
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
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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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Jeroen Huisman is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium.
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Chapter 2. Critical Race Theory and Higher Education Research: In the Shadow of Bricolage; Melissa Reshma Jogie
Chapter 3. Applying the Community of Practice Theory in Higher Education: The Case of the Research Group; Helena Torres-Puroy and Sonia Mas-Alcolea
Chapter 4. Higher Education Organizations as Strategic Actors in Networks: Institutional and Relational Perspectives Meet Social Network Analysis; Jennifer Dusdal, Mike Zapp, Marcelo Marques, and Justin Powell
Chapter 5. Who's Looking at Who, Looking at Who?; Elisabeth Hauke
Chapter 6. Considering Comparability and Change Over Time: Measurement Invariance as an Essential Consideration in Theory Development and Testing; Kaylee Litson and David Feldon
Chapter 7. Understanding the Complexity of Applying Theory in Higher Education Research; Katie Smith, Annie Wofford, Rachel Friedensen, Timothy Stanfield, and Yolanda Jackson
Chapter 8. Portrait Methodology: A Methodological Approach to Explore Individual Experiences; Xianghan O'Dea
Chapter 9. Putting Knowledge at the Centre: The Uptake of Legitimation Code Theory in Higher Education Studies in South Africa; Kirstin Wilmot and Sioux McKenna
Chapter 10. Shadowing and Narrative Interviewing Combined: The Advantages of Using an Observational Method in Higher Education Research; Sonia Mas-Alcolea and Helena Torres-Purroy
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