An academic life: a handbook for new academics

This book 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. It addresses the key areas of academic work: teaching and learning; research, research training and publication; administration and community service; and the social and cultural aspects of academic life. [Back cover, ed].

Xii, 193 p.

Contributors: Robert H Cantwell and Jill J Scevak -- Danielle Skropeta -- Kelly Freebody -- Robert H Cantwell, Jill J Scevak and Robert J Parkes -- Robert H Cantwell -- Gavin T Brown -- Jill J Scevak -- Robert J Parkes and Nona Muldoon -- Kathryn Sutherland -- Siegbert Schmid and Justin R Read -- Caroline Steel -- Nina Burridge and Richard Walker -- Sid Bourke and Allyson Holbrook -- Pamela J Green and John A Bowden -- Stephen Crump -- Clare McBeath -- Jane Goodman-Delahunty and Ben Walker -- Dawn Garbett and Belinda Tynan -- Gerlese Akerlind -- Jill J Scevak and Robert H Cantwell.

1. Some introductory thoughts -- Sect 1 Stories of new academics 2. Learning how to be an academic: the story of a new academic in the sciences -- 3. Learning how to be an academic: the story of a new academic in education -- Sect 2 Teaching and learning 4. Aligning intellectual development with curriculum, instruction and assessment -- 5. The nature of academic learning -- 6. Assessment: principles and practice -- 7. Lectures -- 8. The tutorial as cognitive apprenticeship: developing discipline-based thinking -- 9. Supporting scholarly tutors to conduct effective tutorials -- 10. Teaching and learning in a laboratory setting -- 11. Teaching online: issues and challenges for on-campus and distance instruction -- 12. Teaching within diversity -- Sect 3 Research and research training 13. Preparing for a career as a researcher -- 14. Writing for publication -- 15. Research training: supervising and managing research students -- Sect 4 Administration and community service 16. Academic administration: becoming involved -- 17. Professional activities and community service -- Sect 5 Academic workplace 18. Academic life: an interpersonal dimension -- 19. A lifeline for emerging academics …