Emeritus Professor Sheila M Trahar

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• 2024

  A mixed methods enquiry on student perceptions and experiences of online learning

  Gonzalez-Buelga, A., Trahar, S. M. & Lazar, I., 2024, (Unpublished)

  Research output: Other contribution

• Attempts to disrupt whiteness in the academy: An auto ethnographic exploration

  Trahar, S. M., 2024, In: Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education. 5, 3, p. 449-468 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Enhancing student experience through partnership and co-creation in a post-pandemic learning environment – a longitudinal study

  Gonzalez-Buelga, A., Trahar, S. M. & Lazar, I., 21 Nov 2024, In: The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change. 10, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Longitudinal Analysis 100%
  • Student Experience 100%
  • Academic Year 100%
  • Co-Creation 100%
  • Educational Environment 100%

• Students as co-researchers: participatory methods for decolonising research in teaching and learning in higher education

  Timmis, S., Mgqwashu, E., Trahar, S. M., Naidoo, K., Lucas, L. & Muhuro, P., 23 Jul 2024, In: Teaching in Higher Education. 29, 7, p. 1793-1812 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Student Experience 100%
  • Scientific Methods 50%
  • UK 50%
  • South Africa 50%
  • Narrative 50%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2023

  Learning to unlearn: Exploring the relationship between internationalisation and decolonial agendas in higher education

  Trahar, S. M. & Montgomery, C., 16 Jun 2023, In: Higher Education Research and Development. 42, 5, p. 1057-1070 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Slipping and Sliding: Autoethnographic reflections on supervising, examining and evaluating autoethnography

  Trahar, S. M., 2023, The Routledge International Handbook of Autoethnography in Educational Research. Anteliz, E., Mulligan, D. & Danaher, P. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 156-166 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
• 2021

  Reclaiming the future?

  Trahar, S. M., Sept 2021, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: The Context of Being, Interculturality and New Knowledge Systems. Welikala, T. & Kumar, M. (eds.). Emerald, p. 249 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa: Decolonial Perspectives

  Timmis, S., De Wet, T., Naidoo, K., Trahar, S. M., Lucas, L., Mgqwashu, E. M., Muhuro, P. & Wisker, G., Sept 2021, Routledge.

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
• 2020

  Rurality and access to higher education

  Trahar, S. M., Timmis, S., Lucas, L. & Naidoo, K., 6 Oct 2020, In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 50, 7, p. 929-942 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Global 100%
  • Access 100%
  • Global South 100%
  • Ruralities 100%
  • Rural 87%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  72 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘You have to change, the curriculum stays the same’: decoloniality and curricular justice in South African higher education

  Naidoo, K., Trahar, S. M., Lucas, L., Muhuro, P. & Wisker, G., 11 Jun 2020, In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 50, 7, p. 961-977 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Justice 100%
  • South Africa 100%
  • Decoloniality 100%
  • Emotions 50%
  • Social Exclusion 50%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  197 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Encounters with coloniality: Students’ experiences of transitions from rural contexts into higher education in South Africa

  Timmis, S., Mgqwashu, E. M., Naidoo, K., Muhuro, P., Trahar, S. M., Lucas, L., Wisker, G. & de Wet, T., 19 Oct 2019, In: Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning . 7, Special Issue, p. 76 -101 25 p., 5.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • South Africa 100%
  • Student Experience 100%
  • Cultural Capital 50%
  • Communities 50%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  235 Downloads (Pure)

• Hovering on the periphery? 'Decolonising' writing for academic journals

  Trahar, S., Juntrasook, A., Burford, J., von Kotze, A. & Wildemeersch, D., Jan 2019, In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 49, 1, p. 149-167 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Snow White, a Mirror and Whiteness: Entangling thoughts in metaphors

  Trahar, S., Apr 2019, Innovations in Narrative and Metaphor: Methodologies and Practices. Farquhar, S. & Fitzpatrick, E. (eds.). Singapore: Springer Nature, p. 149-165 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  • Snow White 100%
  • British colonies 50%
  • Narrative Method 50%
  • Questioning 50%
  • Fictionalization 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Students Shaping Internationalization in a Conflict-Ridden Society: Experiences of Israeli Teacher Education Colleges

