Doing research in design / Christopher Crouch and Jane Pearce.

By: Crouch, Christopher [author.]Contributor(s): Pearce, Jane [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English London ; New York : Berg, 2012©2012 Description: xiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1847885799 (paperback)Subject(s): Industrial design -- Research -- MethodologyLOC classification: TS171.4 .C76 2012
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Positioning the Designer -- What the Designer Does -- The Context of Designing -- 2.What Do Designers and Researchers Do? Thinking, Doing and Researching -- Initiating Change -- Thinking about Questions, Problems and Solutions -- Wicked Problems -- Collaborative Designing and Research -- Thinking about Research -- 3.Practice and Praxis, Reflection and Reflexivity -- Practice -- Praxis -- Reflection -- Reflexivity -- 4.Thinking about Research: Methodology -- What Is a Research Methodology? -- What Is a Research Position? -- Theoretical Lenses for Research -- Methodologies for Research in Design -- Conclusion: From Methodology to Methods -- Questions for Reflection -- 5.Doing Research: From Methodologies to Methods -- Identifying a Research Purpose -- Quantitative and Qualitative Research -- Ethical Research Practices -- Framing a Research Question: Narrowing Down and Opening Up -- 6.In the Picture: Ethnography and Observation --
Contents note continued: What Is Ethnography? -- Methodological Concerns -- New Ethnographies -- Methods in Ethnographic Research: Observation -- Ethnography for Research in Design -- Questions for Reflection -- Conclusion -- 7.Understanding through Story: Narratives -- What Is Narrative? -- Narratives in Research -- Narratives for Research in Design -- Methods in Narrative Research: Interviewing -- Sketches of Research Projects Using Narrative -- Questions for Reflection: Narrative -- Conclusion -- 8.Using Case Studies and Mixed Methods -- What Is Case Study Research? -- The Logo Project: A Case Study -- Methodological Choices in Case Study Research -- Survey Research -- Sketches of Research Projects Using a Case Study Approach -- Conclusion -- 9.Action Research -- What Is Action Research? -- Action Research and Design Praxis -- Practical Action Research: Anusha's Project -- Participatory Action Research: Urban Playground -- Sketch of a Research Project Using Action Research --
Contents note continued: Questions for Reflection -- Conclusion: Action Research and Design Practice -- 10.Writing about Research -- Writing as Part of the Research Process -- The Purpose of Reporting Research -- The Forms of Academic Writing -- Representing Data Visually -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Positioning the Designer -- What the Designer Does -- The Context of Designing -- 2.What Do Designers and Researchers Do? Thinking, Doing and Researching -- Initiating Change -- Thinking about Questions, Problems and Solutions -- Wicked Problems -- Collaborative Designing and Research -- Thinking about Research -- 3.Practice and Praxis, Reflection and Reflexivity -- Practice -- Praxis -- Reflection -- Reflexivity -- 4.Thinking about Research: Methodology -- What Is a Research Methodology? -- What Is a Research Position? -- Theoretical Lenses for Research -- Methodologies for Research in Design -- Conclusion: From Methodology to Methods -- Questions for Reflection -- 5.Doing Research: From Methodologies to Methods -- Identifying a Research Purpose -- Quantitative and Qualitative Research -- Ethical Research Practices -- Framing a Research Question: Narrowing Down and Opening Up -- 6.In the Picture: Ethnography and Observation --

Contents note continued: What Is Ethnography? -- Methodological Concerns -- New Ethnographies -- Methods in Ethnographic Research: Observation -- Ethnography for Research in Design -- Questions for Reflection -- Conclusion -- 7.Understanding through Story: Narratives -- What Is Narrative? -- Narratives in Research -- Narratives for Research in Design -- Methods in Narrative Research: Interviewing -- Sketches of Research Projects Using Narrative -- Questions for Reflection: Narrative -- Conclusion -- 8.Using Case Studies and Mixed Methods -- What Is Case Study Research? -- The Logo Project: A Case Study -- Methodological Choices in Case Study Research -- Survey Research -- Sketches of Research Projects Using a Case Study Approach -- Conclusion -- 9.Action Research -- What Is Action Research? -- Action Research and Design Praxis -- Practical Action Research: Anusha's Project -- Participatory Action Research: Urban Playground -- Sketch of a Research Project Using Action Research --

Contents note continued: Questions for Reflection -- Conclusion: Action Research and Design Practice -- 10.Writing about Research -- Writing as Part of the Research Process -- The Purpose of Reporting Research -- The Forms of Academic Writing -- Representing Data Visually -- Conclusion.