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Book SynopsisIn no other professional field do senior leaders habitually return to the rank-and-file workforce in the twilight of their careers. Corporate CEOs rarely conclude their working lives by resuming the duties of a mid-level account executive; on the verge of retirement, four-star generals do not return to the infantry. But in academia former senior leaders often conclude their careers by reprising the roles and responsibilities of a professor. Until now, leaders and institutions have been left to navigate these transitions on their own—often learning hard lessons that might have been avoided. Stepping Away moves beyond the well-worn clichés of “stepping down” to examine how senior leadership role changes impact individuals and the institutions they serve. Drawn from empirical research involving more than fifty college presidents, provosts, and deans, this book delivers fresh understanding of the challenges and opportunities leaders face as they assume a new place in the social architecture of their campus. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, Stepping Away translates research into practical strategies that leaders can use to make this change successfully, providing guidance about when to speak up and when to remain quiet, how to develop new relationships, where to office, whether to apply for new jobs, and how to use their knowledge and skills to add value to their campus communities, on-campus and off.Table of ContentsList of “Collected Wisdom” Foreword by Leo M. Lambert 1 Stepping Away 2 Studying Administrative Transitions in the Modern American University 3 First Steps: Look as You Leap 4 The Messy Middle: Making a Transition Is Making Choices 5 “Working for Myself”: Life after Administration 6 Reimagining Leaders, Reimagining Leadership Acknowledgments Appendix: Interview Protocols Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDer Paradigmenwechsel der Kompetenzorientierung erfordert neue Forschungen zu den Prozessen historischen Denkens und Lernens und zu den komplexen Zusammenhängen zwischen Akteuren, Medien und Konzepten des Geschichtsunterrichts. Welche Vorstellungen haben Jugendliche von gelungenem Geschichtsunterricht? Wie verhalten sich Fachwissen, fachdidaktisches Wissen und Professionswissen von Lehrkräften zueinander? Welche Chancen birgt die Archäologiedidaktik? Vertiefende Analysen widmen sich einzelnen Aspekten des Unterrichtsgeschehens. So beleuchten die Beiträgerinnen und Beiträger aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln etwa auch die Rolle der Sprache im Fach Geschichte. Nicht zuletzt gilt es, das Spannungsfeld der normativen Ansprüche zu vermessen, denen der Geschichtsunterricht ausgesetzt ist./ The paradigm shift towards the focus on competence training calls for new research regarding the processes of historical thinking and learning as well as the complex interaction between players, media and concepts of history as a school subject. What concepts do teenagers have of a successful history lesson? How do expertise, didactic methodology and professional knowledge of teachers interact? Which possibilities does a didactic of archeology offer? Detailed analyses focus on separate aspects of the teaching process. However, several internal interrelations arise between the research projects. For instance, the function of language in history lessons is highlighted from multiple perspectives. Not least, the fields of conflicts of normative claims which history as a school subject is exposed to need to be charted.

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