A research article by Matt O'Leary and Val Brooks which focuses on lesson observation as an illustrative example of attempts to measure the quality of teaching and learning. It draws on data from a national study and examines the application of observation and its impact on further education teachers’ practice.
This review by CEM, Durham University and The Sutton Trust set out to address three apparently simple questions:
What makes ’great teaching’?
What kinds of frameworks or tools could help us to capture it?
How could this promote better learning?
This report examines methods for improving maths education for 16-18 year old learners to ensure that the workforce is equipped with appropriate mathematical skills, including examining the case for more or all students continuing to study mathematics to age 18
A report examining the research evidence on the teaching of English and maths, for the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) by the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE) and the East Midlands Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (emCETT).
A partnership website of Unionlearn, ETF and AELP for the workforce development of vocational tutors.
https://unionlearnproject.wordpress.com/unionlearn
A report outlining a series of seminars organised by the UCL Institute of Education in partnership with the ETF.
The research aimed to explore the perspectives of learning mediators on a new model for working with employers, which was designed to expand the role of apprenticeships, create more diversity in the varieties of apprenticeships on offer, and more closely align apprenticeships with both learner and employer needs
These presentations are part of an LSRN discussion workshop covering evidence informed decision making. At the workshop, participants were invited to share their experiences of evidence-use in decision-making in particular contexts and to look for correspondence with the generic messages from the systematic review.
A website by LSRN outlining the national agenda for research, development and evidence about Vocational Education and Training. Timed to coincide with the creation of a new research centre for VET it also provided an opportunity to review progress towards a National VET Centre as envisaged in the proposals of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching & Learning
A presentation exploring ideas about how collaborative, international, research-based practice development processes can be used to ensure that skills development better meets the needs of individuals and the economy using a case study of a coalbroative parternship between Bradford College an TATA in Uttar Pradesh India.
