Educational Design Research

by Van den Akker; Jan

• ISBN13: 9780415396349
• ISBN10: 0415396344
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The field of design research has been gaining momentum over the last five years, particularly in educational studies. As papers and articles have grown in number, definition of the domain is now beginning to standardise. This book fulfils a growing need by providing a synthesised assessment of the use of development research in education. It looks at four main elements: background information including origins, definitions of development research, description of applications and benefits and risks associated with studies of this kind how the approach can serve the design of learning environments and educational technology quality assurance - how to safeguard academic rigor while conducting design and development studies a synthesis and overview of the topic along with relevant reflections.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
List of contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
What and why	p. 1
Introducing educational design research	p. 3
Toward productive design studies	p. 8
Examples from the field	p. 15
Design research from a learning design perspective	p. 17
Design research from a technology perspective	p. 52
Design research from a curriculum perspective	p. 67
Quality	p. 91
Assessing the quality of design research proposals: some philosophical perspectives	p. 93
Balancing innovation and risk: assessing design research proposals	p. 100
Quality criteria for design research: evidence and commitments	p. 107
Moving ahead	p. 119
From design research to large-scale impact: engineering research in education	p. 121
Educational design research: the value of variety	p. 151
Index	p. 159
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