{"product_id":"early-career-teachers-in-higher-education-9781350225022","title":"Early Career Teachers in Higher Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarly Career Teachers in Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e explores the experiences of Early Career Teachers (ECTs) through 13 personal teaching journeys from academics working across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe and South America. This edited volume contains the subjective narrative of each contributor''s entry into academia, their pedagogic practice and the development of their multiple teaching identities. Their personal narratives and testimonies presented here will provide a valuable resource for ECTs and academics around the world as they begin teaching in higher education. In addition, this edited book highlights contemporary issues, such as precarity, casualisation, fragmentation of academic responsibilities and intersectionality, that shape contemporary ECT workloads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides unique perspectives and essential advice from individuals who share critical experiences of entering higher education establishments. The book provides both important insights and ways of negotiating this critical period of professional development. * Richard Rose, Professor of Inclusive Education, University of Northampton, UK *\u003cbr\u003eFar more than a mere collection of stories, this truly international book exposes the challenges and joys of teaching in higher education, from the perspective of those newest to the profession. Replete with inspirational examples of reflective and scholarly teaching, it is a must-read for all academic staff. * Kathryn Sutherland, Associate Professor in the Centre for Academic Development, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand *\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful book integrates scholarly analysis with the voices of early career teachers from a wide variety of roles and contexts. By honoring the diversity, precarity, and agency of early career teachers, this book offers significant lessons for both those becoming academic teachers and everyone who works with them. * Peter Felten, Professor of History and Executive Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures     Notes on the Contributors    Foreword, \u003ci\u003eN'Dri Therese Assie-Lumumba (Cornell   University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e    Acknowledgements    Introduction: Early Career Teachers [ECTs] in Higher   Education, \u003ci\u003eJody Crutchley (Liverpool   Hope University, UK), Zaki Nahaboo (Birmingham City University, UK) and   Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I:   Challenges of National\/International Contexts\u003c\/b\u003e    1. A Korean Stranger in a Japanese Classroom: Developing   as a Teacher in a Foreign Country, \u003ci\u003eJongsung   Kim (Hiroshima University, Japan)\u003c\/i\u003e    2. Reverse Brain-drain and Early Career Frustrations in   the Nigerian Higher Education: Aspirations, Compromises and Challenges of a   Returnee, \u003ci\u003eAmos Pofi (Federal College of   Education, Pankshin, Nigeria)\u003c\/i\u003e    3. My Anatomy Teaching Journey from India to Britain: A   Reflection of a Teacher, a Seeker and a Constructivist, \u003ci\u003eMandeep Gill-Sagoo (King’s College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart   II: Precarious Intersectionality\u003c\/b\u003e    4. Being a PhD Student and a Teacher in Two UK   Universities: Challenges and Possibilities of Liminal Spaces of Belonging, \u003ci\u003eLeah Burch (University of Leeds, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e    5. Balancing Teaching, Culture and Gender in Japan:   Prospects and Challenges as an American Female Teacher Abroad, \u003ci\u003eSarah R. Asada (Kyoritsu Women's   University, Japan)\u003c\/i\u003e    6. Othering and its Impact on   Teaching Opportunities in Australia: Gendered, Classed and Raced Subject   Positions, \u003ci\u003eClarissa Carden and Diti   Bhattacharya (Griffith University, Australia)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart   III: Disrupting Identities\u003c\/b\u003e    7. (Dis)Empowering Spaces: Drawing on Disabling   Experiences as an Early Career Teacher with Dwarfism, \u003ci\u003eErin Pritchard (Liverpool Hope University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e    8. What Has Sexuality Got to Do With It? Negotiating a   Professional Identity as a Gay Early Career Teacher, \u003ci\u003eBen Colliver (Birmingham City University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e    9. Early Career Teachers as Entrepreneurs in American Higher   Education: The Politician, Comedian, and Busker, \u003ci\u003eThomas Larsen (University of Northern Iowa, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart   IV: Pedagogical Predicaments\u003c\/b\u003e    10. From Passionate Engagement to Chronic Boredom in   Polish Academia: An Overview of Early-Career Motivation and Systemic   Contributory Factors, \u003ci\u003eMariusz   Finkielsztein (University of Warsaw, Poland)\u003c\/i\u003e    11. Developing as a Critical Pedagogue in Brazil:   Challenges, Reflections and Actions, \u003ci\u003eAna   Zimmermann (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)\u003c\/i\u003e    12. Learning from Learners in China: Teaching Public   Policy to Continuing Education Students, \u003ci\u003eDiwen   Xiao (Sun Yat-sen University, China)\u003c\/i\u003e    13. Transitioning from Teaching Young Learners to   Trainee Teachers in International HE: Professional Identity Crises and   Continual Development, \u003ci\u003eNatalie Shaw (NHL   Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart   VI: Personal Narratives in Wider Perspective\u003c\/b\u003e    14. Reflections on the Early Career Teachers’ Journeys:   Challenges, Experiences and Strategies, \u003ci\u003eAnn   E. Austin (Michigan State University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e References    Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019640144215,"sku":"9781350225022","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350225022.jpg?v=1750780874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/early-career-teachers-in-higher-education-9781350225022","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}