Continuous Professional Learning
This page is designed to house useful CPL articles and current research. It will also provide access to Partnership Training Day programmes and CPL resources from Partnership INSET as well as useful links to non commercial training organisations and dedicated government sites. It is our intention to incorporate a posting space for Partnership staff to raise CPL questions – and hopefully find answers.
Useful Links
The Research Informed Practice Site
Sponsored by The Innovation Unit in partnership with the DfES, this site provides a searchable database of summaries of research written for practitioners. The digests cover a wide range of topics including: mathematics, English, behaviour, inclusion and thinking skills. The site offers a range of facilities including the ability to send digests to a friend option.
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research
Research of the Month
Research Of the Month articles are summaries of full length research studies written specifically for school staff. They include case study examples of how the research works in practice and a list of where to find out more information. ROM is sponsored by the General Teaching Council for England.
Teaching Training Resource Bank
The TTRB acts as a portal for a wide range of research on topics of relevance to teacher educators, practitioners and student teachers. All materials on the site are quality assured through a process of academic scrutiny and monitoring is undertaken by a team of teacher educators from across the UK. TTRB also provides a free e-librarian service for teacher educators, practitioners and field staff who are looking for specific education research. TTRB also provides specific advice on research on behaviour, diversity and Special Educational Needs through its specialist networks with Higher Education Institutes. More about these networks can be found on the main site.
National Teacher Research Panel
The National Teacher Research Panel website provides resources for practitioners interested in undertaking research in their own schools and class rooms. These include summaries of practitioner research and guidelines for using research as part of CPD activities.
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ntrp
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