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A Guide to Academia: Getting into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs and a Research Job
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A Guide to Academia: Getting into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs and a Research JobA Guide to Academia: Getting into and Surviving Grad School, Postdocs and a Research Job

A Guide to Academia is a handbook for all those individuals thinking seriously about going to graduate school. Written by an author with extensive experience navigating the academic world, the book explains all the steps and potential bumps in the road that a student might encounter as they take the plunge into academia. Each chapter begins with a section called the "hard truth," which will help students determine if they are on the right path. Starting with an undergraduate student looking for a graduate school, the reader is taken on a journey up the academic ladder through graduate studies, a postdoctoral fellowship and an assistant professorship.
 
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Action Research for Educational Change (Developing Teachers and Teaching Series)
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Action Research for Educational Change (Developing Teachers and Teaching Series)John Elliott examines action research as a 'cultural innovation' with transformative possibilities for both the professional culture of teachers and teacher educators in academia.

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Tags: Research, Action, academia, educators, Educational, NEEDED, REUPLOAD, Reuploaded
Asperger's Syndrome And High Achievement: Some Very Remarkable People
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Asperger's Syndrome And High Achievement: Some Very Remarkable PeopleThis fascinating collection identifies famous figures from the past, whose behaviour suggests they may have had autism, a disorder that was not defined until the mid - 20th century. James looks at the lives of 20 individuals - scientists, artists, politicians and philosophers - examining in detail their interests, successes, indifferences and shortcomings. Among the profiles are those of mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell, who wondered in his autobiography how he managed to hurt the people around him quite without meaning to; biologist Alfred Kinsey, who excelled in academia but was ill at ease in social situations; and the writer Patricia Highsmith, who had very definite likes (fountain pens and absence of noise) and dislikes (television and four-course meals).
 
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So You Want To Be a Professor
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So You Want To Be a Professor
A Handbook for Graduate Students

Vesilind’s book will serve as a valuable resource, not only for graduate students on the threshold of academic careers, but also for current assistant professors in need of a mentor and even for those top undergraduates deciding whether a doctorate followed by college teaching is the best use of their talents. Combining good-humored criticisms of academia with sincere defense of the contributions of professors, Vesilind gives informal and, more importantly, frank advice for every stage of the career, from the career choice to retirement. "Maybe you’d like to combine the two loves of your life—teaching and scholarship—and perhaps build a satisfying and profitable academic career, but you’re not sure if this is really what you want or how to go about it. Or maybe you’ve made up your mind but need some good advice on how to succeed. If so, this book is written for you. So You Want To Be a Professor begins with a discussion of jobs in academia and how to find them. Chapters cover a wide range of political skills for future academic success, including lecturing, organizing a course, meeting your first class, testing, maintaining a research program, and writing for publication. No other book provides such a practical overview of essential career-building skills. Even junior faculty will benefit from the advice in this engaging, comprehensive book.

 
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Tags: advice, career, academic, Professor, academia