The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools by
This powerful book introduces core critical thinking concepts and principles as an empowering problem-solving framework for every profession, course of study, and indeed every area of life. The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools distills the groundbreaking work of Richard Paul and Linda Elder, targeting how to deconstruct thinking through the elements of reasoning and how to assess the quality of our thinking. The eighth edition of this guide further details the foundations of critical thinking and how they can be applied in instruction to improve teaching and learning at all levels; it also reveals how we can learn to identify and avoid egocentric and sociocentric thought, which lead to close-mindedness, self-deception, arrogance, hypocrisy, greed, selfishness, herd mentality, prejudice, and the like. With more than half a million copies sold, Richard Paul and Linda Elder's bestselling book in the Thinker's Guide Library is used in secondary and higher education courses and professional development seminars across the globe. In a world of conflicting information and clashing ideologies, this guide clears a path for advancing fairminded critical societies.
Leading Millennial Faculty by
Leading Millennial Faculty: Navigating the New Professoriate explores how to effectively lead millennial faculty as they navigate the new professoriate. Contributors address some stereotypical millennial characteristics--being achievement oriented, connected to the world at large, relatively sheltered, and unaware of hierarchy in higher education--and how these characteristics create advantages and challenges for all generations in the higher education workplace.
A Starter's Guide for Academic Library Leaders by
The path towards leadership starts with you. But you don't have to go it alone. For this book, the authors sat down with many of the library leaders they most admire for a series of conversations about the aspects of the job that they find the most fascinating (and challenging). Much like the chats you might have over coffee at a conference or with a mentor, these frank discussions will nourish you with nuts-and-bolts wisdom on a diverse range of academic library management issues. Among the topics and situations broached are balancing personal values against the common refrain "you don't get to be who you want to be in positions like ours"; five questions to ask that reveal much about organizational culture and climate; creating a culture of change, including why a newly promoted director chose to make the most drastic changes in the first 100 days; forming a "dean team" to help frame responses with consideration to institutional culture; the value of demystifying the budget for the entire library staff; using tools such as a personal "learning journal" to fuel professional development; cultivating a personal network by setting up meetings at local libraries during conferences; the risks that result from jumping into a situation too fast and boxing yourself into a corner; lessons learned from failed initiatives; examples of navigating controversies, such as a director's response to a WPA mural with a racist message; and managing facilities, with an example of how injecting a previously ignored library voice into a building project led to a tripling of the space. Between these covers you'll find guidance, ideas, and inspiration as you continue your leadership journey.
Let Them See You by