Description |
1 online resource (292 pages) |
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International Perspectives on Higher Education Research ; v. 9 |
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International perspectives on higher education research ; v. 9.
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Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 quanâ‚‚!ual design |
Summary |
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 |
Notes |
Mixed methods study example 2: assessment of a multilevel mixed design to study quality management in Greek higher education |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Education, Higher -- Research.
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Education, Higher -- Research -- Methodology
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Higher & further education, tertiary education.
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Research methods: general.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education, Higher -- Research
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Education, Higher -- Research -- Methodology
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Education.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Tight, Malcolm.
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Huisman, Jeroen
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ISBN |
9781781906835 |
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1781906831 |
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9781306064866 |
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1306064864 |
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1781906823 |
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9781781906828 |
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