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Author Lamont, Michele, 1957-

Title How professors think [electronic resource] : inside the curious world of academic judgment / Michele Lamont.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

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Description 330 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.
Contents Opening the black box of peer review -- How panels work -- On disciplinary cultures -- Pragmatic fairness : customary rules of deliberation -- Recognizing various kinds of excellence -- Considering interdisciplinarity and diversity -- Implications in the United States and abroad.
Summary Judging quality isn't robotically rational; it's emotional, cognitive, and social, too. Yet most academics' self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality, in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god, "excellence." In How Professors Think, Lamont aims to illuminate the confidential process of evaluation and to push the gatekeepers to both better understand and perform their role. --from publisher description.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject College teachers -- Rating of.
Peer review.
Teacher effectiveness.
Portfolios in education.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674032668 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674032667 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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