The New Professor's Handbook: A Guide to Teaching and Research in Engineering and Science (JB - Anker) [Paperback]

Cliff I. Davidson (Author), Susan A. Ambrose (Author), Herbert A. Simon (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1882982010 | ISBN-13: 978-1882982011 | Publication Date: July 15, 1994 | Edition: 1

This book is an ideal resource for those making the transition from graduate student to new faculty member in engineering and science. Developed through years of use with new faculty, it tackles the two themes that will be constant in a young faculty member’s career: teaching and research.

The book first distills the abundant literature that has already been published on teaching, covering student learning and course planning, conducting discussions and lecturing, creating exams and assignments, and working with teaching assistants.

Bringing together guidance gained from numerous seminars, discussions, and interviews, and the little existing in current literature on starting and conducting scientific research, the next section includes assembling research teams, supervising graduate research, getting research funding, writing research papers, reviewing research proposals, presenting results, and conducting graduate seminar programs.

The book features practical chapter exercises that apply concepts, and it concludes with an extensive bibliography. It will be of help to any faculty member embarking on a teaching and research career in higher education in the sciences.

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From the Back Cover

An ideal resource for everyone making the transition from grad student to new faculty member in engineering and science. This book, developed through years of use with new faculty, is based on published literature and experiences of productive faculty. It distills the voluminous literature on teaching and presents vital information on starting and conducting research.

About the Author

SUSAN A. AMBROSE is Director of the University Teaching Center and Lecturer in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. She grew up in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh. Ambrose received her B.A. degree (1979) in political science and her M.A. (1981) in history from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and her doctorial degree (1986) in American history from Carnegie Mellon University. At Carnegie Mellon, she has created faculty and graduate student development programs and conducted seminars for faculty in colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Ambrose has made presentations at regional, national, and international conferences on issues around faculty and graduate student development, and has publications in those areas. She also teaches courses on immigration and ethnicity.

CLIFF I. DAVIDSON is Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy, and is Director of the Environmental Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University. He grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. Davison received his B.S. (1972) in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon, and his M.S. (1973) and Ph.D. (1977) in environmental engineering science from California Institute of technology. In addition to publishing and lecturing widely on environmental topics, he is on the editorial boards of three journals and has been a member of more than a dozen governmental committees. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Aerosol Research. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate course since 1977.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (July 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882982010
• ISBN-13: 978-1882982011
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,480,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A lot of handwaving, no real info, August 13, 2005

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This review is from: The New Professor's Handbook: A Guide to Teaching and Research in Engineering and Science (JB - Anker) (Paperback)

I did not find this book to be especially useful. I bought this book as preparation for a faculty position in engineering that I am starting next year. While the book did offer some interesting insights, I didn't get much in the way of specifics. For example, the book reminded me that freshman may have poor study skills, may be adjusting from being away from home for the first time, and come from a variety of backgrounds, but it offered no concrete information on how to accomidate those problems in my lectures, teaching or syllabus.

This book tries to cover teaching and research together. I would recommend getting separate books on these topics. I haven't yet found a good book on teaching (although McKeachie gets a lot of citations), but At The Helm: A Laboratory Navigator is an excellent book for starting a research lab.

2 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very simple to understand, but very impressive .., February 19, 2001

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Hyuk Sang Chang (Taegu, Korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Professor's Handbook: A Guide to Teaching and Research in Engineering and Science (JB - Anker) (Paperback)

A university faculty has very important position as a educator though he spent a lot of time as a researcher. No student can not be a great professionalist without the proper training from the sound minded and well planned teacher. This book reminds you again. Once one became the the new faculty in the university, he spent most of his time to become an active researcher before he becomes a good educator due to the outer necessities. The output of the research in university should be best used for the class before it is used for commercial uses. This book explains and guides how a new faculty can succeed as an educator and researcher. If you are the new faculty, I strongly recommend you to read it. If you are a senior faculty, I also strongly recommend you to read it to refresh you up to behave as a nice eduactor and researcher. Thank you for Drs. Davidson and Ambrose..