Design Based Research Methods – Part I (EDC&I 581)
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Design Based Research Methods – Part I (EDC&I 581)
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Design-based research methods are a form of educational inquiry that has emerged over the past twenty plus years. Design- based research involves the orchestration and study of complex educational interventions in naturalistic settings. In contrast to methods that are strictly observational, design-based research seek to shape and even engineer learning environments and experiences “in the wild.” Design experimentation might focus on such endeavors as: the creation of a new instructional sequence, the development of a new professional development approach, the development of a new exhibit or the design of a new learning technology. This form of inquiry necessarily involves foundational features of design practice as well as quantitative and qualitative research as appropriate.
This course has two main purposes. First, it introduces students to different design-based research methods in educational research. Second, it provides students with an intensive experience in carrying out their own design-based research studies. Through a combination of readings, lectures, demonstrations, discussions, site visits and class exercises, students will be introduced to the issues and practices associated with design-based research and how different researchers engage in this kind of work. By learning about the work of different researchers, students will also be introduced to distinct forms of design-based research in education. In their practicum experience, students will apply what they have learned to the design and conduct of their own design-based research studies.
This course is not a substitute for coursework on quantitative or qualitative methods. This course is actually intended to complement such courses. I will provide an overview of the modes of inquiry that can be used in the study of education in which design-based methods play a prominent role. This will often involve employing qualitative or quantitative methods as central components to the research. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that students taking the course have some grounding in qualitative or quantitative research traditions. Most important, I will stress how the purposes a scholar intends to achieve (e.g., theory development, theory refinement, authoring of complex interventions, microgenetic analysis of development) strongly determine the appropriate form of inquiry.
This course has two main purposes. First, it introduces students to different design-based research methods in educational research. Second, it provides students with an intensive experience in carrying out their own design-based research studies. Through a combination of readings, lectures, demonstrations, discussions, site visits and class exercises, students will be introduced to the issues and practices associated with design-based research and how different researchers engage in this kind of work. By learning about the work of different researchers, students will also be introduced to distinct forms of design-based research in education. In their practicum experience, students will apply what they have learned to the design and conduct of their own design-based research studies.
This course is not a substitute for coursework on quantitative or qualitative methods. This course is actually intended to complement such courses. I will provide an overview of the modes of inquiry that can be used in the study of education in which design-based methods play a prominent role. This will often involve employing qualitative or quantitative methods as central components to the research. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that students taking the course have some grounding in qualitative or quantitative research traditions. Most important, I will stress how the purposes a scholar intends to achieve (e.g., theory development, theory refinement, authoring of complex interventions, microgenetic analysis of development) strongly determine the appropriate form of inquiry.
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Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education (EDC&I)
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University of Washington
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Education/Pedagogical Resource
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en
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Graduate
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Yes
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Bang, M., & Bell, P. (2013). Design Based Research Methods – Part I [EDC&I 581 Syllabus]. University of Washington. https://education.uw.edu/sites/default/files/Bang%20EDCI%20581%20Fall%202012_0.pdf
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