Participatory Design in a Composition Classroom
Initial Exploration of Work
--does not apply for this project
--new set of students
OK could...
--discuss with students what their process to write an essay is
--what does the workflow look like
Spinuzze recommends observation but I can't do observation if I will be teaching
--would be difficult to observe entire writing process
--interviews can be done
--Informal interview of process or workflow
Discovery Process
--priorities
--users goals and values
--agree on desired outcome of project
on site (school)
conference room (classroom)
several users (students)
"the goal is to cooperatively make meaning out of the work rather than simply to describe it"
--Course Goals and Objectives
Participatns will decide what their goals are...
1. Ask them about their goals individually
2. Present course goals and outcomes
3. agree on desired outcome; how outcome will be achieved
How closely tied are student goals to course objectives
How tie student goals to course objectives
--critical reflection of their own practice
examination of the tacit knowledge to more effectively meet the goals of the work
BECOMES
--exploration of tacit knowledge
--invisilbe work
--unstated indivdual and organizational goals
1. Reflexivity and agreement
reassess activity and synchronize interpretation
Codetermination
project criteria are codetermined by users and researchers
2. Collaborative Development--mechanism for participation which produce verifiable changes
3. Iterative process
++++Education must abide by objectives of course
++++make learning more significant--constructivist
Interview
1. What are your personal goals for this class?
grades?
reading?
writing?
2. Describe in detail the process that you use when you write an academic essay
GROUP Discussion
1. What do you think are the goals for this class?
2. What should be the process we use to complete these goals? What should be required?
Disucss Goals of the first unit
1. Demonstrate ability to perform character analysis
2. Demonstrate ability to write for a specific audience
3. Demonstrate mastery of English language written conventions
4. Demonstrate matery of proper document format
5. Demonstrate mastery of propoer documentation format
++How will we achieve these outcomes: What do we have to do?
--Process
++What criteria will we use to determine that outcome has been achieved?
--assessment
Research Question for smaller project: How does process and criteria change from one unit to another.