Event design method: New meanings, typology, pedagogical potential

Abstract

The paper aims to provide a theoretical substantiation for the “event design method” notion and identify its types and the pedagogical potential of the phenomenon. The paper reflects the results of a theoretical study, which amount to inferring the essence of the event design method by integrating the theories of event-based pedagogy and instructional design; substantiating the typologization of event design by means of the “series of information criteria” method and the promising possibility of applying the identified types in the training of teacher students as counselors of children’s health improvement camps. The scientific novelty of the research lies in putting forward and substantiating the idea of combining eventivity and instructional design as the leading trends in modern educational practices to identify new meanings of the event design method and determine its types based on the parameter “student activities” using the triadic methodology (V. I. Razumov), which includes a triad as the first stable state of an object, a necessary and sufficient number of its components (attributes), providing an understanding of its essence and nature. The research findings are as follows: the definition of the “event design method” notion drawing upon the ideas of event-based pedagogy and the theory of instructional design was clarified; the types of the event design method determined by the triadic methodology were identified; the pedagogical potential of the phenomenon under study was outlined through a set of functions performed and tasks solved.