The Making Academic (Paperback)

Narelle Lemon

ISBN 10: 1032971738 / ISBN 13: 9781032971735

Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2025

Paperback. By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing. Higher education contexts can be demanding, challenging, and rewarding and this book shares the practices of scholars who intertwine their intellectual pursuits with hands-on creative activities to support both their scholarly work and their wellbeing.Presenting visual narratives and describing their experiences, the authors inspire readers to consider how creative expression can support fulfilment, meaning, purpose, and wellbeing in academic work and life. The chapters focus on the arts, making, creating, and creativity, highlighting the crucial role these making practices play in the embodiment of knowing and exploring the self. Ultimately, this book contributes to a broader conversation about the importance of valuing and nurturing various forms of creativity within the higher education sector, as a means of promoting wellbeing, self-care, and a more holistic approach to scholarship.This is an essential read for individuals working in higher education at various career stages, as well as higher degree research students. By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781032971735

Riassunto:

By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing. Higher education contexts can be demanding, challenging, and rewarding and this book shares the practices of scholars who intertwine their intellectual pursuits with hands-on creative activities to support both their scholarly work and their wellbeing.

Presenting visual narratives and describing their experiences, the authors inspire readers to consider how creative expression can support fulfilment, meaning, purpose, and wellbeing in academic work and life. The chapters focus on the arts, making, creating, and creativity, highlighting the crucial role these making practices play in the embodiment of knowing and exploring the self. Ultimately, this book contributes to a broader conversation about the importance of valuing and nurturing various forms of creativity within the higher education sector, as a means of promoting wellbeing, self-care, and a more holistic approach to scholarship.

This is an essential read for individuals working in higher education at various career stages, as well as higher degree research students.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Narelle Lemon is a Vice Chancellor’s Professorial Research Fellow and Professor of Education in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Sharon McDonough is Associate Professor and Teacher Educator in the School of Education at Federation University, Australia.

Mark Selkrig is Associate Professor in Education and the Arts at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Titolo: The Making Academic (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
Data di pubblicazione: 2025
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new