O Manual Escolar como Objecto de Design
- Name
- Maria Carvalho
- Year
- 2010
- Institution
- Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
- Supervisors
- Fernando Moreira da Silva
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Scope
- General Education
- Taxonomy
- Phenomenology
- Type
- Theoretical
- Language
- Portuguese
- Wordcount / Pagecount
- 127,575 / 405
- Joint supervision
- No
The communication design of the school manual
Research Process (8 methods)
x
School textbooks
School teachers
Students
School textbooks authors
School textbooks publisher
Design professional
Group of experts
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | x |
| 2 | Artefact analysis | Exploratory | Qualitative | Observational | School textbooks | unspecified |
| 3 | Questionnaire | Generative | Qualitative | x | School teachers | 24 |
| 4 | Questionnaire | Generative | Qualitative | x | Students | 85 |
| 5 | Interview | Generative | Qualitative | x | School textbooks authors | 2 |
| 6 | Interview | Generative | Qualitative | x | School textbooks publisher | 2 |
| 7 | Interview | Generative | Qualitative | x | Design professional | 1 |
| 8 | Delphi method | Evaluative | Qualitative | x | Group of experts | 11 |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Produced with input
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context | No | No | No |
| Vision | No | Yes | No |
| Means | No | Partially | No |
Recommendations (4)
Carry out finer and broader investigations into how the information in school textbooks is perceived by students, in order to produce more accurate evidence about communication design and learning.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Study what communication-design alterations should be introduced into textbooks for different age levels and pedagogical objectives, avoiding infantilizing simplifications that may hinder cognitive development.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Indicative
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Undertake deep comparative research on the communicative design of textbooks used in countries whose students achieve better academic results, in order to identify potentially transferable lessons.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium
Investigate the future role of textbooks across paper and electronic formats, including whether their function should vary by educational level or discipline and how communication design should respond to those shifts.
- Scope:
- Macro
- Time Horizon:
- Long
- Evidence Strength:
- Exploratory
- Feasibility:
- Medium