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Educational Design Research book cover

1st Edition

Educational Design Research

Edited By Jan Van den Akker, Koeno Gravemeijer, Susan McKenney, Nienke Nieveen Copyright 2006
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Part 1: What and Why

Introducing Educational Design Research

Editors

Toward Productive Design Studies

Decker Walker (Stanford University)

Part 2: Examples from the Field

Design research from the Learning Design Perspective

Paul Cobb, Koeno Gravemeijer (Vanderbilt University, Utrecht University)

Design Research from the Technology Perspective

Thomas Reeves (University of Georgia)

Design Research from a Curriculum Perspective

Jan van den Akker, Susan McKenney, Nienke Nieveen (University of Twente)

Part 3: Quality

Assessing the Quality of Design Research Proposals: Some Philosophical Perspectives

Dennis Phillips (Stanford University)

Balancing Innovation and Risk: Assessing Design Research Proposals

Daniel Edelson (Northwestern University)

Quality Criteria for Design Research: Evidence and Commitments

Anthony Kelly

Part 4: Moving ahead

From Design Research to Large-Scale Impact: Engineering Research in Education

Hugh Burkhardt (University of Nottingham)

Educational Design Research: The Value of Variety

Nienke Nieveen, Susan McKenney and Jan van den Akker

Biography

Jan van den Akker is Professor at the Department of Curriculum, University of Twente, the Netherlands, and Director of the National Institute for Curriculum Development.

Koeno Gravemeijer is Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Susan McKenney is Assistant Professor at the Department of Curriculum, University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Nienke Nieveen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Curriculum, University of Twente, the Netherlands.

'This collection is a good introduction to the issues of design research as a methodology.' - British Journal of Educational Teachnology
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