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Book SynopsisHigher 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 contains analyses and discussions of, amongst others, disability frameworks, rhythms research, loose coupling, mixed methods, internet-mediated research, critical whiteness and selection bias.
Trade ReviewIn this 2019 volume in an annual series, international contributors in higher education and sociology address theory and method, with special focus on theory. Theories addressed include disability frameworks, loose coupling, pluralism, and phronesis. While much of the book is devoted to qualitative research, there is one chapter on quantitative research and one chapter on mixed methods research. Some subjects addressed are policy positions of stakeholder organizations in higher education, the use and misuse of loose coupling in higher education research, challenging whiteness through qualitative research, researching non-traditional adult students, and ethnographies of higher education. Chapter abstracts and keywords are included. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Analysing Policy Positions of Stakeholder Organizations in Higher Education: what, how and why?
Martina Vukasovic Chapter 2. Understanding Disability Frameworks in Higher Education Research; K
irsten Brown, Edlyn Peña, Ellen Broido, Lissa Stapleton & Nancy Evans Chapter 3. Diffracting the Curriculum - putting 'new' material feminism to work to reconfigure knowledge-making practices in undergraduate higher education;
Carol Taylor Chapter 4. The Looseness of Loose Coupling: the use and misuse of 'loose coupling' in higher education research;
Mari Elken & Martina Vukasovic Chapter 5. Higher Education Leadership and Management as Practical Reasonableness: a phronetic approach to higher education research;
Greg Walker Chapter 6. Towards a Critical Whiteness Methodology: challenging whiteness through qualitative research;
Chris Corces-Zimmerman & Tonia Guida Chapter 7. Mixed Methods for Research into Higher Education: solving the problem of institutionalized introspection?
Markus Seyfried & Florian Reith Chapter 8. Addressing Self-Selection and Endogeneity in Higher Education Research;
Xiqian Liu & Victor Borden Chapter 9. An Exploration of Rhythms in the Contemporary Academy: Time, space and affect;
Fadia Dakka & Rob Smith Chapter 10. Pluralism as a Vehicle for Theory-Building in Educational Technology Research;
Sonja Strydom & Magda Fourie-Malherbe Chapter 11. Internet-Mediated Research - A methodological discussion based on a study with non-traditional adult students;
Leanete Dotta, Amelia Lopes & Carlinda Leite Chapter 12. Ethnographies of Higher Education and Modes of Existence: using Latour's philosophical anthropology to construct faithful accounts of higher education practice;
Jonathan Tummons
