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The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy <\/strong> As August rolls in, the days shorten, and many of us would insist that the clock speeds along more quickly as well. Why do we always reach this point of the summer\u00a0wondering why we haven\u2019t accomplished all we \u201cshould\u201d? Have we used our time as efficiently as possible? Have we\u00a0met ever increasing goals set for us and by us? Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeber challenge us to question this push towards a frantic pace, a symptom, they assert, that is a result of the corporatization and standardization of academia.<\/p>\n Forms of the Slow Movement<\/a> philosophy have been explored in the context of Slow Money<\/a>, Slow Medicine<\/a>, have been researched in the context of information behavior<\/a> and more<\/a>. Berg and Seeber extend Slow principles to academia, emphasizing that professors and students need what they refer to as \u201ctimeless\u201d time to above all think<\/em>. Time for reflection and open-ended inquiry is not a luxury, but crucial to what academics are and do.<\/p>\n This encouraging 90-page volume speaks not only to professors, but all instructional staff, graduate students, and those in academia who balance precious student contact time with other institutional responsibilities and expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber LB2331.7 .B47 2016 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor As August rolls in, the days shorten, and many of us would insist that … Continue reading
\nby Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber
\n LB2331.7 .B47 2016 <\/a>
\nNew Arrivals Island<\/strong>, 2nd floor<\/p>\n