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Professional Development for Practitioners in Academia [electronic resource] : Pracademia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickinson, Jill.
- Series:
- Knowledge Studies in Higher Education Series.
- Knowledge Studies in Higher Education Series ; v.13
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgment
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Who or What Are 'Pracademics'?
- The Emergence and Growth of the Pracademic in Higher Education
- Pracademic Identities: Professional Values and Esteem
- Professional Values
- Professional Esteem
- Organisation of This Book
- Pracademic Identities
- Professional Development
- Teaching Practice
- References
- Part I: Pracademic Identities
- Chapter 2: 'Don't Take Your Briefcase': Navigating a Career Change from Professional Practice to the Academic Role
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Practices and Procedures of Working in an Academic Role
- Findings
- Academic First Impressions: Comparisons to Previous Role
- Academic First Impressions: The Role of an Academic
- Professional and Academic Knowledge
- The Knowledge Paradox
- The Rise of the Pracademic?
- Conclusion
- Established Pracademics as Mentors
- Dynamic Academic Handbook
- Adaptations to Threshold Lecturer Preparation Programmes
- Academic Literacy Support
- Conversations About the Academic Role
- Recommendation to Enhance HE from Pracademics
- References
- Chapter 3: From Expert to Novice: A Lecturer's Tale
- Key Themes
- Personal Journey
- Finding My Collegial Buddies
- Do You Need a PhD?
- Making a Successful Transition
- Being Authentic
- Realistic Expectations and Preparation
- Connecting the Dots Between Clinical Practice and Academia
- Recruitment
- Testing the Water
- Structured and Well-Planned Inductions
- Buddies and Formal Mentorship
- Chapter 4: The Pracademic: Where Practice Meets Theory. The Value of Practitioner Experience when Teaching and Researching in a Higher Education Environment
- The Past
- The Present
- The Future
- Chapter 5: Imposter Syndrome and the Non-pracademics: A Joint Autoethnographic Account
- Position Statement
- Situating Imposter Syndrome in Debates on Pracademia
- Methodology
- Diary-Keeping
- Data Analysis
- Lack of Lived Experience: "No Time Behind the Wheel"
- Networks and Ties: "It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know"
- Chapter 6: Grappling with Pracademia in Education: Forms, Functions, and Futures
- Forms: The Origins of the Pracademic and Pracademia
- Functions: Identity
- Functions: Theorising Pracademia Through Communities and Landscapes of Practice
- Futures: Grappling with Pracademia and the Pracademic
- Forms, Functions and Futures of Pracademia
- Chapter 7: 'Finding Your People': The Role of Networks in Pracademic Identity Construction
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Introduction
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dickinson, Jill Professional Development for Practitioners in Academia
- ISBN:
- 9783031337468
- 3031337468
- OCLC:
- 1392344411
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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