  Goldstein, O., Natur, N., Trahar, S. & Yemini, M., Feb 2019, In: Journal of Studies in International Education. 23, 1, p. 66-83 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Israeli 100%
  • Experience Society 100%
  • Globalization 100%
  • Occupational Career 14%
  • Qualitative Methodology 14%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  346 Downloads (Pure)

• Women in powerful conversation: Collaborative autoethnography and academia

  Anderson, J., Goodall, H. & Trahar, S. M., 16 Oct 2019, In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 33, 4, p. 393-403 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Celebration, reflection and challenge: The BAICE 20^th anniversary

  Crossley, M., Gu, Q., Barrett, A. M., Bown, L., Buckler, A., Christensen, C., Janmaat, J. G., McCowan, T., Preston, R., Singal, N. & Trahar, S., 3 Sept 2018, In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 48, 5, p. 801-820 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Celebrations 100%
  • Environmental Impact Assessment 100%
  • Michael Reaction 100%
  • Comparative Education 100%
  • British Association 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Lost

  Trahar, S., 16 Jul 2018, Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa. Routledge, p. 122-132 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa

  Muller, J. (Editor), Eliastam, J. (Editor) & Trahar, S. (Editor), 16 Jul 2018, Routledge. 132 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
• 2017

  'Learning to see the person, not the culture or the faith': Critical reflections on internationalizing higher education in Israel

  Trahar, S., 2017, In: European Education. 49, p. 276-292 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Israel 100%
  • Globalization 100%
  • Critical Reflection 100%
  • Israeli 33%
  • Pedagogical Practice 33%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  346 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Facing our whiteness in doing Ubuntu research: Finding spatial justice for the researcher

  Muller, J. & Trahar, S., 1 Dec 2016, In: HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies. 72, 1, 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Colonialism 100%
  • Justice 100%
  • Subjectivity 100%
  • South Africa 100%
  • First World 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  578 Downloads (Pure)

• 'The path is made by walking on it’: Ethical complexities in supervising international doctoral researchers using narrative approaches

  Trahar, S., Oct 2016, The Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History. Goodson, I., Antikainen, A., Sikes, P. & Andrews, M. (eds.). Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 505-517 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
• 2015

  Editorial

  Trahar, S., 2015, In: Learning and Teaching: the International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences. 8, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Internationalisation of higher education

  Trahar, S., Green, W., de Wit, H. & Whitsed, C., 2015, Researching Higher Education: International Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice. Huisman, J. & Case, J. (eds.). Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 23-41 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• Internationalising a Transnational Higher Education Programme: Pursuing Sameness or Disrupting Educational Imperialism?

  Trahar, S. & Lazarus, E., 2015, Critical Perspectives on Internationalising the Curriculum in Disciplines: Reflective Narrative Accounts from Business, Education and Health. Green, W. & Whitsed, C. (eds.). Rotterdam: Sense, p. 107 - 120 14 p. (Global Perspectives on Higher Education).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Learning and teaching on transnational higher education programmes in Hong Kong

  Trahar, S., Mar 2015, In: Learning and Teaching. 8, 1, p. 95-112 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Transnational 100%
  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Education Program 100%
  • Personnel 50%
  • Literature 20%

• Using Narrative Inquiry for Educational Research in the Asia Pacific

  Trahar, S. & Yu, W. M. (Editor), 2015, Routledge. 198 p. (Routledge Research in Education)

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Avoiding future hauntings? Teaching for social justice in higher education in the postcolonial context of Hong Kong.

  Trahar, S. M., 2014, Internationalizing Teacher Education for Social Justice: Theory, Research and Practice. Sharma, S., Phillion, J., Rahatzad, J. & Sasser, H. (eds.). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, p. 79 94 p. (Personal-Passionate-Participatory Inquiry).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• 'This is Malaysia. You have to follow the custom here': Narratives of the student and academic experience in international higher education in Malaysia

  Trahar, S. M., 2014, In: Journal of Education for Teaching. 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  30 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Autoethnographic Journeys in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

  Trahar, S. M., Sept 2013, In: European Educational Research Journal. 12, 3, p. 367-375 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  2820 Downloads (Pure)

• Contextualising Narrative Inquiry: Devloping Methodological Approaches for Local Contexts

  Trahar, S. M., 11 Jan 2013, London: Routledge. 232 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book

