Making Sense of Academic Life - Softcover

Taylor, N/A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335201849 ISBN 13: 9780335201846

Publisher: Open University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book helps academics to become players rather than pawns in the process of change. To do so it raises issues that might inform thinking about - and therefore reactions to - academics' experiences of their changing roles in changing universities.

In universities, the tradition is to change. The author looks at the big picture of change in higher education, and in academics' work and work environments. The focus is on the emergent educational role of academics, and the relationship between academics and their institutions.

In these times, the strategy of working harder will not work. Unlike books written about how universities might be better managed, this book explores issues of self-interested self-management for academics. It suggests new ways of thinking about the nature and future of academic work, particularly in terms of the relationship between academic and institutional values, priorities and practices.

Making Sense of Academic Life makes fascinating reading for all those interested in the evolving roles of academics and especially for academics themselves, aspiring academics, and academic managers.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Taylor is a lecturer in academic staff development. His current scholarship focuses on the development of resources and strategies to support the use of technology and flexibility to enhance the educational effectiveness and sustainability of student-centred teaching and learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335201849
• ISBN 13: 9780335201846
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192