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Design-Based Research (hereafter DBR) is an interdisciplinary mixed methods educational research approach that serves concurrently for theoretical construction and experimental application. Specifically, DBR contributes theoretical and practical knowledge in the educational field, using a four-phase structural design which basically is focused, on the one hand, maturity of practical intervention and, on the other hand, theoretical understanding of real-world situation (McKenney & Reeves, 2012). In this regard, pragmatic philosophy assumes a determinant role because it provides a coherent epistemological system between the theoretical framework and empiric activity (Anderson & Shattuck, 2012).

In the field of music education, DBR has been tailored through the Holistic Architecture for Music Education (HAME; Angel-Alvarado et al., 2019), which is used by researchers and educators because it provides theoretical and practical knowledge within teaching and learning situations. In other words, HAME enables educational activities can be theoretically grounded, empirically contrasted, and replicable.

References

Angel-Alvarado, R., Wilhelmi, M. R. & Belletich, O. (2019). Holistic Architecture for Music Education: A research design for carrying out empiric and interdisciplinary studies in didactics of music. Itamar, (5), 335-357.

Anderson, T., & Shattuck, J. (2012). Design-Based Research: A Decade of Progress in Education Research? Educational Researcher, 41(1), 16–25.

McKenney, S., & Reeves, T. C. (2012). Conducting Educational Design Research. Routledge.