19MSEC Flashcards
(83 cards)
Educational Innovation (Formula)
Create something new + A process + Provide improvement
Educational Innovation - 3 Points of View
- Technological
- Social
- Educational
Educational Innovation - 2 Key Aspects
- Acquisition of competences (cooperation)
- Use of technology
Innovation def (Oxford Dicitonary)
Introduction of novelties
Evidence-Based Research
EMPIRICALLY-based findings
- based on quantitative data
- objective, rigorous, systematic
- obtains reliable/valid knowledge
* lacks real-world authenticity
Evidence-Based Research - Examples
- case studies
- quasi-experimental group studies
- correlational studies
- pre-post comparisons
Mixed-Methods Research
- ‘third paradigm’
- combines qualitative + quantitative in same study
- reliability + validity
Educational Innovation - Main Problem
Lack of a theoretical framework
- also: subjectivity of “innovation”
Educational Innovation - 7 Sins
- Institutional Inertia
- Individualism
- Corporativism
- Teacher Training
- Lack of climate of trust/agreement
- Intense workloads/bureaucracy
- Lack of support educational admin.
Educational Innovation - 5 Characteristics
- Process of definition, construction + social participation
- Utopian challenge to education system
- Macro-level process
- Stages/elements must be CLEARLY defined
- Clearly defined processes/organizational structures
Educational Innovation - Typology
- Procedural
- Definition of roles
- Socialization
3 Kinds of Process Models
- Research + Development
- Social Interaction
- Problem-Solving
Research + Development Model
- Rational sequence of phases
- Passive role of user
- Combination of data and theories
- Massive production of knowledge
Social Interaction Model
- Concerned with transmission from individual to individual, system to system
- Interpersonal networks to exchange information
- Social communication with colleagues
Problem-Solving Model
- Focused on learners’ educational needs
- Problem → diagnosis → trial → adoption of innovation
- Collaborative approach
Educational Research - Definition
Systematic collection and analysis of data
- variety of methods
- various aspects of education (S learning, methodologies, classroom dynamics, teacher training)
Educational Research - Characteristics
- Tries to solve a problem
- Gathers new data from primary sources/existing data for new purpose
- Based on observable experience or empirical evidence
- Demands accurate observation + description
- Carefully designed procedures + rigorous analysis
- Emphasis on generalizations, principles or theories to help understand, predict + control
- Requires expertise
- Search for unbiased solution that can validate procedures used
- Deliberate and unhurried task
- Carefully recorded/reported
Approaches to educational research
- Basic/Academic
- Applied/Contract Research
Basic/Academic Approach
Search for TRUTH / dvlpmnt of educational theory
Designed to test, change, or improve theories
Applied/Contract Research Approach
Search of info which can be put into practice
Solutions to EXISTING problems
Info which will directly influence practice
Better for Ts (less $)
Qualitative Research
- Descriptive data
- Insightful
- Collection tools include: observations, interviews, analysis of documents and participants’ production (journals, images, blogs,…)
Types of Qualitative Research
- Case studies
- Ethnography
- Phenomenological research
- Narrative research (not ‘theoretical’ enough)
- Historical research
Quantitative Research
- Numerical data
- Objective
- Statistics applied to find relationship btwn variables
Types of Quantitative Research
- Experimental (cause+effect)
- Meta-Analysis