Advice for New Faculty Members

Name: Advice for New Faculty Members
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ISBN: 9780205281596

ISBN-10: 0205281591

ISBN-13: 9780205281596

Edition: 2000

Authors: Robert Boice

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Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus is a unique and essential guide to the start of a successful academic career. As its title suggests (nothing in excess), it advocates moderation in ways of working, based on the single-most reliable difference between new faculty who thrive and those who struggle. By following its practical, easy-to-use rules, novice faculty can learn to teach with the highest levels of student approval, involvement, and comprehension, with only modest preparation times and a greater reliance on spontaneity and student participation. Similarly, new faculty can use its rule-based practices to write with ease, increasing productivity, creativity, and publishability…

Book details

List price: $84.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 1/21/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.80" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Why New Professors Need Timely Advice



Moderate Work at Teaching


Wait


Begin Before Feeling Ready


Prepare and Present in Brief, Regular Sessions


Stop


Moderate Overattachment and Overreaction


Moderate Negative Thinking and Strong Emotions


Let Others Do Some of the Work


Moderate Classroom Incivilities


Summary and Extension of theNihil NimusApproach to Teaching



Write in Mindful Ways


Rationale for a Mindful Approach to Writing


Wait


Begin Before Feeling Ready


Prepare and Present in Brief, Regular Sessions


Stop


Moderate Overattachment and Overreaction


Moderate Negative Thinking and Strong Emotions


Let Others Do Some of the Work


Moderate Classroom Incivilities


A Summary of Chapter 2 and its Mindful Ways of Writing



Socialize and Serve with Compassion


Introduction: Why Compassion Is Ultimately Important


Learn about Academic Culture, Early, Patiently


Let Others Do Some of Your Work


Combine Self-Service with Service for Others


General Summary: Catalog Sujmary ofNihil NimusRules


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