Becoming an Academic

This book draws on research in Australia, Canada, UK, and US into the experiences of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and new academics. Each chapter develops research-informed implications for policy and practice to support developing academics, and concludes with commentaries by early career academics, developers and administrators.>

List of contents

Academic Practice in a Changing International Landscape
Expectations and Experiences of Aspiring and Early Career Academics: Implications for Strengthening Career Preparation
Meaning and Purpose in Postdoctoral Research: Developing as an Academic Researcher
Comings and Goings? Disciplinary Employment Trajectories in the UK Social Sciences
Doctoral Students and a Future in Academe? From the Iceberg to the Shore
Living and Imagining Academic Identities: Perceptions of Doctoral Students and Pre-Tenure Academics
Rethinking Preparation for Academic Careers: Privileged Versus Neglected Aspects of Academic Practice
Commentaries on the Chapters: Responses from Early Career Academics, Developers and Administrators.

About the author

Lynn McAlpine, Gerlese Akerlind

Product details

• Authors: Gerlese Akerlind, Gerlese S. Akerlind, Lyn McAlpine, Lynn McAlpine, Lynn Akerlind Mcalpine, Lynne McAlpine
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2010
• EAN: 9780230227910
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22791-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Universities into the 21st Century; Universities Into the 21st Cen; Universities Into the 21st Cen; Universities into the 21st Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; B, Education, higher education, Research Methods in Education, Education—Research, employment;perception;research;social science