Engaging With Actor-Network Theory as a Methodology in Medical Education Research

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.With a robust grounding in practice and professional learning and actor-network theory, this book will be of great interest for academics, scholars, and postgraduate students in the field of research methods and medical education.

ISBN:	9780367740825
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Published date:	26 Sep 2022
DEWEY:	303.01
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	150
Weight:	290g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	9mm

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