Read How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment

How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment

Michèle Lamont

4.9/5 (28827 ratings)

Description:Excellence. Originality. Intelligence. Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what exactly is it, and how do professors identify it?In the academic evaluation system known as "peer review," highly respected professors pass judgment, usually confidentially, on the work of others. But only those present in the deliberative chambers know exactly what is said. Michele Lamont observed deliberations for fellowships and research grants, and interviewed panel members at length. In "How Professors Think, " she reveals what she discovered about this secretive, powerful, peculiar world.Anthropologists, political scientists, literary scholars, economists, historians, and philosophers don't share the same standards. Economists prefer mathematical models, historians favor different kinds of evidence, and philosophers don't care much if only other philosophers understand them. But when they come together for peer assessment, academics are expected to explain their criteria, respect each other's expertise, and guard against admiring only work that resembles their own. They must decide: Is the research original and important? Brave, or glib? Timely, or merely trendy? Pro-diversity or interdisciplinary enough?Judging quality isn't robotically rational; it's emotional, cognitive, and social, too. Yet most academics' self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality, in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god, "excellence." In "How Professors Think, " Lamont aims to illuminate the confidential process of evaluation and to push the gatekeepers to both better understand and perform their role.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment. To get started finding How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0674054156

Description: Excellence. Originality. Intelligence. Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what exactly is it, and how do professors identify it?In the academic evaluation system known as "peer review," highly respected professors pass judgment, usually confidentially, on the work of others. But only those present in the deliberative chambers know exactly what is said. Michele Lamont observed deliberations for fellowships and research grants, and interviewed panel members at length. In "How Professors Think, " she reveals what she discovered about this secretive, powerful, peculiar world.Anthropologists, political scientists, literary scholars, economists, historians, and philosophers don't share the same standards. Economists prefer mathematical models, historians favor different kinds of evidence, and philosophers don't care much if only other philosophers understand them. But when they come together for peer assessment, academics are expected to explain their criteria, respect each other's expertise, and guard against admiring only work that resembles their own. They must decide: Is the research original and important? Brave, or glib? Timely, or merely trendy? Pro-diversity or interdisciplinary enough?Judging quality isn't robotically rational; it's emotional, cognitive, and social, too. Yet most academics' self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality, in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god, "excellence." In "How Professors Think, " Lamont aims to illuminate the confidential process of evaluation and to push the gatekeepers to both better understand and perform their role.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment. To get started finding How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment

How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment

More Books

Seeing Others: How Recognition Works—and How It Can Heal a Divided World

Seeing Others: How Recognition Works—and How It Can Heal a Divided World

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration

Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class (Morality and Society Series)

Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class (Morality and Society Series)

The Cultural Territories of Race: Black and White Boundaries

The Cultural Territories of Race: Black and White Boundaries

Cultivating Differences: Symbolic Boundaries and the Making of Inequality

Cultivating Differences: Symbolic Boundaries and the Making of Inequality

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration by Michèle Lamont (2002-10-15)

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration by Michèle Lamont (2002-10-15)

Getting Respect: Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States, Brazil, and Israel

Getting Respect: Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States, Brazil, and Israel

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration by Michele Lamont (1-Oct-2002) Paperback

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration by Michele Lamont (1-Oct-2002) Paperback

Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World

Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World