Researching Learning in Higher Education
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Researching Learning in Higher Education

An Introduction to Contemporary Methods and Approaches

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eBook - ePub

Researching Learning in Higher Education

An Introduction to Contemporary Methods and Approaches

About this book

Across the world, universities are transforming their teaching and learning practices to meet the challenges facing Higher Education in the 21st century. Research into teaching and learning in Higher Education has never been a more important issue. Growing numbers of academics across disciplines are conducting research in their teaching. This book presents contemporary approaches to researching university teaching and learning to address this rising demand. The author provides a much needed comprehensive yet basic approach for conducting this type of research.

A perfect resource for new lecturers, professional developers, researchers and graduate students; this book provides useful and effective guidance for conducting teaching and learning research in Higher Education. Filling a clear gap in the market, this book covers all the essential methodological and theoretical bases needed to engage in Higher Education research. This book offers a refreshingly light yet serious approach to research which has proved to yield significant advances in the field, allowing new academics from any discipline to effectively conduct higher education research. Each chapter covers the following:

  1. FRAMING HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH

  2. Generating an ETHICAL FRAMEWORK

  3. QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS

  4. FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH

  5. SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS

  6. NARRATIVE INQUIRY

  7. ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES

  8. CASE STUDY RESEARCH

  9. ACTION RESEARCH

  10. APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY

  11. PHENOMENOGRAPHY

  12. RESEARCHING THRESHOLD CONCEPTS

  13. VISUAL RESEARCH

  14. EVALUATION APPROACHES

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in up to date theories and methods for conducting teaching and learning research in Higher Education.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780415991643
eBook ISBN
9781135852269
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. FOREWORD
  6. 1 FRAMING HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
  7. 2 GENERATING AN ETHICAL FRAMEWORK
  8. 3 QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
  9. 4 FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH
  10. 5 SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
  11. 6 NARRATIVE INQUIRY
  12. 7 ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES
  13. 8 CASE STUDY RESEARCH
  14. 9 ACTION RESEARCH
  15. 10 APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
  16. 11 PHENOMENOGRAPHIC APPROACHES
  17. 12 TRANSACTIONAL CURRICULUM INQUIRY: RESEARCHING THRESHOLD CONCEPTS
  18. 13 VISUAL RESEARCH
  19. 14 EVALUATION RESEARCH
  20. References