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:
- FRAMING HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
- Generating an ETHICAL FRAMEWORK
- QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
- FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH
- SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
- NARRATIVE INQUIRY
- ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES
- CASE STUDY RESEARCH
- ACTION RESEARCH
- APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
- PHENOMENOGRAPHY
- RESEARCHING THRESHOLD CONCEPTS
- VISUAL RESEARCH
- 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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