The gentle academic /

This book presents principles that offer an alternative approach to current academic practices by fostering thoughtful engagement with scholarly work and collegial relationships. Academic work exists within a system of substantial workloads, publication expectations, funding requirements, workforce...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Grove, Christine (Editor), Allen, Kelly-Ann (Educational psychologist) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2026.
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Table of Contents:
  • Academia needs more gentle academics
  • Principle 1 be upfront and honest about the things you do not know
  • Principle 2 acknowledge the intrinsic value of others knowledge bases even if they do not seem important to you from your institutional context
  • Principle 3 do not feign mastery where you have none
  • Principle 4 respect the gaps in knowledge of others
  • Principle 5 be generous with others be kind
  • Principle 6 be generous with yourself
  • Principle 7 you overwork yourself at the risk of legitimising a culture of overwork
  • Principle 8 privilege voices and perspectives that have historically been left out of the academy
  • Principle 9 nothing is ever neutral or apolitical
  • Principle 10 support the progress of other scholars
  • Principle 11 collaboration over competition enacting academic method writing through collaborative authorship
  • Towards a future of gentle academics policy practice and patiences.