Being “In and Out”: Providing Voice to Early Career Women in Academia / edited by Narelle Lemon, Susanne Garvis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lemon, Narelle, editor.

Garvis, Susanne, editor.

Series:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about a network of women who as a collective and individuals can share their stories to indeed help themselves as well as others. Our stories as¬sist in the telling and retelling of important events. Reflecting on these events allow the ‘processing’, ‘figuring out’ and ‘inquiring’, leading to behavioural actions to change situations. The fact that we are women unites us as we have common elements with our roles both within academia, in our families, and in society. The women in this study share their narratives in an open dialogue. Their journey into and out of academia is constructed from “a metaphorical three-dimensional inquiry space” (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000, p. 50). The space enables the authors to capture and communicate the emotional nature of lived experiences (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000). The self-studies explore the changes in social and contextual approaches that are attached to working and studying in higher education. The book provides a narrative of the “ups” and “downs” that female academics have individually and collectively encountered while moving “in” and “out” of academia. Making these stories known establishes a sense of collaboration and com¬munity. This action serves to perpetuate and further develop the established pedagogy and look to improve practice. A community practice seeks to locate the learning in the process of co-participation (building social capital) and not just within individuals (Hanks, 1991). It allows females to come together to share experience and discuss ways forward.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Narelle Lemon and Susanne Garvis

Beginning the Conversation Looking In and Looking Out / Narelle Lemon and Susanne Garvis

Just Keep Following the Heartlines on Your Hand / Georgina Barton

Are You Old Enough to Be in Academia? You Don’t Have Grey Hair / Susanne Garvis

Teacher to Academic / Annette Hilton

Sending Out a Tweet / Narelle Lemon

Right Back Where We Started From / Tseen Khoo

Finding Pockets of Agency / Kylie Budge

Mum (Ph.D.) / Rebecca Miles

Towards Joy / Mia O’Brien

Lessons from Lobsters / Rochelle Fogelgarn

Academic? … I’m Just a Teacher / Sarah-Jane Lord

Academic Seeking Sustainability / Betina Przybylak

From Wrestling a Crocodile to Exploring New Billabongs / Kaye Harris

The 20/20 Project / Christine Healey

Final Thoughts / Narelle Lemon and Susanne Garvis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789462098305

9462098301

OCLC:

894511744