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Title: Establishing Collaborations in Design-based Research Projects: Insights from the Origins of the MMAP Project
Authors: Engle, Randi
Issue Date: Jun-2008
Publisher: International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc.
Citation: Engle, R. (2008). Establishing Collaborations in Design-based Research Projects: Insights from the Origins of the MMAP Project. In Kanselaar, G., Jonker, V., Kirschner, P. A., & Prins, F. J. (Eds.), International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences: Cre8ing a learning world. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2008, Volume 1 (pp. 216-223). Utrecht, The Netherlands: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Abstract: The success of design-based research projects depends on the quality of their collaborative teams. In this paper, I use a set of principles for fostering productive engagement to explain how the Middle-school Mathematics through Applications Project (MMAP) got its team of researchers, teachers, and curriculum developers off to a good start. First, MMAP fostered problematizing around MMAP goals by recruiting participants whose goals partially overlapped with MMAP's, and by demonstrating the importance of core goals like equity. Second, the project supported teacher authority by selecting staff already inclined to respect teachers, by showing teachers that their contributions were desired, and by setting expectations that teachers would have the ultimate authority for how curricula would be used. Finally, MMAP fostered accountability by recruiting participants with varied expertise, setting expectations that teachers would change their teaching practices, and encouraging everyone to begin engaging in focused discussions with each other.
URI: https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/icls2008.1.216
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