How professors think [electronic resource] : inside the curious world of academic judgment / Michèle Lamont.
2009
LB2333 .L36 2009eb
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How professors think [electronic resource] : inside the curious world of academic judgment / Michèle Lamont.
Author
Lamont, Michèle, 1957-
ISBN
9780674032668 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674032667 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674032667 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
330 p. ; 22 cm.
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LB2333 .L36 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.1/2
Summary
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. --from publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.
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Table of Contents
Opening the black box of peer review
How panels work
On disciplinary cultures
Pragmatic fairness : customary rules of deliberation
Recognizing various kinds of excellence
Considering interdisciplinarity and diversity
Implications in the United States and abroad.
How panels work
On disciplinary cultures
Pragmatic fairness : customary rules of deliberation
Recognizing various kinds of excellence
Considering interdisciplinarity and diversity
Implications in the United States and abroad.