Strategies for researching learning in higher education
Subtitle: an introduction to contemporary methods and approaches
By: Glynis Cousin.
Publisher: Routledge; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780415991643; 9780415991650; 9780203884584
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Research -- Methodology
Description: "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."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing higher education research; title: Ethical framework; title: Qualitative data analysis; title: Focus group research; title: Semi-structured interviews; title: Narrative inquiry; title: Ethnography; title: Case study research; title: Action research; title: Appreciative inquiry; title: Phenomenography; title: Threshold concepts; title: Visual research; title: Evaluation research.