Theory and method in higher education research. Vol. 1 / edited by Jeroen Huisman, Malcolm Tight.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huisman, Jeroen.

Tight, Malcolm.

Series:

Theory and Method in Higher Education Research Volume 1

Theory and method in higher education research, 2056-3752

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Research.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2015.

Summary:

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. Theory and method in higher education research I contains contemporary contributions to international debates regarding the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Introduction; The Use of Institutional Theory in Higher Education Research; Abstract; Introduction; Overview of the Development of Institutional Theory in Organisation Studies; Old Institutionalism and New Institutionalism; New Directions in Institutional Theory; Old and New Institutionalism Combined; Institutional Entrepreneurship and Institutional Work; Institutional Logics; Methodology; Journal and Article Selection; Description of the Data

What Theoretical Insights of Institutional Theory Are Applied to What Kinds of Higher Education Issues?Combining Institutional Theory and Other Organisational Theories; Gaps and Tendencies in Institutional Analysis in Higher Education Research; Concluding Discussions: Where Do We Go from Here?; References; The Role of Political and Policy Studies in Higher Education Policy Research; Abstract; Introduction; The Enduring Role of Politics and Policy in Higher Education; Situating Politics and Policy Analysis in Higher Education Research; Policy Networks; Neo-Institutionalism

Principal-Agent TheoryConclusion; References; Evaluative Research in Higher Education Policy Analysis; Abstract; Introduction; The Policy Context Embodied in the QEF; Evaluative Research Based on Social Practice Theory; Method: The Situated Experience of Policy; The Nature of Situated Experience of Policy as Research Output; Developmental Evaluative Practice: Foregrounding Use and Usability; Concluding Comments; References; Event History Analysis: A Primer for Higher Education Researchers; Abstract; References; Efficiency in Higher Education: Requirements, Theory, Methods and Decision Areas

AbstractIntroduction; Theoretical Framework; Method Overview; Examples of Applications; Standard DEA Calculation for Universities; Malmquist Index DEA Calculation for Longitudinal Analysis; Implications and Decision Areas; Acknowledgments; References; Three Methods, Four Different Outcomes! How to Test the Reliability and Validity of a Graduate Survey Competence Scale; Abstract; Introduction; Churchill's Paradigm; Theoretical Content Validity; Statistical Reliability; Background to the Study: Previous Steps in Developing the Teacher Competence Scale

Statistical Reliability - Referring to the Scale or the Method Employed?Results for Cronbach's Alpha; Results for PCA; Results for CFA; Theoretical Validity?; Summary and Discussion; NOTE; References; The Change Laboratory in Higher Education: Research-Intervention using Activity Theory; Abstract; Introduction; Theory; Origin of the Underlying Theory; Vygotsky's Approach to Psychology; Understanding Collective Activity; Expansive Learning and Systemic Contradictions; Methodology; Designing a Change Laboratory Sequence; Designing Particular Tasks; Application; Adoption and Use

Contradictions and Outcomes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

1-78560-286-1