Scenarios for Learning – Scenarios as Learning: A Design-Based Research Process

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AbstractThis chapter critically examines the iterative, design-based research methodology used to develop a unique pedagogical framework for linguistically and culturally diverse language classrooms informed by Western pedagogies and Indigenous worldviews. After presenting the salient features of design-based methodology and the reason for its choice, the authors, research assistants from the Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Reinvented (LINCDIRE) project team, discuss the different phases of the development of a master template which would inform plurilingual action-oriented scenarios suitable at different proficiency levels and in different educational contexts. In particular, they show the relevance of the type of research methodology used and the extent to which participants’ feedback informed the development and refinement of the scenario template and the subsequent design of the online platform resources. Particular attention is paid to the challenges and opportunities encountered in the process, and to the overall relevance of design-based research for meeting the needs of twenty-first century language education contexts.KeywordsScenariosDesign-based researchAction-oriented approachPlurilingualismLanguage innovationTechnology-enhanced educationMediationIterative processScenario templateTeacher research