Professional Development
Professional Development – what works in professional learning
This arena is about the improvement t of teacher performance, mainly within a school setting.With articles, research and ‘How To’ guides on implementing new professional learning strategies and projects.
It looks at how to develop teachers as researchers, the importance of reflective practice, understanding the special skills required for teaching children with special needs and how to deliver emerging pedagogies like project-based and exploratory learning. It also looks at the special skills required by different levels of leadership in schools and how to develop teaching assistants to their fullest potential. Improving subject teaching is emerging as an increasingly important theme.
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How To Use Research-Informed Teacher Development To Achieve School Improvement
Maria Cunningham and David Weston report on their investigation into the conditions that enable teachers to draw on educational research to secure school improvement impact
Putting Practitioner Research At The Heart Of Learning In The Classroom
Vivienne Marie Baumfield argues that the debate about teachers’ research engagement needs to be cast in terms of their understanding of what has worked and not worked in the classroom and how this contributes to a body of knowledge. She sees the key to maximising this engagement as lying in partnership working.
Research In Schools – Are You Serious!
The prospect of schools using and doing research as a fundamental part of their outlook, purpose and practice has been long heralded … but achingly slow in its realisation.
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