%0 Journal Article
%T Rethinking Design
%A Jennifer DeKnight
%A Rima Karami Akkary
%J International Journal of Educational Reform
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1056787918824206
%X The School Based Reform in Arab Countries (TAMAM) project aims to build leadership capacity for school-based reform. This paper asks: (a) To what extent can a design-based approach frame the design of school improvement projects such as TAMAM? (b) What characteristics of design-based approaches are most relevant to guide the design of school-based improvement projects? Results of the qualitative analysis demonstrate that a design-based approach can be used to describe TAMAM and highlight the most important elements. This study proposes that design-based approaches be used for designing and describing comparable school-based improvement initiatives, especially in contexts similar to the Arab region
%K design-based research
%K design-based implementation research
%K school improvement
%K Arab countries
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1056787918824206