1st Edition

I Prefer to Teach An International Comparison of Faculty Preference for Teaching

By James J.F. Forest Copyright 2002
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book draws on the perspectives of nearly 20 000 faculties from around the world to determine significant trends in how professors view teaching and research.

    Contents 1. Introduction 2. Research on the Academic Profession: An Overview 3. Comments on the Data and Analysis 4. Professors Who Prefer Teaching 5. Issues of Instruction 6. Institutional Working Conditions 7. The Academic Profession 8. Higher Education's Role in Society 9. International Dimensions of Higher Education 10. Summing Up References/Appendices/Index

    Biography

    James Forest is Assistant Dean for Academic Assessment and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.