Design and technology educators' experiences of competence, relatedness and autonomy with educational research

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McLain, M, Schillaci-Rowland, D, Stables, K and Hardy, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-1695, 2023. Design and technology educators' experiences of competence, relatedness and autonomy with educational research. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 28 (2), pp. 50-69.

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Abstract

This article reports on the results of a survey of Design and Technology educators, predominantly based in England that sought evidence of the extent to which the educators engaged with educational research more generally and also specifically within Design and Technology Education. The survey was sponsored by the professional Association of Design and Technology Education and was undertaken by its Design and Technology Research Steering Group. The survey collected demographic data on the roles and responsibilities of the survey respondents, the types and levels of education where they worked and length of experience in Design and Technology education. Questions explored the types of research of interest, confidence levels in accessing, using and undertaking research, the nature of support for engaging research that educators would welcome, how research was currently accessed, what the challenges and barriers might be and what would motivate educators to become more engaged with research. This article resorts on analysis of the data, drawing on Self Determination Theory and specifically concepts of competence, relatedness and autonomy. Findings indicated that respondents had a great deal of interest in principle, but that there were considerable barriers to engaging with research which impacted on competence, relatedness and autonomy. The insights provided will now be used as the basis for developing support for Design and Technology practitioners to engage with research at a variety of levels.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Design and Technology Education: An International Journal
Creators:	McLain, M., Schillaci-Rowland, D., Stables, K. and Hardy, A.
Publisher:	The Design and Technology Association
Date:	2023
Volume:	28
Number:	2
Identifiers:	Number Type 1837620 Other
Rights:	Copyright (c) 2023 Matt McLain, Daniela Schillaci-Rowland, Kay Stables, Alison Hardy. Creative Commons License. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Institute of Education
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	22 Nov 2023 08:51
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2023 08:51
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50415