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A Voyage around the Ideological Islands of Higher Education Research
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Macfarlane, Bruce – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
This paper explores the ideological orientations of higher education (HE) researchers in the form of a visual map, including three principal 'islands' -- "Pragmatists Peninsula," "Reformists Rock" and "Dystopians Retreat." The development of the HE research field in general, illustrated by the last 40 years of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Ideology, Educational Researchers