The slow professor : challenging the culture of speed in the academy / Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber.

By:

Berg, Maggie [author.]

Contributor(s):

Seeber, Barbara Karolina, 1968- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]Description: x, 115 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9781442645561 (cloth)
1442645563 (cloth)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

LB2331.7 .B47 2016

Contents:

Time management and timelessness -- Pedagogy and pleasure -- Research and understanding -- Collegiality and community -- Conclusion: Collaboration and thinking together.

Summary: "If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless of the consequences for education and scholarship. In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this erosion of humanistic education. Focusing on the individual faculty member and his or her own professional practice, Berg and Seeber present both an analysis of the culture of speed in the academy and ways of alleviating stress while improving teaching, research, and collegiality. The Slow Professor will be a must-read for anyone in academia concerned about the frantic pace of contemporary university life."-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Main Collection Books	John Brown University Library	Main	LB2331.7 .B47 2016	Available		39524100405178

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-105) and index.

"If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless of the consequences for education and scholarship. In The Slow Professor, Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber discuss how adopting the principles of the Slow movement in academic life can counter this erosion of humanistic education. Focusing on the individual faculty member and his or her own professional practice, Berg and Seeber present both an analysis of the culture of speed in the academy and ways of alleviating stress while improving teaching, research, and collegiality. The Slow Professor will be a must-read for anyone in academia concerned about the frantic pace of contemporary university life."-- Provided by publisher.

Time management and timelessness -- Pedagogy and pleasure -- Research and understanding -- Collegiality and community -- Conclusion: Collaboration and thinking together.