TY - BOOK AU - Tight,Malcolm TI - Syntheses of higher education research: what we know SN - 9781350128767 AV - LB2326.3 .T54 2021eb U1 - 378.0072 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London, England PB - Zed Books KW - Education, Higher KW - Research KW - Evaluation KW - Colleges of higher education KW - bicssc KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Research syntheses -- Research syntheses in higher education research -- Teaching and learning -- Course design : types of instruction -- Course design : types of learning -- Course design : distance, online and e-learning -- Course design : curriculum -- Course design : assessment -- Course design : outcomes -- The student experience -- Quality -- System policy -- Institutional management -- Academic work -- Knowledge and research -- Conclusion; Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers; Also published in print N2 - "Bringing together over 96 systematic reviews and 62 meta-analyses focusing on particular topics in higher education research, Tight explores key topics: teaching and learning, course design, the student experience, quality, system policy, institutional management, academic work, and knowledge and research. These systematic reviews and meta-analyses give an account of where we are now in higher education research and Tight draws their findings together to provide an accessible and practical overview of the field"-- UR - https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350128767?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections ER -