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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

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THEORY AND METHOD IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH VOLUME 6

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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ISSN: 2056-3752

List of Contributors

Editorial Introduction

This is the 2020 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 around 100 chapters.

This volume has a somewhat greater focus on theoretical issues. Some chapters address both theoretical and methodological themes. Farenga combines co-participation theory and artful inquiry method and Hofmann discusses cultural-historical activity theory and combines this with methodological perspectives on finding differences and similarities in data.

Amongst the chapters focusing primarily on theory, Hasted and Bligh address relational working, Sakr applies Deleuzian theory to the student experience, Horrod combines Bernstein's theoretical insights with critical discourse studies, Lam analyses the use of the concept/theory of framing in higher education and O'Shea combines the perspectives of Sen and Bourdieu to investigate participation and persistence.

In terms of method and methodology, contributions consider talanoa as a research methodology (Hindley et al.), the use of instrumental variables (Orosz et al.) and corpus linguistics (Alsop et al.). The latter two contributions focus on quantitative methods.

Two contributions are of a slightly different nature. Tight reviews the literature on quality assurance and management in higher education and Papatsiba and Cohen analyze the epistemic contents of Research Excellence Framework impact case studies.

Interestingly, in this volume, authors from Anglo-Saxon backgrounds are overrepresented (UK, New Zealand and Australia). Two papers are written by authors based in continental Europe.

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