Lynn McAlpine - Böcker

This book draws on research in Australia, Canada, UK, and US into the experiences of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and new academics. Each chapter develops research-informed implications for policy and practice to support developing academics, and concludes with commentaries by early career academics, developers and administrators.

This book draws on research in Australia, Canada, UK, and US into the experiences of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and new academics. Each chapter develops research-informed implications for policy and practice to support developing academics, and concludes with commentaries by early career academics, developers and administrators.

This handbook provides a foundational, comprehensive, and systemic overview of the current research on learning and instruction in university education.Offering a synthesis of current essential empirical research on university education, this volume provides a starting point for an intentional transformation of university education anchored firmly in empirical evidence. The chapters are authored by leading international scholars in the field culminating in a wealth of expertise offering multiple expert stances on learning and instruction in university education. The chapters are based on systematic literature reviews. The book analyses the broad macro level factors and structures influencing university education and its development as well as micro level issues related to learning and instruction both from students’ and university teachers’ perspectives. It provides a thorough state-of-the-evidence and paves the way for future directions in research on university learning and instruction and the research-informed development of university education.This handbook is a foundational resource for higher education researchers and key stakeholders, alongside university teachers and students, as well as educational policymakers, and higher education developers wanting to draw on their work.

This book argues that post-PhD career planning should ideally begin at the same time as the PhD itself. Drawing from ten years of research and stories of close to 50 individuals, each chapter focuses on the stories of individuals who share common career intentions and how they negotiate these both before, during and after their studies.

The authors draw on the conceptual lens of ‘identity-trajectory’, which emerged from their research program, to examine the decision-making processes underpinning the careers of PhD graduates, whether contingent researchers and teachers, assistant professors within the academy or professionals elsewhere.

The authors draw on the conceptual lens of ‘identity-trajectory’, which emerged from their research program, to examine the decision-making processes underpinning the careers of PhD graduates, whether contingent researchers and teachers, assistant professors within the academy or professionals elsewhere.

Intended for doctoral students, academics, staff and administrators, this book provides several perspectives on the topic of doctoral education and contains the actual voices of doctoral students and new academics to illustrate its discussion.