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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huisman, Jeroen, editor.

Tight, Malcolm, editor.

Series:

Theory and method in higher education research Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Research.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

This volume of Theory and Method in Higher Education Researchcontains analyses and discussions of, amongst others, relational working, corpus linguistics, data dialogues, instrumental variables, participatory pedagogy, diverse participation, policy discourse, quality management and knowledge structures of research.

Contents:

Cover

THEORY AND METHOD IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH

Copyright

CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION

Theorising Practices of Relational Working across the Boundaries of Higher Education

Abstract

Introduction

Relational Working Theory

Common Knowledge

Relational Expertise

Relational Agency

Theory Application

Leading in a Changing Environment

Producing Societal Knowledge

Collaborating with Industry

Negotiating Intrainstitutional Identities

Concluding Comments

References

Uses of Corpus Linguistics in Higher Education Research: An Adjustable Lens

Corpus Linguistics as a Field of Investigation

Development of the Field

Questions of Design

Analysis Techniques

Data Preparation

Software and Training

Researcher Accounts

Scoping the Landscape (King)

Corpus Linguistic Analysis as Writing Centre Research and Assessment Tool (Giaimo)

Written Research Communication (Xu)

Spoken and Written Classroom Communication (Alsop)

Challenges to Corpus Analysis

Concluding Remarks

Dialogues with Data: Generating Theoretical Insights from Research on Practice in Higher Education

Introducing the Principle

Idea 1: Rethinking the Relationship between Similarity and Difference

Idea 2: Gazing from Similarity to Difference Changes Our View

Idea 3: Not All Similarities Are Equal

The Theoretical Roots

Outlining and Illustrating the Approach in Practice

Given Participant Category as Similarity: A Study of Postgraduate Leadership Development

Reconstructed Participant Category as Similarity: A Study in Medical Education.

Starting with a Construct from the Literature to Establish a Similarity: A Study of Risk Perceptions in University-based En ...

Operationalising a Theoretical Construct to Establish a Similarity: A Study of Students' Personal Agency in Doctoral Studies

Operationalising a Construct from the Literature as the Similarity: A Study on Dialogue and Accountability in Classroom Tea ...

Creating a Difference-within-similarity Matrix: A Study on Interactive Norms in Classroom Practice

Weaving Difference-within-similarity Constructions through the Data: A Study on Student Ownership in Learning

Discussion

Acknowledgements

The Use of Instrumental Variables in Higher Education Research

Instrumental Variable Estimation Strategy in the Social Sciences

IV Estimation Strategy in Higher Education Research: An Example

Endogenous Variables and Instruments in Higher Education Research

The Corpus of Econometric Studies Reviewed

Economic Impact of Higher Education

Student Achievement

Performance of Faculty Members and Institutions

Student Access, Choice, and Participation in Higher Education

Noneconomic Benefits of Higher Education Attainment

Student Behavior in Higher Education

Discussion and Recommendations for Researchers

Acknowledgment

Participatory Pedagogy and Artful Inquiry: Partners in Researching the Student Experience

Participatory Pedagogy: A Co-production Theory

Freirean Roots

Students as Evaluators

Artful Inquiry and Collage: Uncovering the Student Experience

Defining Collage: Tradition, Making and Accessibility

Collage as Part of the Research Process

Combining Artful Inquiry and Participatory Pedagogy

Applications in Research

Avoiding Deficit Model Research by Redefining Student Engagement.

Conclusion

Rolling Out the Mat: A Talanoa on Talanoa as a Higher Education Research Methodology

Defining Talanoa: From Concept to Methodology

Talanoa as Pasifika Philosophy and Methodology

Talanoa as Higher Education Methodology

Our Methodology

Our Talanoa about Talanoa

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgement

Rethinking Diversity: Combining Sen and Bourdieu to Critically Unpack Higher Education Participation and Persistence

University Persistence and Retention within an Australian Context

Diverse Learners and the Higher Education Journey

Combining Sen and Bourdieu

Exploring Capabilities

Capitals, Field and Habitus

Theoretical Considerations

Summary Details of the Study

Conclusions and Implications

Deleuzian Approaches to Researching Student Experience in Higher Education

Responding to Difference

The 'Muddle∼Middle'

Smooth versus Striated Space

Lines of Flight

Sense-making versus Common Sense

Becoming, Assemblage, Affect

Becoming

Assemblage

Affect

Conducting Research within a Deleuzian Approach

Example of Deleuzian Research: Reconceptualising Student Transition as 'Becoming'

Example of Deleuzian Research: Deepening Pedagogic Reflection through a Deleuzian Approach to Student Feedback

Critiques of Deleuzian Research

Conclusions

Investigating Policy Processes and Discourses in Higher Education: The Theoretical Complementarities of Bernstein's Pedagog ...

An Outline of the Two Approaches

Bernstein's Sociology of Pedagogy

Critical Discourse Studies

Overview of Complementarities

Theoretical Dialogue

Inequality and Mechanisms of Power and Control

Recontextualisation

Fields.

Critical Discourse Studies, Fields of Action and Recontextualisation

Regulative Discourse

Putting the Theories to Work: An Illustrative Case

Boundaries/Permeability and Unequal Effects

Structure and Agency

Framing Theory for Higher Education Research

Theorization of Framing in the Past 3 Decades

Framing as a Process Traverses Disciplines and Paradigms

Framing as a Multiparadigmatic Metatheory

Common Cores of Framing

Summing Up in a Universal Framing Process Model

Framing in Higher Education Research

Potential Application of the 'Universal Framing Process Model' in Higher Education Research

Research into Quality Assurance and Quality Management in Higher Education

Quality as Theory

Methodology

Origins and Meaning

Application and Practice

Quality Assurance

Quality Management

Quality Assurance and Management

Issues and Critique

Knowledge with Impact in Higher Education Research

(Re)orderings of Knowledge(s), Interests and the Generation of an Organisational-Epistemic-Temporal Nexus

Organisational Reorderings

Epistemic Reorderings

Temporal Reordering

Organisational-Epistemic-Temporal Nexus of Knowledge Regimes in Higher Education

Methods

Context of Study Sample: Higher Education Research in the United Kingdom Research Excellence Framework

Sampling Procedure and Corpus

Research Questions, Content Analysis and Coding

'Organisational' Coding

'Epistemic' Coding

'Temporal' Coding

Findings and Analysis

Organisational Characteristics

Epistemic Characteristics

Temporal Characteristics

Discussion and Conclusion

References.

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ISBN:

1-80043-320-4

OCLC:

1204133906