Educational Design Research

by Van Den Akker, Jan; Gravemeijer, Koeno; McKenney, Susan; Nieveen, Nienke

• ISBN13: 9780203088364
• ISBN10: 0203088360
• Copyright: 2006-08-17
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Educational design research is the systematic study of designing, developing and evaluating educational programs, processes and products. It can be an invaluable process, yielding considerable insight into how to optimize educational interventions and better understand teaching and learning. However, the fact that such investigations are typically carried out in naturalistic settings - with all the color and complexity that accompanies real classrooms and schools - presents researchers with significant methodological challenges, and scientific rigor can be difficult to maintain. This book addresses a clear and growing need to better understand and address the challenges faced by educational design researchers.

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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