02181nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10399446 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080723s2009 mau sb 001 0 eng 2008031423 GBA906407 bnb 014883780 Uk 9780674032668 (cloth : alk. paper) 0674032667 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)651657410 LB2333 .L36 2009eb 378.1/2 22 Lamont, Mich�ele, 1957- How professors think [electronic resource] : inside the curious world of academic judgment / Mich�ele Lamont. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. 330 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index. 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. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. College teachers Rating of. Peer review. Teacher effectiveness. Portfolios in education. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10399446 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 94163 94163