6. Review and Exercises
This is a title 6.1 Levels of design decision-makingDidactical design decision-making takes place at three levels. Policy decisions are made at the macro level. Curriculum plans and statements are made at the meso level. The courses and lessons implied in the curriculum statements are created at the micro level. At the micro level the designer […]
2.2 What might this ‘something’ be?
2.2 What might this ‘something’ be? The help which is offered to teachers and designers in the Think Tank workshop involves the use of four decision-making aids. The aids, or referents as I would prefer to call them (because of how they function), are shown in Fig. 3. Figure 3 Four referents that help you […]
1.4 Where does the ‘design process’ begin and end?
The activities involved in designing a course or lesson are illustrated in Fig. 1. By name, they will be quite familiar to those of you who know and have used the so-called ‘systems approach’ at the micro level. Activity 4 in the activity cycle (Fig. 1) is the one which interests us most in this […]
1.5 Is there a special language of design?
1.5 Is there a special language of design The answer to this, for design decision-making at the micro level, is ‘yes’. The language you choose (out of the several possibilities) depends on who brought you up as a designer, and upon your own experience. I was brought up as a designer to value and use […]
1.8 Case study no. 1: The design of an educational encounter
Case study no.1: The design of an educational encouter Here is our first case study. It describes the designing of an educational visit to a doctor and to a patient at home. The substance of the story is from an article (Earl, Everwijn and de Melker, 1980) in Medical Education. It will introduce you step […]