1. Designs for Learning: A Research Approach
- Author
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Åkerfeldt, Anna and Svärdemo Åberg, Eva
- Abstract
In this article, we present some core ideas underpinning research that takes a Designs for Learning (DFL) approach guided by theoretical considerations and choices, as well as by practitioners' challenges and inquiries. These choices shape, and are shaped by, DFL's research goals and motives, theoretical orientation, research objectives, questions, and practitioners' participation and ethical considerations. Further, we present and discuss how DFL as a research approach compares to other design-oriented research strategies. Even if a DFL research approach shares several similarities with other approaches of inquiry, we argue that it remains primarily oriented towards knowledge areas that relate to understanding and developing learning and teaching -- both in formal education and in informal settings such as museums.
- Published
- 2021