A Participatory Workshop on Metacognition and Reflective Practice in Design-Based Research

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

Design-based methodologies, such as DBR and DBIR, are built on iteration, context, and collaboration. However, one thing that is often overlooked is our own personal reflective practice as researchers. This participatory workshop introduces metacognitive reflection as a practical, learnable skill that helps researchers make sense of their own thinking in the messy, in-between moments of design work. Using their own projects as a foundation, participants will engage in guided journaling, discussion protocols, and embodied reflection techniques. The session provides simple yet powerful tools to enhance reflexivity and insight, aiming to help researchers become more thoughtful, adaptable, and aware as they design in complex real-world settings.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Design and Technology

Chair

• Tessa Forshaw, Harvard University

Presenters

• Eileen McGivney, Northeastern University

• Richard Cox Braden, Stanford University

Session Organizer

• Tessa Forshaw, Harvard University