Academic Identities Research: Mapping the Field's Theoretical Frameworks
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| Title: | Academic Identities Research: Mapping the Field's Theoretical Frameworks |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Barrow, Mark (ORCID |
| Source: | Higher Education Research and Development. 2022 41(2):240-253. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Information Analyses |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Faculty, Professional Identity, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Research, Scholarship, Academic Freedom, Educational Theories, Feminism, Critical Theory, Social Theories, Models |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07294360.2020.1849036 |
| ISSN: | 0729-4360 |
| Abstract: | For several decades, Western universities have been subject to wide-ranging structural, financial and ideological changes. These changes have problematised afresh the meaning of academic identity as evidenced by the emergence of a substantial, international, anglophone research literature. This article examines how the idea of academic identity has been theorised to date in a set of highly cited research literature, with the ambition of providing some points of departure for further work in the area. Our analysis of 11 works suggests a small set of related (constructivist) theories provides the core resources for academic identities scholarship, although somewhat varied understandings of agency and power/politics surface in the discussions and implications advanced by different authors. As a result of this analysis, we suggest the need to extend the theoretical "and" empirical scope of academic identity research if we are to produce new insights and ways forward. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1338588 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | For several decades, Western universities have been subject to wide-ranging structural, financial and ideological changes. These changes have problematised afresh the meaning of academic identity as evidenced by the emergence of a substantial, international, anglophone research literature. This article examines how the idea of academic identity has been theorised to date in a set of highly cited research literature, with the ambition of providing some points of departure for further work in the area. Our analysis of 11 works suggests a small set of related (constructivist) theories provides the core resources for academic identities scholarship, although somewhat varied understandings of agency and power/politics surface in the discussions and implications advanced by different authors. As a result of this analysis, we suggest the need to extend the theoretical "and" empirical scope of academic identity research if we are to produce new insights and ways forward. |
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| ISSN: | 0729-4360 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07294360.2020.1849036 |
