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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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.