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Design-Centric Research-Practice Partnerships: Three Key Lenses for Building Productive Bridges Between Theory and Practice

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page 1-30. (May 2018)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4_122-1

Abstract

The last decade has witnessed a strong increase in research that moves toward mutually-beneficial collaboration between researchers and practitioners. This chapter focuses on such collaborations that aim to design resources for use in schools, while also advancing theoretical understanding of the dynamics within such partnership. We refer to such endeavors as Design-Centric Research Practice Partnerships (DC-RPPs). To guide the development of productive DC-RPPs we synthesize insights from three theoretical lenses: (1) scholarship of teaching and practitioner research (2) change laboratory formative interventions, and (3) multi-level boundary crossing. These lenses, together with a framework that characterizes DC-RPPs based on the practical constructs of (1) processes, (2) roles and (3) habits-of-mind, are used in a 3X3 theory-practice matrix to elicit and articulate nine design principles that can support productive DC-RPPs. We describe two cases that illustrate how the design principles come to life in authentic DC-RPPs (one with 3 middle schools, focusing on interdisciplinary learning, and the other with 22 high-schools, focusing on physics) and conclude with a discussion of emerging work that could support DC-RPPs, and recommendations for future research.

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