Critical Discourse Analysis and Higher Education Research
Theory and Method in Higher Education Researchh
ISBN: 978-1-78190-682-8, eISBN: 978-1-78190-683-5
Publication date: 26 September 2013
Abstract
This chapter explores the use of critical discourse analysis (CDA) within higher education research. CDA is an approach to studying language and its relation to power, ideology and inequality. Within CDA, texts are not analysed in isolation, but as part of the institutional and discoursal practices in which they are embedded. Within the broad field of educational research, CDA has been increasingly used to explore the relationship between language and society; higher education research appears to be experiencing a similar turn to CDA. The chapter begins with an overview of CDA, outlining its origins, and discussing its position as both a theory and a method. A review of CDA-related higher education research follows. The review aims to show the scope and potential of CDA in the study of higher education. The chapter closes with recommendations for future work to develop and extend the use of CDA within higher education research.
Citation
Smith, K. (2013), "Critical Discourse Analysis and Higher Education Research", Theory and Method in Higher Education Researchh (International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 61-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3628(2013)0000009007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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