The Academic Sabbatical

A Voyage of Discovery

de Timothy Sibbald (éditeur), Victoria Handford (éditeur), Anahit Armenakyan (contributions), Lee Anne Block (contributions), Merridee Bujaki (contributions), Antoinette Doyle (contributions), Susan E. Elliott-Johns (contributions), Victoria Handford (contributions), Jacqueline Hesson (contributions), Lloyd Kornelsen (contributions), Xuemei Li (contributions), Pei-Ying Lin (contributions), Heather McLeod (contributions), Sharon C. Penney (contributions), Maria del Carmen Rodriguez de France (contributions), Donald Scott (contributions), Shelleyann Scott (contributions), Timothy Sibbald (contributions), Gabriel Young (contributions), Cecile Badenhorst (contributions)

Maison d'édition : Les Presses de l'UniversitÈ d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press

avril 2022

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Résumé

The Academic Sabbatical: A Voyage of Discovery est un recueil de récits révélant l’importance des congés sabbatiques pour les membres du corps professoral et, par extension, pour l’enseignement supérieur.

Au moyen des expériences et approches diversifiées que partagent ses collaborateurs, cet ouvrage fournit des arguments convaincants à l’effet que les congés sabbatiques universitaires augmentent la productivité sur les plans de la recherche et de la diffusion du savoir, devenues aujourd’hui l’essence même des études universitaires.

Ces périodes méritées de travail individuel sont des occasions de ressourcement pour les chercheurs. Ce regain d’énergie donne lieu à l’amélioration du programme, à un dévouement renouvelé envers les étudiants diplômés et au partage accru du savoir intellectuel entre pairs.

Bien qu’ils ne soient pas dépourvus de défis et de tensions, les congés sabbatiques aident les universitaires à construire des liens plus forts et durables, jetant ainsi des bases solides pour la croissance et les réalisations futures.

Ce livre met en lumière la valeur des congés sabbatiques en tant que composante structurelle de la vie universitaire, mais se veut également un excellent complément à The Academic Gateway et Beyond the Academic Gateway, les deux publications précédentes de ce groupe d’auteurs qui explorent le parcours professionnel menant à la titularisation et à la permanence dans les établissements d’enseignement post-secondaire.

The Academic Sabbatical: A Voyage of Discovery is a collection of narratives that reveals how important sabbaticals are to faculty and, by extension, to higher education. This in-depth look at the diverse experiences and perspectives provides a wealth of evidence that sabbaticals are instrumental in increasing productivity in terms of research and knowledge dissemination.
These periods of self-directed and focused work enable scholars to restore their academic energies, leading to enhanced engagement with their programs, graduate students, and intellectual exchange among peers. Although not without challenges and tensions, sabbaticals help academics build stronger and deeper connections.
While this book stands alone in promoting the richness and potential of the sabbatical as a structural feature of the academy, it is a great follow-up to The Academic Gateway and Beyond the Academic Gateway, which respectively discuss the tenure-track and tenure experience.
This book is the third in the Lives in the Canadian Academic Landscape triptych.

Auteur

Timothy Sibbald (Edité par, Contributions de)

Timothy M. Sibbald is Associate Professor in the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University. His primary focus pertains to mathematics education. He is the editor of The Gazette, a math education publication for teachers produced by the Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators.
Victoria Handford (Edité par, Contributions de)

Victoria Handford is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University. She is also the Coordinator of Graduate Programs. Her research interests include school, and school district leadership, and trust.
Lee Anne Block (Contributions de)

Lee Anne Block is a teacher educator at the University of Winnipeg. Her research and teaching are focused on how we name and engage with difference in educational locations and on cultural sustainability. She recently completed Gandhi, Globalization and Earth Democracy, a course on sustainability with Vandana Shiva, in residence at Navdanya, India. For twenty years, she was a classroom teacher in Winnipeg.
Lloyd Kornelsen (Contributions de)

Lloyd Kornelsen has worked in the field of education for the past 28 years, primarily as a high-school social-studies teacher. His recently published book, Stories of transformation: Memories of a global citizenship practicum, is based on research for which he was awarded the Manitoba Education Research Network award for outstanding achievement in education research. Currently, Lloyd is as a member of the Faculty of Education and Director of the Global EducationProject at the University of Winnipeg.
Cecile Badenhorst (Contributions de)

Cecile Badenhorst is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education in the Adult/Post-Secondary programs at Memorial University. She teaches courses on academic literacies and adult teaching. She has published three books in this area: Research Writing (2007), Dissertation Writing (2008), and Productive Writing (2010).