Higher education research is a developing field internationally, which is attracting more and more researchers from a great variety of disciplinary backgrounds within and beyond higher education institutions. As such, it is an arena within which a wide range of theories, methods and methodologies is being applied.
This volume explores several topics including critical race theory; the use of communities of practice theory; participant ethnography; and decolonization using indigenous principles. Including contributors from Canada, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, the UK and the USA, this volume presents international perspectives on the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education.
Higher education research is a developing field internationally, which is attracting more and more researchers from a great variety of disciplinary backgrounds within and beyond higher education institutions. As such, it is an arena within which a wide range of theories, methods and methodologies is being applied.
This volume explores several topics including critical race theory; the use of communities of practice theory; participant ethnography; and decolonization using indigenous principles. Including contributors from Canada, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, the UK and the USA, this volume presents international perspectives on the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education.
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Malcolm Tight is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.
Jeroen Huisman is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium.
<strong>Malcolm Tight </strong>is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.
<strong>Jeroen Huisman</strong> is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium.
Chapter 1. Theories on Trial: Deconstructing and Decolonizing Higher and Adult Learning Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks; <em>Christine Helen Arnold, Cecile Badenhorst, and John Hoben </em>
Chapter 2. Critical Race Theory and Higher Education Research: In the Shadow of Bricolage; <em>Melissa Reshma Jogie </em>
Chapter 3. Applying the Community of Practice Theory in Higher Education: The Case of the Research Group; <em>Helena Torres-Puroy and Sonia Mas-Alcolea </em>
Chapter 4. Higher Education Organizations as Strategic Actors in Networks: Institutional and Relational Perspectives Meet Social Network Analysis; <em>Jennifer Dusdal, Mike Zapp, Marcelo Marques, and Justin Powell </em>
Chapter 5. Who's Looking at Who, Looking at Who?; <em>Elisabeth Hauke</em>
Chapter 6. Considering Comparability and Change Over Time: Measurement Invariance as an Essential Consideration in Theory Development and Testing; <em>Kaylee Litson and David Feldon </em>
Chapter 7. Understanding the Complexity of Applying Theory in Higher Education Research; <em>Katie Smith, Annie Wofford, Rachel Friedensen, Timothy Stanfield, and Yolanda Jackson </em>
Chapter 8. Portrait Methodology: A Methodological Approach to Explore Individual Experiences; <em>Xianghan O'Dea </em>
Chapter 9. Putting Knowledge at the Centre: The Uptake of Legitimation Code Theory in Higher Education Studies in South Africa; <em>Kirstin Wilmot and Sioux McKenna </em>
Chapter 10. Shadowing and Narrative Interviewing Combined: The Advantages of Using an Observational Method in Higher Education Research; <em>Sonia Mas-Alcolea and Helena Torres-Purroy</em>
