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Jinfa Cai Ed.; Gabriel J. Stylianides Ed.; Patricia Ann Kenney Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2023
This book is about promising research advancements that sparked directly or indirectly from intellectual contributions by distinguished internationally recognized mathematics educator and researcher, Edward A. Silver. The features of this book include: (1) A focus on the research areas that have benefited from Dr. Silver's intellectual…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
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Craig, Cheryl J.; Curtis, Gayle A.; Kelley, Michaelann; Martindell, P. Tim; Pérez, M. Michael – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2020
This book traces the origins and activities of the longest-standing collaborative teacher group in education, the Portfolio Group. Each chapter documents, historically and conceptually, the main intellectual moments in the evolution of the idea of knowledge communities. Authors illuminate the expansive work, research, and the leading/learning…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Sustainability, Faculty Development, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Mutch, Carol – NZCER Press, 2017
Beginning a new career as an academic is a daunting task. Carol Mutch's latest book aims to demystify the process by providing new and intending academics with an insight in what to expect. The book is based around the real-life concerns and questions that were raised by the early career academics she worked with in her innovative Emerging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Mentors
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
Researchers are embarking on increasingly diverse careers where collaboration, networking and interdisciplinarity are becoming more important. Transferable skills (e.g. communication skills and problem-solving abilities) can help researchers operate more effectively in different work environments. While researchers acquire some of these skills in…
Descriptors: Job Training, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Career Development
Eley, Adrian; Wellington, Jerry; Pitts, Stephanie; Biggs, Catherine – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Not that long ago there were fairly clear divisions between researchers at different stages throughout their career, starting with doctoral students then progressing to postdoctoral workers and finishing with academic staff. However, more recently the term Early Career Researcher (ECR) has been introduced partly as a response to their growing…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Research Opportunities, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Writing Research
Frost, Peter J., Ed.; Taylor, M. Susan, Ed. – 1996
This book presents 52 essays by individuals in higher education on their own personal career paths and experiences. Part 1 contains essays focusing on suggestions for optimizing career success including one woman's journey to becoming a scholar, personal and cultural factors and cross-cultural influences, the transition to academic life from…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Guidance