On the problem of theorising
An Insider Account of Research Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8083428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Clegg (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 407-418 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Higher Education Research & Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0729-4360 • E-ISSN: 1469-8366 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07294360.2011.634379 |
| OpenAlex | W2083971913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article addresses the problem of how we theorise in writing about higher education through a reconstruction and interrogation of my previous work. I argue that theorising is messy, incomplete and a non-reductive process. Using C. Wright-Mills' notion of craft and Val Hey's insights into theorists who come to haunt us, I retrace the steps involved in an investigation of personal development planning. This research led to a broader consideration of the nature of disciplines and the importance of temporality in higher education. These moves involved a re-conceptualisation of the problem under investigation, a new phase of empirical research and a change of subject. I suggest that more such accounts could yield insight into the nature of our craft and the process of theorising
Argument (complex analysis · Art history · Craft · Epistemology · Insider · Interrogation · Political science · Process (computing · Sociology · Subject (documents · Temporality · Work (physics · Wright · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Engineering · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Reflective Practices in Education · History · Law · Philosophy
Pedagogy, Symbolic Control, and Identity
Future Matters
Evidence-based Policy
Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation
Making our Way through the World
The Tyranny of Transparency
Placing Theory in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Professional education, reflective practice and feminism
Theorising the Machine
Evidence‐based practice in educational research
Student support through personal development planning
The Sociological Imagination
The politics of performative resignification
Cultural capital and agency
More heat than light
Possible selves
Models of Personal Development Planning
Learning and teaching policies in higher education
Being Human
Method in Social Science
What have we been thinking of? A critical overview of 40 years of student learning research in higher education
Time future - the dominant discourse of higher education
Understanding the PhD as a Phase in Time
Reflexive Modernization Temporalized
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |