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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Making Research Usable For Teachers
Is research out of touch with the very people who need to use its insights – teachers? Karen Wespieser argues for a more authentic connection between researchers and the classroom
How Our Primary Established A Meaningful Culture of Research
Lindsay Palmer recounts how research engagement became the foundation of professional growth both within her own school and its Multi Academy Trust
Why Research Often Has Zero Impact On Teaching – And How INSET Can Make The Difference
Marcella McCarthy describes how research engagement transformed in-service training within her school
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