Reading list

Research methods in teaching and learning in higher education

Vetenskapliga metoder för högskolepedagogik

Course
HPA201
Second cycle
15 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Spring semester 2026 (2026-01-19)
Decision date
2025-11-24

ALLEA. (2023). The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity – Revised Edition 2023. ALLEA. https://doi.org/10.26356/ECOC

Bacchi, C. (2012). Why Study Problematizations? Making Politics Visible. Open Journal of Political Science, 2(1), 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojps.2012.21001 (8 pages)

Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. David. (2023). Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (Sixth edition). SAGE. (320 pages)

Driessens, O., & Pischetola, M. (2024). Danish university policies on generative AI: Problems, assumptions and sustainability blind spots. MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research, 40(76), 31-52. https://doi.org/10.7146/mk.v40i76.143595 (22 pages)

Daniel, B. K., & Harland, T. (2017). Higher education research methodology: A step-by-step guide to the research process. Routledge. https://doi-org.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/10.4324/9781315149783 (154 pages).

Esterhazy, R., & Damşa, C. (2019). Unpacking the feedback process: an analysis of undergraduate students’ interactional meaning-making of feedback comments. Studies in Higher Education, 44(2), 260–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1359249 (14 pages)

Filippou, K., Kallo, J., & Mikkilä-Erdmann, M. (2017). Students’ views on thesis supervision in International master’s degree programmes in Finnish Universities. Intercultural Education, 28(3), 334–352. https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2017.1333713 (19 pages)

Flavin, E., Hwang, S., & Morales, M. (2025). “Let’s Ask the Robot!”: Epistemic Stance Between Teacher Candidates Toward AI in Mathematics Lesson Planning. Journal of Teacher Education, 76(3), 262-279. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871251325079 (18 pages)

Hessler, M., Pöpping, D., Hollstein, H., Ohlenburg, H., Arnemann, P., Massoth, C., Seidel, L.M., Zarbock, A. & Wenk, M. (2018). Availability of cookies during an academic course session affects the evaluation of teaching. Medical Education, 52(10), 1064-1072. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13627 (9 pages)

Huisman, B., Saab, N., Van Driel, J., & Van Den Broek, P. (2018). Peer feedback on academic writing: undergraduate students’ peer feedback role, peer feedback perceptions and essay performance. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 43(6), 955-968. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2018.1424318 (14 pages)

Linderoth, C., Hultén, M., & Stenliden, L. (2024). Competing visions of artificial intelligence in education - A heuristic analysis on sociotechnical imaginaries and problematizations in policy guidelines. Policy Futures in Education, 22(8), 1662–1678. https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103241228900 (17 pages)

Little, T., Dawson, P., Boud, D., & Tai, J. (2023). Can students' feedback literacy be improved? A scoping review of interventions. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 1-14. Online, ahead-of-print, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2023.2177613 (14 pages)

Luo (Jess), J. (2024). A critical review of GenAI policies in higher education assessment: a call to reconsider the “originality” of students’ work . Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 49(5), 651–664. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2024.2309963 (14 pages)

Nieminen, J.H., & Carless, D. (2023) Feedback literacy: a critical review of an emerging concept. Higher Education, 85, 1381–1400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00895-9 (20 pages)

Ou, A., & Malmström, H. (2023). 'It becomes increasingly complex to deal with multiple channels': Materialised communicative competence and digital inequality in Engh-medium higher education in the digital era. Journal of Multilingual a Multicultural Development, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2222102 (19 pages)

Parsell, M., Ambler, T., & Jacenyik-Trawoger, C. (2014). Ethics in higher education research. Studies in Higher Education, 39(1), 166-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2011.647766 (13 pages)

Rönnerman, K., & Olin, A. (2021). Practice changing practices: influences of Master’s programme practice on school practices. Professional Development in Education, 50(1), 157–173. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2021.1910978 (23 pages)

Seeber, M. (2020). Framework and operationalisation challenges for quantitative comparative research in higher education. Higher Education Quarterly, 74(2), 162-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12245 (13 pages).

Silverman, D. (2009). Doing qualitative research. SAGE Publications. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gu/reader.action?docID=459252 (488 pages)

Tight, M. (2019). Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of Higher Education Research. European Journal of Higher Education, 9(2),133–52. ttps://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2018.1541752 (19 pages)

Vetenskapsrådet (2025). Good research practice 2024. Vetenskapsrådet. https://www.vr.se/english/analysis/reports/our-reports/2025-07-03-good-research-practice-2024.html (125 pages)

Additional literature, approximately 300 pages, will be added to selected modules.