The Evidence People
The presentation provides a highly summarised overview of CUREE's recent analysis of the research on leadership and, particularly, the leadership of continuing professional development and learning
The session evaluated CUREE's work with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The foundation wanted to investigate how the arts can be used to improve people's education. We evaluated the six projects that were implemented by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and looked into what lessons can be learnt from the teacher development fund pilot evaluation.
Whilst making explicit the challenges faced by schools through the questions, this paper also recognises the challenges faced by researchers. In this context the paper’s first goal is to increase the likelihood of schools participating in research on a sustained basis by helping them raise their expectations of what is possible. We also seek to help them understand what is involved so that they can plan for effective participation.
These essays are deliberately optimistic and each responds to a ‘what if’ question, with authors being invited to respond with deliberate idealism about the future possibilities. The collection has not been designed with the intention of providing a single narrative, but rather to open up new trains of thought, to offer provocations and challenges, and it covers divergent themes and ideas. We have focused on what the sector can do for itself, mindful of the policy context, but occasionally identifying ways that policy might enable, rather than constrain, sectoral innovation and public value
About the authors 2
Acknowledgements 4
Foreword - Dame Ruth Silver 5
Introduction - What if the further education and skills sector got a little more optimistic? - Mark Londesborough 7
PDF of Philippa's presentation to the first dedicated ResearchED for FE and vocational education held at BSIX College Hackney on 3 December 2016
The National Teacher Research Panel was set up over 15 years ago by CUREE supported by a group of national education agencies (most of which no longer exist). It had three main goals:
There's an old saying in teaching, 'Don't smile before Christmas' (meaning 'don't show your nice side before you've shown them who's boss'). But Carl Rogers' work led him to believe passionately that teachers should do precisely the opposite. He believed that teachers should seek to create emotionally warm, supportive environments in which they worked collaboratively with their students to achieve mutual goals.
On the 10th September, 2016, Philippa Cordingley presented at the annual ResearchED Conference in London, a practitioner-led event attended by educators and researchers from across the UK. Philippa's session drew on the recently published Teach First Gaining and Sustaining Momentum Report and the newly launched SKEIN Momentum product. If you would like to view Philippa's presentation from the event please contact joe.askew@curee.co.uk.
