Full 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 explores several timely topics including transnational approaches to higher education policy, universities contributions to society, data collection in higher education, virtual and blended research, and more. Including contributors from Australia, Iran, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, and the UK, the chapter authors present international perspectives on the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education.
Contents
Chapter 1. Doing Right (By) Thematic Analysis; Davide Dusi
Chapter 2. The Study of Regionalism in Higher Education Research; Maria Pilar Lorenzo
Chapter 3. A Transnational Historical Approach to Researching Global Higher Education Policy; Simon Warren
Chapter 4. Understanding Policymaking in an Authoritarian State: an ontology-driven framework for analyzing Chinese higher education policymaking; Etienne Woo
Chapter 5. Understanding Academic Work Values: an exploratory framework; Ai Tam Le
Chapter 6. A Comprehensive Approach towards Understanding the University Contribution to Society: a taxonomy of the literature on the functional missions of the university; Amir Shahsavari
Chapter 7. Applying Sequence Analysis in Higher Education Research: a life course perspective on study trajectories; Christina Haas
Chapter 8. Observation: a neglected data collection method in higher education research; Malcolm Tight
Chapter 9. Focus Groups Online: practical guidance for higher education researchers in the pandemic and beyond based on an autoethnographic reflection; Matthew Taylor
Chapter 10. Decolonizing Formative Assessment; Barbara Crossouard and Paolo Oprandi
