Research Methodologies on Integrating ICT into Modern Education How we have been discovering educational research
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Background motivation and facts • • • • • •
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developing educational software, future teachers development, national ESF projects... for all schools, also for early childhood..., cooperation... research...
Short history of our research strategies Seven stages of the journey (so far)
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Discovering qualitative strategy
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Running into problems with qualitative strategy (examples)
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Technology enhanced learning
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iBeaver and re-discovering quantitive strategy
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Design-based Research, DBR
… a systematic but flexible methodology aimed to improve educational practices through ● iterative analysis, ● design, ● development, and ● implementation, based on collaboration among researchers and practitioners in real-world settings, and leading to contextually-sensitive design principles and theories. Wang, Hannafin, 2005 8/14
Design-based Research, DBR
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Design-based Research, DBR Five key principles of DBR:
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Design-based Research, DBR About iterations of the research
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Recognizing the potential of ICT in early childhood education • trying to understand, • trying to intervene through development, • M. Resnick: Life-long kindergarten,
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Conclusion So the choice is not whether we will consider deep changes in school but how many children will be lost before we recognize that we have to do so. Caperton, Papert, 1999
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Thank you for your attention
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