We have listed links to third party web sites that we feel may be have interest. However, as we do not control these sites we cannot guarantee their authenticity or accuracy. Furthermore, ECC cannot be held responsible (or necessarily endorse) the contents of these sites.
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Spotlight on Research
Birmingham University www.education.bham.ac.uk
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Teachernet
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National Teacher Research Panel
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ntrp
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.
The Research Informed Practice Site
www.dcsf.gov.uk/research
Sponsored by the Department for Education, 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.
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Research for Teachers www.gtce.org.uk/teachers/rft/
Formerly known as Research Of the Month, these 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. RfT is sponsored by the General Teaching Council
for England.
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www.nerf-uk.org |
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www.ncsl.org |
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www.apcessex.org |
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Essex supports their schools in accessing research by offering
a reduced fee for membership of NSIN and LfL - for more details
please e-mail Flare:
flare@essexcc.gov.uk |
| NfER |
Topic web site (NfER) - Essex schools have full access to
this site - for more details please e-mail Flare:
flare@essexcc.gov.uk |
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www.e-gfl.org
Essex Grid for Learning |
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www.edweek.org
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www.acer.edu.au/publications/newsletters/ |
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www.fesnet.org |
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www.nesta.org.uk
To view the latest newsletter click
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www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/
VITAE is a four year study, commissioned by the DfES, which
aims to work collaboratively with teachers to find out from
them the factors which affect their work lives over time and
how these may affect their teaching and subsequent pupil progress
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Educational evidence portal (EEP)
www.eep.ac.uk
The Educational Evidence Portal brings together research and
evidence for educational professionals in one place. Documents
from leading education organisations have been collated in one,
easily accessible, searchable site, making information and evidence
on a wide and ever-growing range of topics freely available.
As well as education, the site is developing to include relevant
aspects of children’s services research too.
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http://childrens-research-centre.open.ac.uk
It's all about children by children |
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Teaching Training Resource Bank
www.ttrb.ac.uk
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.
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Eurydice www.eurydice.org
Eurydice is the information network on education in Europe.
The Network provides comparable information on education systems
and policies throughout Europe.
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National Centre for the Excellence in
the Teaching of Mathematics www.ncetm.org.uk
The National Centre for the Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
is funded by the DfE and provides a range of resources and research
evidence to support teaching and learning in mathematics.
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Practical Research for Education (PRE)
www.pre-online.co.uk/
PRE Online provides research articles written with school staff
in mind and focuses on practical applications from research.
It is a priced publication but each issue includes a free article
to download. The free article focuses on pupils’ attitudes
towards reading in Years 4 and 6.
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Cambridge University Faculty of Education
The Teacher Leadership Journal
The next issue of the journal is in press and will be available
within a week or two. This means that the articles and stories
from the last issue will be available for free download from
our website www.teacherleadership.org.uk
Click here for information regarding the Journal view
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Click here for subscription form View
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Learning to be outstanding
Research in Practice (RiP), to which we subscribe, is the largest
children and families research exchange project in England and
Wales. Known as RiP, the organisation promotes positive outcomes
for children and families by giving practitioners access to
information about evidence-based practice and by creating a
collaborative network of committed agencies. There are six strands
to this work including the research in practice website and
learning events which are free to ECC as a result of our membership.
You can visit their website www.rip.org.uk
and add your own personal login details.
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