Hi László ,
I think you are being an excellent coordinator for the discussion of your own
paper. I have a short time to respond -- and little time over the next few
days. But I'll do what I can. There is a paper online that provides a fairly
good overview of 'design science'. One of the features of this approach is to
identify critical factors, and independent and dependent variables in order to
create design principles and theory for educational innovations. A statement
that stands out for me is:
"Similarly, a design science of education must determine how different designs
of learning environments contribute to learning, cooperation, and motivation. "
-- Collins
While this seems similar in some ways to the goals of a few chat investigators,
the CH is left out, and an ecological understanding, i.e. a framework that
addresses interdependence, reciprocality, the development of and around the
investigator(s), and so on, is missing.
It is at the following URL:
Toward a Design Science of Education
Prepared by:
Alan Collins
Bolt Beranek and Newman
http://www.edc.org/CCT/ccthome/reports/tr1.html
bb
--- Garai László <garai@mtapi.hu> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Barowy <wbarowy@yahoo.com>
> To: xmca <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Ready to discuss Vygotsky's "Crisis in Psychology"
>
>
> > I had a chance to do a quick read of the crises paper. Unless i
> > miss my guess at this second, but brief, reading, I see in it another
> > possibility how a "design science" approach to experimentation is
> problematic.
>
> Bill, this critical point of yours sounds interesting, but could you give
> its somehow more detailed version?
>
> Laszlo
>
=====
"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly become the author of something beautiful."
[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
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