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- Title
Research by Design: The Promise of Design-Based Research for School Library Research.
- Authors
Rawson, Casey; Hughes-Hassell, Sandra
- Abstract
The field of school librarianship continues to grapple with the twin concerns of a gap between research and practice and a shortage of usable, middle-range theories generated within the discipline. Design-based research (DBR), a methodology developed over the past two decades in the education field, offers a promising means of addressing both of these concerns simultaneously by placing research, design, practice, and theory generation into a real-world context. This article addresses the need for such a methodology in the school library field, provides an overview of design-based research, summarizes some of the benefits and criticisms of this methodology, and suggests specific ways in which the school library field might make use of this approach. Age.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; SCHOOL libraries research; LIBRARIES; SCHOOL librarianship; LIBRARY science
- Publication
School Libraries Worldwide, 2015, Vol 21, Issue 2, p11
- ISSN
1023-9391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29173/slw6891