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Research into higher education has blossomed internationally during the last few decades, as participation in higher education has expanded and concern over delivering it effectively has increased.
Higher Education Research offers an overview of what we have learnt through researching different aspects of higher education. Leading academic in the field Malcolm Tight codifies and classifies all research on higher education, offering an accessible but comprehensive guide to the field and its scope. Topics covered include:
Teaching and learning
Course and design
Student experience
Quality
System policy
Institutional management
Academic work
Knowledge and research
Tight discusses the work of key researchers, and explores the varied use of methodologies, theoretical frameworks and research designs. He also identifies topics and areas where further research is needed.
List of contents
1. Introduction
2. Research on Teaching and Learning
3. Research on Course Design
4. Research on the Student Experience
5. Research on Quality
6. Research on System Policy
7. Research on Institutional Management
8. Research on Academic Work
9. Research on Knowledge and Research
10. Conclusions
About the author
Malcolm Tight
Summary
Research into higher education has blossomed internationally during the last few decades, as participation in higher education has expanded and concern over delivering it effectively has increased. Higher Education Research offers an overview of what we have learnt through researching different aspects of higher education. Leading academic in the field Malcolm Tight codifies and classifies all research on higher education, offering an accessible but comprehensive guide to the field and its scope. Topics covered include:
Teaching and learning
Course and design
Student experience
Quality
System policy
Institutional management
Academic work
Knowledge and research
Tight discusses the work of key researchers, and explores the varied use of methodologies, theoretical frameworks and research designs. He also identifies topics and areas where further research is needed.
Foreword
A comprehensive overview, exploring the development of research on higher education worldwide, looking at the key researchers, texts, methodologies, theoretical frameworks and research designs.
Additional text
Provides a remarkably comprehensive overview of key research methodologies and findings in many areas of this emerging field.
