How professors think inside the curious world of academic judgment /

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, La...

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Автор: Lamont, Michèle, 1957-
Співавтор: ebrary, Inc
Формат: Електронний ресурс eКнига
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Резюме: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.
Фізичний опис:330 p.
Бібліографія:Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.