TY - BOOK AU - Huisman,Jeroen AU - Tight,Malcolm TI - Theory and method in higher education research T2 - Theory and method in higher education research SN - 9781786358950 (hbk.) : AV - LB2326.3 U1 - 378.0072 HUI PY - 2016/// CY - Bingley UK PB - Emerald Group Publishing KW - Education, Higher KW - Research KW - Education KW - ukslc KW - fast KW - Higher & further education, tertiary education KW - thema KW - Research methods: general N1 - Includes bibliographical references; The old questions are the best: striving against invalidity in qualitative research. Betina Da Silva Lopes, Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus and Mike Watts -- Using grounded theorty to discover threshold concepts in transformative learning experiences. Virginia M. Tucker, Christine Bruce and Sylvia L. Edwards -- Methods for assessing competences in higher education: a comparative review. Edith Braun and Shweta Mishra -- The academic home of higher education research: the case of doctoral theses in Sweden. Eva Forsberg and Lars Geschwind -- Constructing future visions about higher education with participatory methods. Ga�bor Kira�ly, Zsuzsanna Ge�ring, Alexandcra Ko^ves, Sa�ra Csillag and Gergely Kova�ts -- Connecting theory and practic ein qualitative research. Carolina Guzma�n-Valenzuela -- Studying higher education close-up: unexplored potentias of shadowing in higher education research interviewing. Majorie McCrory and Victorial O\'Donnell -- Co-creating higher education reform with actor-network theory: experiences from involving a variety of actors in the process of knowledge creation. Laura Louise Sarauw -- The precision and rigor of international comparative studies in higher education. Anna Kosmu�tzky -- Strategic positioning in higher education: Reshaping perspectives. Marian Mahat and Leo Goedegebuure -- Universities as hybrids: applications of institutional logics theory to higher education. Benedetto Lepori N2 - 'Theory and Method in Higher Education' contains contributions to international debates regarding the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education ER -