Methodology

The project methodology is based on an approach that integrates an action research within a wider design research framework involving collaborative action research and reflective practice within the project team. This framework offers a model that integrates the processes of research, evaluation and dissemination with a particular aim of evaluation for local and broader impact. In particular it draws upon thinking and development around the Integrative Didactical Design (IDD) framework (Hudson, 2008a and 2008b). The main goal of this framework is to support the construction of propositions for actions in relation to teaching and learning and to design and construct teaching situations, pedagogical activities and learning environments that enable both teachers and learners to put these propositions into practice. Specifically the framework aims to address the ways in which we might systematically create, test, evaluate and disseminate teaching and learning interventions that will have maximum impact on practice. Furthermore it aims to contribute significantly to the development of theory and also to consider those specific research methodologies or combinations of methods that are most appropriate to particular phases of the didactical design research process. 

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