Exploring Diary Methods in Higher Education Research: Opportunities, Choices and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780367345211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 208 str.

Xuemeng Cao; Emily F. Henderson

Opis

This methodologically-oriented collection brings together higher education diary research studies from international contexts to showcase the versatility of the method and its adaptability to higher education research.

Spis treści

Part I Critically designing and evaluating diary studies 1. Using diaries in mixed methods designs: Lessons from a cross-institutional research project on doctoral students’ social transition experiences 2. How short is too short? Exploring diary study duration from the perspective of researching conferences and other short-term phenomena in higher education and beyond 3. Audio diaries: A creative research method for higher education studies in the digital age 4. Broadening the normative and evaluative space for assessing the impact of photo diary research in higher education: a capabilities approach Part II Exploring the nuances of the diary research process 5. Researcher–participant ‘win–win’ in diary research: participant recruitment and retention in a longitudinal diary-interview study on employability management 6. "I’m not really sure why I took that!": Exploring the forms of diarying present in the participant-generated photo-elicitation method 7. Reactivity, rationality, emotion and self-protection: Critical reflections on the use and potential of diaries in research on higher education choice and decision-making 8. Telling their own story in their own way: negotiating the ethics of a diary-like photo-elicitation method to capture faith and belief from students’ own starting point Part III The importance of diaries for researching hidden issues 9. Accessing silenced voices? Diary method as a source of data for understanding higher education experiences of students from socially excluded groups 10. Using photo diaries as an inclusive method to explore information experiences in Higher Education 11. Closer to the feeling? Diary-interview method and higher education research on affective phenomena 12. The diary method and its power to record the routine and forgettable in the language lives of international students