The unorthodox professor : : surviving and thriving as a change agent in education /

The unorthodox professor : : surviving and thriving as a change agent in education / / Barbara S. Spector, University of South Florida, USA.

The book is an autoethnography (self-analysis) of a woman’s career as an educator that spans half a century. Her stories as a visionary change agent in STEM education provide •an unorthodox approach to surviving and thriving in academia. By candidly “telling tales out-of-school” about events common...

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Spector, Barbara S., 1935-
Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, the Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, [2017?]
c2018.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (370 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page / Barbara S. Spector
  • Dedication / Barbara S. Spector
  • Prologue / Barbara S. Spector
  • List of Figures and Tables / Barbara S. Spector
  • Life Overview / Barbara S. Spector
  • Early Life / Barbara S. Spector
  • Career Path / Barbara S. Spector
  • A Change Agent Learning to be a Professor / Barbara S. Spector
  • Using Community Resources for Teaching / Barbara S. Spector
  • Designing Programs and Courses / Barbara S. Spector
  • Initial Courses and Programs / Barbara S. Spector
  • More Courses and Programs, Part 1 / Barbara S. Spector
  • More Courses and Programs, Part 2 / Barbara S. Spector
  • Emergent Social Issues / Barbara S. Spector
  • Grantsmanship – Government Agencies / Barbara S. Spector
  • The Audit – Peculiar Consequence of the Paradigm Shift1 / Barbara S. Spector
  • Grant Life – Private Gifts – The Green Place Saga / Barbara S. Spector
  • University Politics1 / Barbara S. Spector
  • Gender Issues – A Sign of the Times / Barbara S. Spector
  • Thriving in my Career / Barbara S. Spector
  • Professional Associations / Barbara S. Spector
  • Sources of Satisfaction and Joy in My Work / Barbara S. Spector
  • Learning from My Graduate Students / Barbara S. Spector
  • Epilogue / Barbara S. Spector
  • Back Matter
  • Glossary of Acronyms / Barbara S. Spector
  • Name Index / Barbara S. Spector
  • Subject Index / Barbara S. Spector.

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