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A Jungle Named Academia - Approaches to Self-Development and Growth (Paperback)
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A Jungle Named Academia - Approaches to Self-Development and Growth (Paperback)
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Professional ethics require continuous self-improvement of
professors, through writing, reading, and learning: no less than
for students. Promoting excellence in scholarship, mentoring
students in their research, and effectively teaching, are vital
elements in our professional and personal growth. However, any one
of these could be a full-time job in itself. To excel in each role,
it is essential for faculty members to reflect daily on our work.
What is the role of comparisons, in this reflection? Though our
colleagues' successes may suggest to us possibilities in our own
work that we didn't know existed, there is a danger that our
neighbor's "flowers" will always seem more beautiful than our own.
We should let comparisons with others suggest new approaches to our
goals, but never focus on comparing our outcomes (successes and
failures) with those of other people. Instead, we should focus on
steadily improving our own levels of mastery of skills in
scholarship and in work with students. In American academia, where
both faculty members and students are ethnically and culturally
diverse, such that we will often find our assumptions challenged,
reflective thinking is even more essential than in a culturally
homogeneous environment. Hence reflective, systematic approaches to
daily practice in reading, teaching, and writing are powerful
survival tactics, and are likely to sustain one's vitality and
productivity as a member of the academy.
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