Engaging with actor-network theory as a methodology in medical education research

Mitchell, B (2021) Engaging with actor-network theory as a methodology in medical education research. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780367332242

Abstract

This book outlines a methodology based on actor-network theory (ANT) and praxiography and applies this to the field of medical education. Drawn from a detailed account of practice in a medical setting, this book shows how researchers in education and medical education can learn to work with ANT approaches and attune to different insights in practice. The book gives a detailed account of what actor-network theory can bring to research, through the investigation of social and material networks. The philosophical underpinnings of actor-network theory are presented as the basis of this emerging methodology, through an exploration of learning as disruption, practice as human and material assemblages, and power as regulated difference in worlds of practice. This is a qualitative approach for exploring complexity that does not attempt to represent or reduce but allows for unique insights into practice that might otherwise be overlooked.

Item Type:	Book
Keywords:	research methods in education, medical education, sociology of education, educational research, higher education
Divisions:	School of Education
Research Centres and Groups:	Centre for Research in Equity, Inclusion and Community
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2021 12:54
Last Modified:	15 Aug 2021 09:55
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/13708

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