Research Methods and Empirical Studies of Higher Education Study Environments
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102). This special issue belongs to the section "Higher Education".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2024 | Viewed by 1862
Special Issue Editors
Interests: global education; study environment; dropout; well-being; mixed methods research; methods in educational research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Educational research often separates the causes of academic performance into “prior” conditions such as student demographics, students’ previous educational results, admission criteria, etc., on the one hand, and changeable factors on the other hand (Scheerens & Marks, 2017). Changeable factors include class size, student–staff ratios, indoor environment, length of the school day, and pedagogical factors, that is, all types of teaching practices and activities (Scheerens, 2017). There is widespread agreement that the strongest basis for strengthening the quality of teaching is established when changeable factors are given particular consideration (Hanushek, 2011; Scheerens, 2017). However, it has been difficult to reliably identify specific factors within the study environment (Hanushek, 2011; Rivkin et al., 2005; Rockoff et al., 2011; Scheerens, 2017), which is suggested to be a crucial reason for the lack of progress in the research area (Archer et al., 2014; Borman et al., 2003; Detterman, 2016; Ferguson & Hirsch, 2014; Johnson, 2006; Rivkin et al., 2005; Rockoff et al., 2011; Scheerens, 2014, 2017; Scheerens & Marks, 2017; Timmermans, 2012). Based on this, for this Special Issue, we invite colleagues to contribute articles on Research Methods and Empirical Studies of Higher Education Study Environments (meaning both offline and online teaching and learning settings and activities aimed at both curricular and extracurricular purposes). The aim is to jointly strengthen research into the changeable factors in higher education with a view to creating a strong foundation for developing the quality of study environments.
Prof. Dr. Ane Qvortrup
Dr. Rie Troelsen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- study environment
- higher education
- changeable factors
- research methods
