Using role-play to improve nursery children's language
Aim: To find the best ways of using role-play to improve nursery childrens language.
The Evidence People
Literacy/English
Teaching Shakespeare
Aim: With specific reference to Shakespeare, to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the methods used in teaching pre-20th century literature.
The impact of writing and questioning frames on the teaching and learning process
Aim: How do writing and questioning frames within a School Improvement Project impact on classroom practice and more effective teaching and learning?
The enquiring school: Using action research to enhance Key Stage 1 pupils' speaking and listening
Aim: This project was essentially about what it is that supports a school to become research-engaged. There were two dimensions to this investigation:
(i) The aim of the specific research activity at school level was:
To investigate the impact of rhyme and rhythm on the development of speaking and listening skills in Key Stage 1
(ii) Beyond the specific research at school level, the overarching aim was:
To investigate the features of research engagement in the school which were significant in supporting and enabling the research activity.
Une question de writing?
Aim: To compare approaches to the teaching of writing and handwriting in England and France.
Using drama to improve creative writing
Aim: The aim of the project was to improve our drama teaching and raise the standards of the childrens writing through drama.
An investigation into the independent learning skills used by male students at English Language A Level
Aim: A group of very able boys in a particular cohort appeared to struggle with AS/A level English Language despite good performances at GCSE level. This study specifically aimed to investigate the factors that limit boys performance at English Language A level and identify strategies that can improve their independent learning and motivation.
Whole staff approaches to extended writing classes at Key Stage 3 - a case study in using and doing research
Aim: To use evidence from a long-standing whole school initiative on reading coaching and the wider body of research into reading coaching, to design and assess intensive cross-curricular interventions that would generate measureable gains in extended writing skills at Key Stage 3, that could be sustained into GCSE.
What goes on inside my head when I'm writing? and how does this affect the teaching of writing in lower KS2?
Aim: To find out what 8-9 year old children understand about writing and the writing process in order to:
Improve standards in the teaching and learning of writing;
Inform assessment procedures in writing; and
Engage all children as enthusiastic writers.
The leadership of enquiry: learning internationally
Aim: Research undertaken by the Excellence through Collaboration and Enabling Leadership (EXCEL) networked learning community has focused on the extent to which learning can be enriched and extended by working in a cross-phase, cross-local authority and cross-national context.
The key strands running through the research activities generated by EXCEL are pupil voice, internationalism and the creation of a culture of school-based research in which teachers and pupils have been empowered to lead their own learning.