Discipline and methodology in higher education research
- 1 February 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Higher Education Research & Development
- Vol. 32 (1), 136-151
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2012.750275
Abstract
Higher education research is a multidisciplinary field, engaging researchers from across the academy who make use of a wide range of methodological approaches. This article examines the relation between discipline and methodology in higher education research, analysing a database of 567 articles published in 15 leading higher education journals internationally during 2010. It finds that, while a wide variety of methods and methodologies are employed to research higher education, their usage is common to researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds. Greater variation is apparent geographically, however, in the use of complex multivariate techniques, with North American researchers more commonly making use of these.Keywords
This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- ‘Are you listening please?’ The advantages of electronic audio feedback compared to written feedbackAssessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
- Chapter 1 Interdisciplinary higher educationInternational Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 2010
- You’re doing what? Students’ experiences of advice from a New Zealand universityHigher Education Research & Development, 2010
- Students’ experiences of clinic‐based learning during a final year veterinary internship programmeHigher Education Research & Development, 2010
- Towards the Two-cycle Degree Structure: Bologna, Reform and Path Dependency in German and Norwegian UniversitiesHigher Education Policy, 2010
- On Performance in Higher Education: Towards performance governanceTertiary Education and Management, 2010
- Scholarship Awards, College Choice, and Student Engagement in College Activities: A Study of High-Achieving Low-Income Students of ColorJournal of College Student Development, 2010
- Student Veterans in Transition: Re-enrolling after War Zone DeploymentsThe Journal of Higher Education, 2010
- Foreign-born women faculty work roles and productivity at research universities in the United StatesHigher Education, 2009
- The future of higher education and of higher education researchHigher Education, 2008