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Theory and method in higher education research /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Bradford :
Emerald Group Publishing Limited,
2013.
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| Colección: | International perspectives on higher education research ;
v. 9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; theory and method in higher education research; copyright page; contents; list of contributors; editorial introduction; comparative research in higher education studies: considering the different levels of comparison and emerging methodological challenges; introduction; the theoretical background of comparative research in higher education; the methodological challenges of conducting comparative studies in higher education; conclusion; references; policy research in higher education: theories and methods for globalising times; introduction.
- Changing policyscapes: repositioning higher education and re-conceptualising 'policy' in a global knowledge erahybridising theoretical foundations?; an evolving 'policy trajectory' approach; policy network theory and methods; conclusion; references; the critical higher education policy discourse analysis framework; introduction; insights from the literature; the critical policy discourse analysis frame; contextualisation of policy; deconstructing policy; concluding thoughts; references; critical discourse analysis and higher education research; introduction.
- Critical discourse analysis
- an overviewcritical discourse analysis in practice; concluding remarks and recommendations for future work; references; discourse analysis in higher education research; introduction; why can discourse analysis be relevant to higher education research?; a two-phase model of discourse analysis: contributions for the construction of a methodological device; conclusions: from shipyard to sailing; references; tracking experience over time: epistemological issues and methodological challenges; context: the study; epistemological framework: how narrative frames our work.
- Methodology: aligning conceptual frame and research designthe research-in-action: data generation and analysis strategies and tools; evolving research program: relationships among the team and with participants; ethical and epistemological strengths and challenges; conclusions; acknowledgments; references; identity as a theoretical construct in research about academic careers; identity as a theoretical construct; professional identity and the academic career; institutions, disciplines, and academic identities; reframing academic identities and understanding change.
- Personal identity and theacademic careergendered identities and academic careers; racial, ethnic and national identities, and academic careers; intersecting identities andacademic careers; conclusion and future directions; references; addressing challenges of conducting quality mixed methods studies in higher education; mixed methods research approach; mixed methods research and inference quality; mixed methods study example 1: exploring students' engagement and persistence in pursuing graduate degrees online using sequential quan₂!ual design.