Academic cultures; professional preparation and the teaching life.

9781603290012

Academic cultures; professional preparation and the teaching life.

Ed. by Sean P. Murphy.

Modern Language Association

2008

247 pages

$19.75

Paperback

LB2331

How can graduate students, already poised to pursue tenure-track positions, learn to be as savvy about the institution as they are about their own field's scholarship? This collection of 18 articles explains how to identify and enjoy the variety of experiences available to those who have prepared themselves to be academics, including the range of identities found in academic cultures. Contributors describe academic career options, including tribal college teaching, foreign language teaching, teaching in a rural area, in high schools, abroad, or in a conservative faith-based university, and reflect on careers at teaching in foreign language, ESL, at a small college, while writing, and when serving as an political activist. They offer alternative paths for the newly doctorate, including high school teaching, and describe the particular satisfaction to be found in two-year colleges.

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