A Lesson Study Partner Planning and Recording Guide produced by the North East and Cumbria Outstanding Teaching and Learning Assessment (OTLA) team to be be used by practitioner-researchers adopting a Lesson Study approach.
A website edited by Pete Dudley packed full off useful guidance on how to get started with Lesson Study, discussion on the Lesson Study process illuminated with case studies and containing a free Lesson Study handbook.
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.
A video report of research findings at ETF's annual Practitioner Research Conference (2015).
Chapter 12 of the 'Multimodal Action Research and Reporting: e-Guide', produced as part of the Foundation’s ‘Practitioner-Led Action Research’ programme (2013 - 2015) to support practitioners (e.g. teachers, trainers, classroom assistants, assessors) in the post-16 education and training sector to design and undertake ‘multimodal’ action research and reporting. Chapter 12 introduces principles and methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis.
A Pearltrees site created for emCETT's ‘Practitioner-Led Action Research’ programme (2013 - 2015) to help practitioners explore the theory and practice of action research.
A comprehensive e-CPD module developed as part of the Foundation’s ‘Practitioner-Led Action Research’ programme (2013 - 2015) to provide an introduction to action research. It is designed to be dipped in and out depending on practitioners' starting points. The module can be used in many ways e.g. as an individual or working through the sections during team meetings. The module consists of eleven sections exploring topics such as the purpose of action research, different models of action research, methodology and an action plan checklist.
A partnership website of Unionlearn, ETF and AELP for the workforce development of vocational tutors.
https://unionlearnproject.wordpress.com/unionlearn
This is a summary of the findings of a consultation conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) for ETF into the nature of provision of STEM subjects in further education
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
