pre-service and graduate students, and a variety of research projects in mathematics education.

Victoria Handford is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University. Her path to the gateway included roles as teacher, vice-principal, principal, and provincial roles in JK-12 education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Ottawa Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0776628909
• ISBN 13: 9780776628905
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Sibbald Timothy, Handford Associate Professor Professor Victoria
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne