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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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.