TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The aim of this chapter is to bring to the forefront the potential of discourse analysis in higher education research. It characterises discourse analysis as a constructionist perspective, underlying its empirical applications in the field of higher education. A two-phase model is proposed as a possible answer to the often stressed lack of methodological devices in the area of discourse analysis. This model combines the theory of discourse of Laclau and Mouffe with the critical discourse analysis of Fairclough, on the assumption that they have complementary elements that may be employed for research in the field of higher education. We selected a text to exemplify the use of discourse organisers (phase one) and to analyse the way discourses become dominant/excluded (phase two). We conclude by arguing that higher education research looking into discourses has major advantages to consider discourse analysis, both as a theory and method.
VL  - 9
SN  - 978-1-78190-682-8, 978-1-78190-683-5/1479-3628
DO  - 10.1108/S1479-3628(2013)0000009008
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3628(2013)0000009008
AU  - Sousa Sofia Branco
AU  - Magalhães António
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Discourse Analysis in Higher Education Research
T2  - Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
T3  - International Perspectives on Higher Education Research
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 81
EP  - 96
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -