New Zealand Ministry of Education - Teacher Status Project: Stage 1 Research
This is an initial literature review for a project on Teacher Status, prepared for the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Teachers Council by Marie Cameron.
The status of teachers and the teaching profession: views from inside and outside the profession –
This research report, published in 2006, presents the interim findings from a four year study of the status of teachers and the teaching profession in England, commissioned by the Department of Education and Skills (DfES) in 2002.
Evaluation of the Primary Schools Whiteboard Expansion Project
This resource is the formal and complete report of the evaluation of the distribution of interactive whiteboards (IWB) into primary schools across the UK during 2003-04. Commissioned by Becta in 2007, the report is written by a group of leading and well-respected educationalists working in the field of ICT.
Report on TDA’s Pilot Multiple-Placement in Mathematics and Science Project 2007
This resource is a report on the TDA's Pilot Multiple-Placement in Mathematics and Science project. The project was piloted in 2007 and had three key purposes:
to ‘assist in reducing barriers to increased recruitment'
to ‘increase the sufficiency and quality of mathematics and science placements by developing multiple placements'
to ‘gather evidence from stakeholders of the ways in which pair and multiple placements enhance training' (p1)
Review of projects undertaken within the National Partnership Project
This report was undertaken by CCCU, following their work on an EPPI review of the National Partnership Projects. It provides a review of research reports of those projects which can be accessed on the TTRB. A list of the projects included in the review is provided.
The case for a National Writing Project for teachers
This is a report funded by CfBT that presents the case for a version of the US National Writing Project to be piloted in the UK.
Beyond Partnership Project Launch Conference
The TDA launched the consultation period for the Beyond Partnership Project at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, London, on 25th June 2009.
Tool-kit 1: planning your research project
This 2005 Topic (now PRE-Online) article focuses on planning research projects in schools. It is the first in a series of articles published by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) designed to equip the reader in primary or secondary education with the tools to conduct their own research project.
DCSF Gender Agenda Project Publications
Findings from the the Gender Agenda Project research are now available in the form of three publications.
Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Pupils’ Self-perceptions and V
The resource is a research brief that reports the findings of ‘Pupils’ Self-perceptions and Views of Primary School in Year 5’, part of ‘The Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11)’, which was commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
An evaluation of the use of the BBC News School Report project in initial teacher education for the
This is an evaluation report of the use of the BBC News School Report project in initial teacher education, which was undertaken on behalf of the TDA by the Association of IT in Teacher Education (ITTE), and was published in July 2009.
Web 2.0 technologies for learning at KS3 and KS4 - Project overview
This resource presents the outcomes of a review of the place of Web 2.0 technologies in Key Stages 3 and 4. The review was carried out for Becta (the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) by the University of Nottingham in conjunction with London Knowledge Lab and Manchester Metropolitan University. In addition to outlines of the issues on the website, there are five downloadable reports plus two summaries and a set of supplementary materials:
citizED: The MACI (Music, Art, Citizenship, ICT) Project – An example of a Cross Curricula Citizen
The MACI project is an example of a cross-curricular citizenship project. It challenges students to work in groups and over thirteen weeks to use citizenship, music, art and ICT to produce a video about ‘A problem in the school or community that concerns them most’. This word document includes the pupils' work book as well as briefing notes for teachers.
Promoting Creativity in Initial Teacher Education; a study by tutors and students at Canterbury Chri
The resource is a research paper that forms part of a much wider initiative, the Higher Education Arts and Schools (HEARTS) project, and specifically discusses the development of a collaborative project between the education faculty at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) and local schools. Entitled ‘Strangely Familiar’, the researchers aimed to demonstrate the impact of involvement in the Arts on creative teaching and thinking.
Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on children's cognit
This a DCSF Research Brief which builds upon the original Effective and Pre-school Primary Project (EPPE) 3-11, which investigated children’s intellectual and social/behavioural development between the ages of 3-7 years (Sylva et al, 2004). The EPPE 3-11 extension follows up the sample to the end of primary school (age 11 years, the end of Key Stage 2). This Research Brief provides an overview of the latest findings. It reports on the long term impact of the Home Learning Environment (HLE) an
Learning Gender in Primary School Playgrounds: Findings from the Tomboy Identities Project
This paper was presented at Exeter University in 2006, as part of Seminar Four (Cultures, values, identities and power) of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) Thematic Seminar Series, Contexts, communities, networks: Mobilising learners’ resources and relationships in different domains. The study followed two classes from Year 5 through to Year 6 in two contrasting primary schools, exploring primary pupils’ outdoor play in relation to the construction of gender identitie
Nat Turner's Rebellion (3:35)
In August 1831, one of America's largest slave uprisings strikes fear in
the South and prompts some to call for an end to the institution of
slavery and others to toughen their stance against slaves. The impact of this planned event is explained and how the federal government comes to the aid of the rebels. The treatment of Nat Turner after he is hanged may be difficult for some students to handle.
Iraq Project Update #1
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Afghanistan Project Documentary
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Afghanistan Project Documentary
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