Chapter 3: Contexts of Higher Education in the United Kingdom and in Australia |
3.1. Abandonment of the Binary System in Higher Education |
3.2. Enterprising Universities |
3.3. Diminishing Humanities and Languages |
Part II: Methodology |
Chapter 4: Research Design and Considerations |
4.1. Design of the Investigation |
4.1.1. Ethnographical Educational Research |
4.1.2. Case Studies and Generalizability |
4.2. Justifications of Case Selections |
4.2.1. Justification for Choosing Countries of Research Sites |
4.2.2. Considerations on Site Selections |
4.3. Considerations on Gaining Access to the Research Sites and to Individuals |
4.3.1. Access to the Research Settings |
4.3.2. Access to Individual Staff and Students |
4.4. A Brief Background of the Researcher |
Chapter 5: Data Collection Procedures and Analysis |
5.1. Survey of Documents |
5.2. Interviews |
5.2.1. Interview Respondents |
5.2.2. Interview Procedures |
5.2.2.1. Audio Recording Interviews |
5.2.2.2. Languages Used in Interviews— English and Chinese (Mandarin) |