AU - Karami, Rima AU - Deknight, Jennifer AB - 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. (As Provided) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif OP - pp. 99-121 PB - Thousand Oaks SAGE Publications 2019 PP - Thousand Oaks SAGE Publications 2019 SN - 10567879 T1 - Rethinking design-based approaches for school-based improvement: the experience of the TAMAM project [Article] UL - https://tamamproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Rethinking-Design-Based-Approaches-for-School-Based-Improvement-IJER.pdf Full text (PDF) 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif YR - Thousand Oaks SAGE Publications 2019