A collection of case studies by teachers or schools who have carried out their own research, or used evidence from academic research, to improve practice.

This is part of the Teachers as researchers collection which has examples of teachers engaging with research in the following areas:

  • Classroom management/organisation

  • Careers

  • Curriculum models

  • CPD, retention and career progression

  • Inquiry-based learning.

These resources are part of the larger collection: Educational research in STEM subjects

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Research in partnership: D&T teachers and academics together in the classroom

Nottingham Trent University’s Small-Scale Research scheme has been running since 2011.  The scheme funds up to six projects that bring together academics and teachers from partnership schools to research an areas of interest and relevance to the teachers.

For the past four years at least one project has...

Working towards evidence based practice in science teaching and learning

This paper from Rick Tynan, Bryn Jones, Andrea Mallaburn and Ken Clay describes how high performing international education systems integrate evidence based practice into their initial teacher education programmes (BERA-RSA 2014).

An example of informal practitioner research is described and discussed to...

Primary Science Quality Mark: supporting school-based research

A Powerpoint overview of the Primary Science Quality Mark and its effect on reflective practice.  From the May 2016 Research Conference.

Authors: Stuart Naylor and Kate Fisher

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