The Evidence People
Foundation
Elevation - a service for CPD providers
What makes my CPD offer stand out in the crowd?
With their new budget holding responsibilities, schools are scrutinising more than ever the quality of the CPD they access. They will want the best – and they will be increasingly discerning as they draw down your provision.
How will you match up to this scrutiny?
Whitsun (May) 2011 CUREE Enews
Online version of the May 2011 newletter can be viewed here
Effective Personal Learning in Schools and Colleges - Driving Progress Through Skein
Skein Evaluation Service
- Provides evidence about how effectively your school connects staff learning to student learning with next steps in building an effective and efficient professional learning environment
The importance of leadership: making a self-improving system of schools successful – Bibliography
Cordingley, P., Bell, M., Rundell, B. & Evans, D. (2003) The impact of collaborative CPD on classroom teaching and learning. In: Research Evidence in Education Library. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. Accessible at: http://www.eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=132
Ben Levin and Amanda Cooper at AERA 2010
In this video, recorded at the American Education Research Association (AERA) conference 2010, Ben Levin and Amanda Cooper discuss the use of research and evidence in teaching practice.
‘Stepping Stones, Bridges and Scaffolding’
Philippa Cordingley’s session at the AERA conference was intriguingly titled ‘Stepping stones, bridges and scaffolding: effective tools artefacts and professional learning processes for research use’.
She explored the use of research based tools, processes and artefacts as a means of encouraging use of research at scale in the English education system over the last twelve years.
Picture the Evidence
In our search to make research evidence more accessible to leaders and practitioners, CUREE has produced a number of online diagrams which bring together links to high quality research for a range of practitioners. Here are some examples
Route Map
Route maps are interactive resources for locating research resources where practitioners can be assured that the materials are based on sound evidence. These web-based resources and tools are from a variety of organisations that support teachers, school leaders and other practitioners in addressing the following questions:
Helen Timperley talks to Philippa Cordingley at AERA 2009
In this video, Philippa Cordingley from CUREE talks to Helen Timperley
from the University of Auckland in New Zealand about the use of
research and evidence in informing educational practice.