Time Management for Academic Impact - Controlling Teaching Treadmills and Tornadoes

This is a guide for busy academics who are struggling to manage their research, teaching and administrative commitments. It identifies effective, simple, research-informed strategies that will reduce time spent on activities that have low, minimal, or individual impact.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Academic Life: Treadmills and Tornadoes
Chapter 2. Academic Worldviews and Justifications
Chapter 3. Academic Time
Chapter 4. What’s Your Time Thief?
Chapter 5. Controlling the Time Thief
Chapter 6. Inverting the Tornado
Chapter 7. How Do We Know It Works?
Chapter 8. Tornado-Proofing for Academics

About the author

Kate Ames is an award-winning educator, best-selling author, communication professional, manager, wife, mother, student, and part-time military officer. She has spent two decades honing her juggling skills in academic environments with the view that we don’t win any marathons if we burn out too early.

Summary

This is a guide for busy academics who are struggling to manage their research, teaching and administrative commitments. It identifies effective, simple, research-informed strategies that will reduce time spent on activities that have low, minimal, or individual impact.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Ames, Ames Kate
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780367403751
• ISBN: 978-0-367-40375-1
• No. of pages: 110
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Professional Development, teacher training, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher