Prelims
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research
ISBN: 978-1-78743-223-9, eISBN: 978-1-78743-222-2
ISSN: 2056-3752
Publication date: 21 August 2017
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(2017), "Prelims", Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, Vol. 3), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-ix. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2056-375220170000003015
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THEORY AND METHOD IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
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THEORY AND METHOD IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
Series Editors: Jeroen Huisman and Malcolm Tight
Recent Volumes:
| Volume 1: | Theory and Method in Higher Education Research – Edited by Jeroen Huisman and Malcolm Tight; 2015 |
| Volume 2: | Theory and Method in Higher Education Research – Edited by Jeroen Huisman and Malcolm Tight; 2016 |
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THEORY AND METHOD IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH VOLUME 3
THEORY AND METHOD IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
EDITED BY
JEROEN HUISMAN
Ghent University, Belgium
MALCOLM TIGHT
Lancaster University, UK
United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China
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List of Contributors
| Johanna Annala | University of Tampere, Finland |
| Miriam Barnat | Faculty of Education, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| Cassie L. Barnhardt | University of Iowa, USA |
| Julie M. Birkholz | Centre for Higher Education Governance Ghent, Ghent University, Belgium |
| Elke Bosse | Faculty of Education, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| Bruno Broucker | Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Teresa Carvalho | University of Aveiro and CIPES, Portugal |
| Kelly Coate | King’s College London, UK |
| Aubépine Dahan | Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium |
| Kurt De Wit | Education Policy Data Management Unit, KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Victoria E. Díaz | Díaz Pinsent Mercier Research Inc., Canada |
| Michael Dooney | College of Arts and Sciences, Seton Hall University, USA |
| Hugues Draelants | Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium |
| Xavier Dumay | Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium |
| Rachel E. Friedensen | College of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA |
| Eunyoung Kim | Seton Hall University, USA |
| Ezekiel Kimball | College of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA |
| Adrian Kirkwood | Formerly of the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK |
| Maren Klawitter | German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Hannover, Germany |
| Bernd Kleimann | German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Hannover, Germany |
| Jyri Lindén | University of Tampere, Finland |
| Pierre Mercier | Díaz Pinsent Mercier Research Inc., Canada |
| Carson W. Phillips | University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, USA |
| Rómulo Pinheiro | Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agder, Norway |
| Celine Pinsent | Díaz Pinsent Mercier Research Inc., Canada |
| John T. E. Richardson | Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK |
| Cecilia Rikap | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas, Universidad de Bueno Aires, Argentina |
| Robin Shields | School of Management, University of Bath, UK |
| Caroline Trautwein | Faculty of Education, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| Jef C. Verhoeven | Centre for Sociological Research, KU Leuven, Belgium |
| Mitchell Young | Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic |
Editorial Introduction
This is the 2017 volume in the annual series Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, which we launched in 2013 in the belief that there was a need to provide a forum specifically for higher education researchers to discuss issues of theory and method. So far, we have published more than 60 chapters.
In this volume, there is a somewhat greater focus on theories, but there are four chapters engaging primarily with methods (or a mixture of theory and methods).
Amongst the theories discussed are complex systems theory (Pinheiro & Young), organisational identity (Dumay et al.), and curriculum theory (Lindén et al.). Some of the contributions are more conceptual in nature than strictly theoretical: For example, the chapters on knowledge management framework (Díaz et al.), evaluation-based decision-making (Kleimann & Klawitter) and the market-university (Rikap).
In terms of method and methodology, contributions consider for instance mixed methods (Barnat et al.) and virtual ethnography (Dooney & Kim). We also included a chapter situated between theory and method: the chapter on the network paradigm (Birkholz & Shields).
The international nature of researchers’ interest in theory and method is clear with authors being based in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Anyone interested in contributing a chapter to a future volume is invited to get in touch with either, but preferably both, of the editors.
Jeroen Huisman
Malcolm Tight
Series Editors
- Prelims
- The Guiding Role of Theory in Mixed-Methods Research: Combining Individual and Institutional Perspectives on the Transition to Higher Education
- Higher Education Research: Looking Beyond New Public Management
- An Analytical Framework for Evaluation-Based Decision-Making Procedures in Universities
- The Study of the Academic Profession – Contributions from and to the Sociology of Professions
- A Developmental Perspective on Organizing for Social Responsibility: A Framework of Wise Action for Higher Education Organizations
- Organizational Identity of Universities: A Review of the Literature from 1972 to 2014
- The University as an Adaptive Resilient Organization: A Complex Systems Perspective
- The Role of Curriculum Theory in Contemporary Higher Education Research and Practice
- A Knowledge Management Framework for Institutional Research
- The Differentiated Market-University Structural Differences among University’s Commodification Processes
- Virtual Ethnography: The Logistical and Ethical Challenges of Bringing Higher Education Research Online
- The Network Paradigm in Higher Education
- Disability and College Students: A Critical Examination of a Multivalent Identity
- Informal Learning in the Workplace: Approaches to Learning and Perceptions of the Context
- Index