researchED 2021 - Presentation by Tom Perry and Philippa Cordingley

The application and misapplication of cognitive science in the classroom

Here is the presentatioin made by Dr Tom Perry and Prof. Philippa Cordingley at this year's national researchED event.

The presentation focuses on the key findings of the systematic review (for EEFon Cognitive Science in education looking particularly at the CPDL implications

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Leadership Learning of Executive Heads through Continuing Professional Development and Learning (CPDL)

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Presentation at the ASCL National Conference, Birmingham  March 2020

Bringing together the experience of a multi-academy trust (The Futures Trust), a study of 13 smaller MATs and the evidence from a new analysis of research about the leadership of CPDL 

The presentation draws on:

  • The experience of a MAT leader and his senior colleagues 
  • an analysis of the leadership of learning 13 smaller MATs and similar groupings (sponsored by the ASCL-led NPQEL delivery partnership) examining how those 
  • the latest report from CUREE mapping the research evidence around the leadership of continuing professional development and learning 

 

Evidence Informed Mentoring

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Developing quality in mentoring as a driver for professional learning and school improvement

Philippa's presentation at the Hallam Festival of Education on 14th June 2019

Her presentation set out the evidence underpinning effective mentoring. She described the characteristics of good mentoring and supported this with examples through videos and activities. 

New international research on teacher identity highlights importance of CPDL in recruitment and retention

Recent research commissioned and published by Education International and undertaken by CUREE highlights the importance of continuing professional development and learning (CPDL) in the formation of teachers' professional identity. 

graphicCPDL emerges as important to teacher recruitment and retention and to overall system performance. But the report also flags three pitfalls about the way CPDL is used. It cautions that:

School Leaders as Lead Learners in Embedding Learning Through the Arts in the Primary Curriculum

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Bart Crisp and Paige Johns' presentation from BERA 2018, looking further into CUREE's work with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, exploring the role of leaders as lead learners 

 

The Value of Systematic Reviews from the User Perspective

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This short presentation supports Philippa's contribution to the panel discussion on the uses and limitations of systematic reviews and meta-analyses at the researchED national event in London in 2018.

  • You can find a more detailed treatment of the issue in the Blog co-authored by Philippa Cordingley, Paul Crisp and Steve Higgins here click to access blog

Hidden Legacies and Surprising Catalysts

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Lessons from international research for subject specific and pedagogic CPD

This presentation explores why and how outlier characteristics of initial teacher education in England have a lasting impact on CPD. It draws on two bodies of research - the Developing Great Subject Teaching Review sponsored by the Wellcome Foundation and work by the OECD Expert Group on initial teacher preparation which carried out a number of country reviews in Europe, the Americas, Far East and Australasia