Design Research: The Way Forward

Autor/in	Bereiter, Carl
Titel	Design Research: The Way Forward
Quelle	In: Education Canada, 46 (2006) 1, S.16-19 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1253
Schlagwörter	Research Design; Educational Research; Educational Innovation; Foreign Countries; Educational Researchers; Technological Advancement; Formative Evaluation; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsdesign; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Ausland; Erziehungswissenschaftler; Erziehungswissenschaftlerin; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Kanada
Abstract	The phrases "best practice" and "evidence-based" are much in the air, and they imply that the answers are already out there. We just have to choose the right ones. Educational research in this connection is a kind of product testing. The U.S. Office of Education has made it a policy that rigorous product testing is the only kind of educational research they will support. "What Works" is an on-going project of collecting data on the effects of different educational interventions. Research of this kind has often been criticized as simplistic and out of touch with the realities and broader purposes of schooling. Recently, however, a new line of criticism has developed. It has to do with the inherently backward-looking nature of traditional educational research. Such research only deals with what already exists. It cannot generate new solutions or assess new ideas. It may help to define "best practice," but it provides little suggestion of how to improve on "best practice." This isn't a problem if you believe that "best practice" already contains everything we need to know to solve perennial problems in education and to address new challenges. But if you don't accept this conservative dictum, if you believe that invention and discovery are still needed in education, then you may be interested in a quite different kind of research -- design research. In this article, the author discusses design research. The following sections are included: (1) Research that Generates Progress; (2) How Relevant is Design Research to Education; (3) Characteristics of Design Research; and (4) An Example of Design Research: Knowledge Building. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10