The Academic Gateway: Understanding the Journey to Tenure - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0776624377 ISBN 13: 9780776624372

Publisher: University of Ottawa, 2017

Synopsis

The Academic Gateway: Understanding the Journey to Tenure investigates the experiences of professors employed in tenure-track positions who are starting their career within a university environment, but have not yet attained the affirmation and permanence that tenure offers. The role that they have taken on entails the preparation of students within a professional school. Some of them have very limited professional experience, while others bring multiple years of experience with them in their transition to a faculty of education. The contributors speak to the three key components of their faculty role: teaching, service, and research. Addressing organizational structures and differences relative to prior roles, they examine how these changes have assisted, confused or altered the way they conduct their day-to-day work. They speak about relevant prior experiences, the preparation they received through graduate school, and the details of the learning curve as they entered into their tenure track role. Have they been successful? The reader will experience the same uncertainty and anticipation every professor goes through during their journey to tenure. This approach amplifies the realism of not knowing whether issues that are spoken about will ultimately be overcome and enhances the validity of their experiences by not biasing the contributions towards those who expect success. Published in English. Part of the Lives in the Canadian Academic Landscape series.

About this title

About the Author

Timothy Sibbald is a tenure-track professor with the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. His transition from secondary education to the school of education built on many prior experiences, but also posed unique challenges that inspired the idea for this volume.

Victoria Handford is a tenure-track professor with the School of Education at Thompson Rivers University. She has spent her career in multiple roles in public education at the local level.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Ottawa
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0776624377
• ISBN 13: 9780776624372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Timothy Sibbald, Victoria Handford