Heuristic inquiry

Researcher with experience of the phenomenon.

- AbilityNet blog and experience of teaching people later in life.

Researcher teaches the course as per learning objectives identified in the literature review (and as per personal experiences of teaching accessibility).

Researcher recruits teachers to explore teaching it.

Lesson study- design a research lesson.

Reflective and joint understanding of what is needed to teach digital accessibility awareness in schools.

Help the researcher to understand how this could work in schools and what support would be needed.

Participants as co-researchers - socially constructed 

Heidegger and Moustakas

https://www.nheri.org/home-school-researcher-a-heuristic-inquiry-into-the-stress-that-home-educators-experience/

Lesson study approach to experience learning how to teach it (subject knowledge) and learn how the subject can be taught and experienced by learners (pedagogical)

Pedagogical content knowledge (Nind/Curtin/ - ped paper and pedagogy as a science, craft and art. Pedagogy as planned, enacted and experienced.

Do I still need design based research??? Or just take influence from it with the additional outputs of lesson plans, resources and recommendations.

How can teachers be supported to teach digital accessibility awareness in the school classroom?

This heuristic inquiry could answer two research questions:

  1. What are the experiences teachers have delivering digital accessibility awareness education in the school classroom? (Lesson study - observations, learner feedback)
  2. What support mechanisms are needed to teach digital accessibility awareness based on these experiences? (In-depth interviews - support needed by the experience of teaching a new topic - development of teachers knowledge and understanding how learners learn it)

Could this be the way forward to help the researcher make recommendations for the support needed to teach digital accessibility in schools.

Heuristic research is led by a researchers aim/ question- reflexive - Can it be taught in school, use the learning in context of those who know the context e.g. the school classroom. 

To be able to know what is needed, teachers need the experience of doing it to help create outputs for the new intervention and to identify what support is needed. 


Design based research is the design of the course - output orientated to test new ideas. - Test and develop an educational intervention. 

Lesson study facilities the experience - teacher development and subject pedagogy focused in professional and situational context

Both together help develop and improve the intervention as well as teacher knowledge and experience teaching within that context.

Both in turn will help to identify the support needed in context- a background knowledge of teaching in context and perceived challenges, constraints of context useful.

Co-researchers to put my ideas into practice- how could it work, how does it work in practice and what support can be put in place to make it work for others.



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