Educational Design Research

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

• Part 1: What and Why Introducing Educational Design Research. Toward Productive Design Studies Part 2: Examples from the Field Design research from the Learning Design Perspective. Design Research from the Technology Perspective. Design Research from a Curriculum Perspective Part 3: Quality Assessing the Quality of Design Research Proposals: Some Philosophical Perspectives. Balancing Innovation and Risk: Assessing Design Research Proposals. Quality Criteria for Design Research: Evidence and Commitments Part 4: Moving Ahead From Design Research to Large-Scale Impact: Engineering Research in Education. Educational Design Research: The Value of Variety