Can observation improve PE teaching
Aim: To see whether an increased awareness of observational strategies enhances effective teaching of physical education at Key Stage 2.
The Evidence People
CPD
Lets work together supporting mathematics subject leaders through clustering
Aim: To provide a supportive network for mathematics subject leaders, to develop approaches to teaching mathematics and to share effective strategies and resources between schools.
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.
Accident or design: To what extent do teachers plan and own their professional learning?
Aim: To examine the extent to which teachers working in special schools have ownership of and are able to plan their professional learning.
Une question de writing?
Aim: To compare approaches to the teaching of writing and handwriting in England and France.
Using drama to improve creative writing
Aim: The aim of the project was to improve our drama teaching and raise the standards of the childrens writing through drama.
The leadership of enquiry: learning internationally
Aim: Research undertaken by the Excellence through Collaboration and Enabling Leadership (EXCEL) networked learning community has focused on the extent to which learning can be enriched and extended by working in a cross-phase, cross-local authority and cross-national context.
The key strands running through the research activities generated by EXCEL are pupil voice, internationalism and the creation of a culture of school-based research in which teachers and pupils have been empowered to lead their own learning.
Fostering ability
Aim: To identify more able students, develop teaching methods that encourage them to reach their full potential, and examine whether identifying the more able students enables teachers to be more effective in meeting their needs.
From theory to practice: using an enquiry approach in a network of schools to improve students' self-esteem
Aim: To explore the potential of using common enquiry strategies across a network of schools and to involve pupils in the enquiry process.