  • Local 100%
  • Narrative Method 100%
  • Practitioners 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  • Deaf Community 100%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction - Contemporary Methodological Diversity in European Higher Educational Research

  Trahar, S. M., 2013, In: European Educational Research Journal. 12, 3, p. 301-309 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  408 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  "Just because I’m from Africa, they think I’ll want to do narrative": problematising narrative inquiry

  Trahar, S. & Stephens, D., Dec 2012, Explorations in Narrative Research. Goodson, I., Loveless, A. & Stephens, D. (eds.). 1st ed. Rotterdam: Sense, p. 59 - 69 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

  • Narrative Method 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  • Africa 100%
  • Ethical Question 100%
  • Research Environment 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Listening to Academic Voices: International Stories of the UK Experience

  Trahar, S., 27 Jan 2012

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
• 2011

  'Burt's story reminded me of my grandmother': Using a reflecting team to facilitate learning about narrative data analysis

  Trahar, S., 2011, Learning and Teaching Narrative Inquiry: Travelling in the Borderlands. Trahar, S. (ed.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 141 - 156 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book

• Changing landscapes, shifting identities in higher education: narratives of academics in the UK

  Trahar, S., Nov 2011, In: Research in Education. 86, p. 46 - 60 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Developing Cultural Capability in International Higher Education: a Narrative Inquiry

  Trahar, S., 2011, Routledge. 174 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Authored book

  • Narrative Method 100%
  • Teaching and Learning 100%
  • Practitioners 100%
  • Cross-Cultural Research 50%
  • Empirical Research 50%
  46 Citations (Scopus)

• 'Do not teach me!' A narrative exploration of the experiences of 'local' and 'international' students in higher education

  Trahar, S., 2011, European Conference on Educational Research, Berlin.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Experiences and Perceptions of Internationalisation in Higher Education in the UK

  Trahar, S. & Hyland, F., Oct 2011, In: Higher Education Research and Development. 30, 5, p. 623 - 633 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  64 Citations (Scopus)

• Learning and Teaching Narrative Inquiry: Travelling in the Borderlands

  Trahar, S., 2011, John Benjamins Publishing Company. 178 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited book

• The Call of Stories: Using Narrative Inquiry in Cross-Cultural Research in Higher Education

  Trahar, S., 12 Jan 2011

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
• 2010

  Being in the midst? Changing landscapes, shifting identities in higher education

  Trahar, S., 2010, ECER, University of Helsinki.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Changing Landscapes and Shifting Identities in Higher Education

  Trahar, S., 2010, International Conference on University Learning and Teaching, University of Hatfield.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Down the Rabbit Hole: Some Adventures of Academics in Higher Education

  Trahar, S., 2010, BAICE, University of East Anglia.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Has Everybody Seen a Swan? Stories from the Internationalised Classroom

  Trahar, S., 2010, Internationalisation: the Student Experience. Jones, E. (ed.). Routledge, p. 143 - 154 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
• 2009

  Beyond the Story Itself: Narrative Inquiry and Autoethnography in Intercultural Research in Higher Education

  Trahar, S., 29 Jan 2009

  Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

  • Intercultural 100%
  • Narrative Method 100%
  • Autoethnography 100%
  • Practitioner research 66%
  • Local 33%

• Beyond the Story Itself: narratives of a practitioner in international higher education

  Trahar, S., 2009, Many Voices Conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• Internationalisation at Home: How can ‘local’ students and academics benefit from the international landscape of higher education

  Trahar, S., 2009, European Conference on Educational Research, Vienna.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
• 2008

  A changing world: the internationalisation experiences of staff and students (home & international) in UK Higher Education

  Hyland, F., Trahar, S., Anderson, J. & Dickens, A., 2008, Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics event 'The internationalising of UK Higher Education learning and teaching: reflections on policy, practice and theory, 27-28 November, Edinburgh.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)

• A Changing World: The Internationalisation Experiences of Staff and Students in UK Higher Education

  Hyland, F., Trahar, S., Anderson, J. & Dickens, A., 2008, 40 p.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Close encounters of the cultural kind: reflections of a practitioner researcher in higher education

  Trahar, S., 2008, Researching International Pedagogies: Sustainable Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. M. H. & Reid, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 45 - 64 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book