Design Research In Social Studies Education Critical Lessons From An Emerging Fi

This edited volume showcases work from the emerging field of design-based research (DBR) within social studies education and explores the unique challenges and opportunities that arise when applying the approach in classrooms. Usually associated with STEM fields DBR’s unique ability to generate practical theories of learning and to engineer theory-driven improvements to practice holds meaningful potential for the social studies. Each chapter describes a different DBR study exploring the affordances and dilemmas of the approach. Chapters cover such topics as iterative design using and producing theory collaborating with educators and the ways that DBR attends to historical political and social context. |Design Research in Social Studies Education Critical Lessons from an Emerging Field | Education