Demystifying Career Paths After Graduate School: A Guide for Second Language Professionals in Higher Education (Hc) (Contemporary Language Education) - Tapa dura

 
9781623960353: Demystifying Career Paths After Graduate School: A Guide for Second Language Professionals in Higher Education (Hc) (Contemporary Language Education)
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ISBN 10: 1623960355 ISBN 13: 9781623960353
Editorial: Information Age Publishing, 2012

Sinopsis

This edited book offers concrete information and useful suggestions to graduatestudents who are seeking employment at institutions of higher education in NorthAmerica and other parts of the world. This book also targets entry-level facultymembers who are exploring increased participation in professional activities.The book features critical turning points in career trajectories, demystifies hiddeninstitutional structures, and illuminates blind spots that are critical for careersuccess.The authors are scholars from nonnative-English-speaking and/or racially minority backgrounds in the fields ofapplied linguistics and teaching English to speakers of other languages. The firsthand suggestions offered bythese authors are also applicable to non-minority professionals and those in other related disciplines.Furthermore, the book assists faculty mentors and administrators to understand the unique challenges and issuesfaced by minority professionals.Distinctive features of the book are: (1) theme-based approach withconcrete examples and specific advice; (2) focus on victory narratives ofsuccess and strategies rather than victim narratives of struggles; (3)accessible style, and (4) wide range of experiences narrated by both noviceand established scholars. This guidebook can be read independently oradopted as a resource book for graduate seminars.

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Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Yilin Sun, South Seattle Community College, USA.|Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Yilin Sun, South Seattle Community College, USA.

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Editorial
Information Age Publishing
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1623960355
ISBN 13 
9781623960353
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
238
Editor
Kubota Ryuko, Sun Yilin
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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Brandenburg
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9781623960346: Demystifying Career Paths after Graduate School: A Guide for Second Language Professionals in Higher Education (Contemporary Language Education)

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ISBN 10:  1623960347 ISBN 13:  9781623960346
Editorial: Information Age Publishing, 2013
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