Who is this course for?

Anyone in education interested in developing practical research skills. It may also be useful to support the literature review or secondary research processes for those engaged in active research. This course is designed to help teachers and school leaders bridge the gap between research and the classroom. The course is intended to be very practical; aiming to help you develop the skills and knowledge to find, engage and apply educational research to your practice. This course focuses on using ‘secondary’ research; it is not a course on undertaking your own primary or practitioner research - although it can support key elements of that.
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Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Introduction: Aims and Outcomes

    • Why bother?

    • Why bother with educational research

    • Further Reading

    • Reflection questions

  2. 2

    • Research Questions

    • Interview with Prof. David Pedder

    • Reflection questions
  3. 3

    • Conducting a search

    • Search Tips document

    • Reflection questions
  4. 4

    • The importance of criticality. Evaluating evidence and claims

    • Cognitive bias

    • Prof. David Pedder 2

    • Useful further reading links

    • That's a claim

    • Reflection questions
  5. 5

    • The example of Ed Tech

    • Interview Coyes Subhan

    • Examples to use

    • Reflection questions
  6. 6

    • Your research plan

    • Your research plan

    • Reflection questions

What you will get out of this course

  • Understand the value of engaging with educational research

  • Learn how to develop effective research questions

  • Know how to conduct an effective search

  • Be able to evaluate the utility and reliability of educational research and check for bias

  • Develop the the tools and framework to think critically about research evidence and claims

  • Create and develop your own research action plan

Accredited CPD Certificate

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Course Leader

James McBlane

James has 19 years experience as a teacher, senior leader and headteacher in the UK and UAE. He has extensive experience of leading, facilitating and assessing across a range of courses and qualifications from PGCE to Masters and NPQH. He has worked with the Teacher Development Trust, University of Buckingham and University College London amongst others. He holds an MEd in Educational Leadership and NPQH and is currently working towards his doctorate (EdD). James is an Associate CPD leader with TDT, a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and a Fellow of The Institute of Leadership and Management. He is passionate about improving professional development and learning-centered leadership

Getting the most out of the course

Pace your learning and give yourself time to think. It often takes time to think about and process new ideas and information. We strongly suggest you take time between each module of the course to reflect and complete the activities and questions. The course content should take you at around 6 hours in total. Your certificate on completion will be for 6 CPD hours. We also encourage you to share your thoughts and support each other as part of our teachED community. Please post your thoughts, questions and comments to help enrich the learning experience for all.
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