If you want immediate, real life footage of teachers experimenting with research based strategies then look no further than Teachers TV. From Monday March 22nd, www.teachers.tv will be hosting “Proven to Work”, a series of ten short films. Each will showcase teachers experimenting with and embedding approaches that they chose on the basis of research. Philippa Cordingley contributes to the short film clips by building a bridge between the practices being shown and the underpinning research. She and CUREE colleagues have also played a central role by
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Posted: July 6, 2016
For two years CUREE staff and associates been delighted to play a part in supporting the development of the school-led school improvement system in the West Midlands. That particular role - Teaching and Leadership Adviser (TLA) - comes to an end this month as the sponsor, National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), is closing down the service. As my colleagues, Jill Wilson and Pauline Smith, and I wrap up final reports and hand back the infuriatingly slow Government IT kit, this is a good time to reflect on how the school-led system has developed in that period and to
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Posted: July 7, 2016
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A series of further videos are now available courtesy of Oxford University Press - including a filmed Q&A session with Philippa on the topic of developing great teaching. This video, and more, can be freely accessed at the Oxford Owl website.
Want to find out more about developing great teaching? Then get in touch at joe.askew@curee.co.uk
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Posted: July 6, 2016
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Posted: December 10, 2009
Identifying what works and why
The general perception among politicians, policy makers and the public at large is that head teachers can make a difference to the progress their students make at school. After all it is often head teachers who pay the ultimate price when schools are deemed to be failing. Whether such a view of the key role of leadership in schools is justified by the evidence is something the authors of this study set out to establish.
The findings are the outcome of a rigorous re-analysis and synthesis of research which explored direct and indirect links
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