CPD

Conclusions from user feedback on use of learning platform

Aim: A great deal of effort and expense is currently being expended in schools and Local Authorities on Learning Platforms (LPs). This study set out to explore how schools and students are using LPs. The report is intended to help inform readers about how teachers are using LPs and to describe students' experience of one mature installation.

Engaging with each other: how interactions between teachers inform professional practice

Aim: The main aim of the project was to evaluate the contribution of between-teacher interactions in the workplace to the development of teachers craft knowledge. In so doing it sought to judge the value of such interactions in relation to other learning opportunities, such as engagement with research.

Enabling enhanced Mathematics teaching with interacive whiteboards

Aims of the Project: To develop a PD tool that focuses on using interactive whiteboard technology effectively to enhance mathematics teaching To inform and extend previous research into the effective use of interactive technologies in Mathematics classrooms Two key questions focused the discussion and research during the project: What makes an effective resource that stimulates learning when using an interactive whiteboard? How can teachers develop their skills so they can create/use resources of this nature?"

Parental involvement in education

Aim: To plan an Early Years curriculum by improving the dialogue between Early Years practitioners and parents, by raising parental expectations and by finding out how and what young children learn at home.

A case study of effective teaching with and through the Internet

Aim: To investigate teacher and pupil attitudes towards the use of the Internet in teaching and learning.

The enquiring school: Using action research to enhance Key Stage 1 pupils' speaking and listening

Aim: This project was essentially about what it is that supports a school to become research-engaged. There were two dimensions to this investigation: (i) The aim of the specific research activity at school level was: To investigate the impact of rhyme and rhythm on the development of speaking and listening skills in Key Stage 1 (ii) Beyond the specific research at school level, the overarching aim was: To investigate the features of research engagement in the school which were significant in supporting and enabling the research activity.

How inclusive are our classrooms?

Aim: Following a recent review of inclusion in the Special Needs Unit at our school, we felt it was appropriate to evaluate aspects of our existing strategies for inclusion. We wanted to discover more about pupils perceptions of their own learning, and their attitudes towards the classroom learning environment and identify features of current practice that supported the effective inclusion of pupils with special educational needs.