Teaching and Learning Research Programme

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Teaching and Learning Research Programme
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Background
• reform throughout the education system
• concern for economic competitiveness and social
  inclusion
• aspirations for evidence-informed policy
• new researcher/practitioner/user alliances

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Key features
• Large (28m, 40 projects etc, 300 researchers)
• All phases of education covered
• UK-wide (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
• 2000 to 2008/9
• Directors Team of five (Andrew Pollard, Mary
  James,
• Alan Brown, Kathryn Ecclestone, John
  Siraj-Blatchford)
• Capacity building

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Many independent, but interlocking and
cumulative, research activities
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Organisation
• (projects, sectors, themes)
• Development
• Overarching challenge
• Getting involved

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• AIMS
• Learning
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Learning
• TLRP aims to improve outcomes for learners of all
  ages
• in teaching and learning contexts across the UK.
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Learning
• OutcomesThe acquisition of skill,
  understanding, knowledge
• and qualifications, and
• the development of attitudes, values and
  identities
• relevant to a learning society.
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Learning
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• TLRP supports research projects and related
  activities at many ages and stages in education,
  training and lifelong learning.
• The Programme is concerned with patterns of
  success and difference, inclusion and exclusion
  through the lifecourse.
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Learning
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• TLRP commits to user engagement at all stages of
  research.
• The Programme promotes research on teaching and
  learning across disciplines, methodologies and
  sectors,
• and supports various forms of national and
  international co-operation
• and comparison.
• Expertise
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Learning
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• TLRP works to enhance capacity for all forms of
  research on teaching and learning, and for
  research-informed policy and practice.
• This work is the particular focus of the
  Programmes Research Capacity Building Network.  
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Learning
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• ImprovementTLRP develops the knowledge base on
  teaching and learning, and
• contributes to the improvement of policy and
  practice in the UK.
• The Programme works to maximise the impact of its
  research.

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• ORGANISATION
• Projects, funded in various phases
• Sectors, of education and research
• Cross-programme themes

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PROJECTS
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008/9
Phase I
Phase II
Scottish extensions
Welsh extensions
Phase III
Northern Irish extensions
Associated projects
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SECTORS
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008/9
Early Years education
Phase I
Primary education
Secondary education
Through schooling
Further and post-16 education
Higher education
Phase II
Workplace education
CPD
Lifelong learning
Scottish extensions
Welsh extensions
Phase III
Northern Irish extensions
Associated projects
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Primary and early years education Can
pre-school play with new technologies enhance
childrens learning? Does knowledge-exchange
between parents and teachers improve pupil
learning outcomes? How can group-work in small
schools be developed most effectively? Does the
development of thinking skills enhance classroom
performance?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Across school phases How can childrens
mathematical understanding be enhanced? Does
increased pupil consultation produce educational
benefits? Does learning how to learn enhance
performance? Can social inclusion and pressure
for performance be reconciled? Does
evidence-based practice in science education
improve outcomes? How can ICT support teaching
to enhance pupil learning?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Further and post-16 education How can
community-based further education be best
developed? What effects do organisational
cultures have on learning? What are the effects
of the everyday literacies which learners use in
formal education? How does policy impact on
teaching, learning and assessment?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Higher education Could we improve student
outcomes if we understood teaching and learning
better? How do social and organisational factors
affect student learning outcomes? What is the
experience of disabled students at
university? How is musical expertise developed?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Workplace learning Can workplace cultures be
developed to improve learning outcomes? How do
workers understand and develop skills in new
technologies? Can adults basic skills be
improved through workplace learning?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

CPD and lifelong learning How do new teachers
learn in early professional development? How
can professional agencies learn to work together
to deliver public services? What is the role of
vicarious learning in professional training? How
does learning by individuals develop throughout
the lifecourse? How do graduate professionals
learn on-the-job?
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THEMES
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008/9
User engagement
Capacity building
Phase I
Neuroscience
Learning outcomes
Lifecourse
Phase II
Impact
ICT
International
Scottish extensions
New Themes
Welsh extensions
Phase III
Task Groups
Northern Irish extensions
Associated projects
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
• Early user engagement
• Knowledge generation by project teams
• Knowledge synthesis by thematic groups
• Knowledge transformation with further user
  engagement and proactive task groups
• Outputs for impact

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Programme outputs
• Newsletters
• to all those registered on the TLRP database
  at www.tlrp.org

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Programme outputs
• Websites (www.tlrp.org)

News, projects and themes Research
capacity International links
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Programme outputs
• Databases

BEI Regard CERUK
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Project outputs
• Research briefings from each project
• to those with special interests registered on
  the TLRP database at www.tlrp.org

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Seminar/workshops Science Education Royal
Society Modern Apprenticeships DfES
Pupil Consultation QCA and NCSL
Inclusive Education London and Manchester
Policy Task Groups Personalised
Learning 14-19 Education

• Project outputs
• Seminar/workshops for policy-makers and key
  users
• Policy Task Groups
• Press-releases, articles in professional
  journals, user collaboration, etc

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Project outputs
• Video-Assets

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Project outputs
• Gateway, overview books
• Improving Learning series
• Practitioner books and materials
• Academic publications
• RoutledgeFalmer publishing partnership

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• THE OVERARCHING CHALLENGE using research to
  inform
• policy and practice
• from TLRPs projects, we expect findings on
  specific issues of contemporary significance
• from TLRP as a whole, we aim to add value

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Add value through
• analysing key issues and themes
• across the whole Programme
• international cooperation and comparison
• identifying and promoting new applications
• for policy and practice
• theorising general principles

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

1. Engage with existing projects? Review TLRP
projects and, if appropriate, make contact with
research teams. (all project websites via
www.TLRP.org)
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

2. Consider new Extension projects? Discuss
ideas with Welsh and Northern Irish educational
researchers
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Extension projects To complement government
provision and enhance capacity for educational
research by building on TLRP research Funding
from the Welsh and Northern Irish governments and
Research Priorities Board of ESRC In Wales, up
to 500,000 to fund 4 to 6 projects over a 3 year
period In Northern Ireland, up to 300,000 to
fund 3 to 5 projects over a 3 year period
Researchers with expertise in the Welsh and
Northern Irish Education system Closing date
21st May 2004
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

3. Register your interests at www.TLRP.org
? Register yourself? Encourage other
registrations from your organisation?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

TLRP funding Particular thanks to the Welsh
Assembly Government

• 50p for each UK learner!