The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy - Couverture rigide

Berg, Maggie; Seeber, Barbara K.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442645563 ISBN 13 : 9781442645561

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2016

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"...a mountain-rescue effort for the knackered academic. Its "Slow Professor manifesto" has three aims: "to alleviate work stress, preserve humanistic education, and resist the corporate university". But it s definitely not a joyless philosophy that the authors share: We see our book as uncovering the secret life of the academic, they write, revealing not only her pains but also her pleasures. They offer solutions, too, in addition to identifying what s broken (they are writing from the perspective of members of the Canadian academy, which, as they present it, seems virtually indistinguishable from the British one). In critiquing those guides to time management that favour speeding through a punitive checklist over sitting in meaningful contemplation, they get it absolutely right: "It is not so much a matter of managing our time as it is of sustaining our focus in a culture that threatens it." --- Times Higher Education, Book of the Week, 26 May, 2016

"While "The Slow Professor "has already raised some eyebrows as an example of "tenured privilege," it s at once an important addition and possible antidote to the growing literature on the corporatization of the university." --- Colleen Flaherty - Inside Higher Education, April 19, 2016"

Présentation de l'éditeur

If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless of the consequences for education and scholarship.

In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this erosion of humanistic education. Focusing on the individual faculty member and his or her own professional practice, Berg and Seeber present both an analysis of the culture of speed in the academy and ways of alleviating stress while improving teaching, research, and collegiality. The Slow Professor will be a must-read for anyone in academia concerned about the frantic pace of contemporary university life.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1442645563
• ISBN 13: 9781442645561
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 128