Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
Published on 31. October 2016
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-78635-895-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 of Theory and Method in Higher Education Research contains contemporary contributions to international debates regarding the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education. Amongst the theories discussed are actor-network theory, institutional logics, strategic positioning and threshold concepts. In terms of method and methodology, contributions consider validity in qualitative research, measuring competences, international-comparative research, shadowing, participatory research and participant-centred approaches to interviewing.
Reviews / Votes
Editors Huisman and Tight present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles focused on contemporary and emerging theories and methods utilized in higher education research. The selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to striving against invalidity in qualitative research, using grounded theory to discover threshold concepts in transformative learning experiences, methods for assessing competencies in higher education, and many other related subjects. Jeroen Huisman is a faculty member of Ghent University in Belgium. Malcolm Tight is a faculty member of Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. -- Annotation (c)2017 * (protoview.com) *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78635-895-0 (9781786358950)
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Persons
Edited by Jeroen Huisman, Ghent University, Belgium
Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University, UK
Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University, UK
Content
The Old Questions Are the Best: Striving Against Invalidity in Qualitative Research - Betina Da Silva Lopes, Helena Pedrosa-De-Jesus and Mike Watts
Using Grounded Theory to Discover Threshold Concepts in Transformative Learning Experiences - Virginia M. Tucker, Christine Bruce and Sylvia L. Edwards
Methods for Assessing Competences in Higher Education: A Comparative Review - Edith Braun and Shweta Mishra
The Academic Home of Higher Education Research: The Case of Doctoral Theses in Sweden - Eva Forsberg and Lars Geschwind
Constructing Future Visions About Higher Education with Participatory Methods - Gabor Kiraly, Zsuzsanna Gering, Alexandra Koves, Sara Csillag and Gergely Kovats
Connecting Theory and Practice in Qualitative Research - Carolina Guzman-Valenzuela
Studying Higher Education Close-Up: Unexplored Potentials of "Shadowing" in Higher Education Research - Meta Gorup
Developing a Participant-Centered Approach to Qualitative Research Interviewing - Marjorie McCrory and Victoria O'Donnell
Co-Creating Higher Education Reform with Actor-Network Theory: Experiences from Involving a Variety of Actors in the Processes of Knowledge Creation - Laura Louise Sarauw
The Precision and Rigor of International Comparative Studies in Higher Education - Anna Kosmutzky
Strategic Positioning in Higher Education: Reshaping Perspectives - Marian Mahat and Leo Goedegebuure
Universities as Hybrids: Applications of Institutional Logics Theory to Higher Education - Benedetto Lepori
Using Grounded Theory to Discover Threshold Concepts in Transformative Learning Experiences - Virginia M. Tucker, Christine Bruce and Sylvia L. Edwards
Methods for Assessing Competences in Higher Education: A Comparative Review - Edith Braun and Shweta Mishra
The Academic Home of Higher Education Research: The Case of Doctoral Theses in Sweden - Eva Forsberg and Lars Geschwind
Constructing Future Visions About Higher Education with Participatory Methods - Gabor Kiraly, Zsuzsanna Gering, Alexandra Koves, Sara Csillag and Gergely Kovats
Connecting Theory and Practice in Qualitative Research - Carolina Guzman-Valenzuela
Studying Higher Education Close-Up: Unexplored Potentials of "Shadowing" in Higher Education Research - Meta Gorup
Developing a Participant-Centered Approach to Qualitative Research Interviewing - Marjorie McCrory and Victoria O'Donnell
Co-Creating Higher Education Reform with Actor-Network Theory: Experiences from Involving a Variety of Actors in the Processes of Knowledge Creation - Laura Louise Sarauw
The Precision and Rigor of International Comparative Studies in Higher Education - Anna Kosmutzky
Strategic Positioning in Higher Education: Reshaping Perspectives - Marian Mahat and Leo Goedegebuure
Universities as Hybrids: Applications of Institutional Logics Theory to Higher Education - Benedetto Lepori