Abstract
Although teacher guides are, next to textbooks, among the most-used teacher resources worldwide, little empirical research has been conducted on how to support the developers of such teacher guides in their complex task. During the iterative process of analysis, design, evaluation, and revision, design research was conducted to gain insight into desirable characteristics of an electronic performance support system for curriculum materials developers in southern Africa. The design study flanking evolution of the tool helped (re)shape each prototype, and to track effects on both the professional learning of the materials developers and the quality of the curriculum materials made. Because long-term, high-quality design studies in the field of education are rare, this paper focuses on the research approach, and its affordances for contributing to theory-development while also capturing and speaking to the needs of practitioners.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 5 |
Publication status | Published - 28 Apr 2013 |
Event | American Educational Research Association: 2013 Annual Meeting - San Francisco, United States Duration: 26 Apr 2013 → 1 May 2013 http://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/Previous-Annual-Meetings/2013-Annual-Meeting |
Conference
Conference | American Educational Research Association |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Francisco |
Period | 26/04/13 → 1/05/13 |
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Keywords
- design research
- design-based research