As guest editor, I am delighted to welcome you to the interim issue of Impact. It is the first journal to be published under the umbrella of the Chartered Colle...
Four years after Ben Goldacre exhorted those of us working in the English education system to claim the prize of evidence (Goldacre, 2013), have we achieved his...
In exploring what constitutes effective teaching and learning in classrooms and schools, this article centres around the important role of evaluation in evidenc...
An international spotlight is now shining on evidence-informed practice. In a fast-changing world, where diverse groups of pupils need to be prepared for their ...
I want to see — as I am sure do you — an education system that supports every single pupil to flourish, no matter who they are or where they come from.
Yet, to...
Despite recent policies to support evidence-informed teaching, and a number of important practical developments - of which the new Chartered College of Teaching...
Any activity designed to improve a school in any way should be backed by evidence that suggests that the effort is going to be worthwhile. One of the great joys...
This article outlines a framework of teachers' professional competence and explores the relationship between teacher access to research and their own profession...
Evidence-informed practice
Evidence-informed practice (EIP) is defined as the process of teachers accessing, evaluating and applying the findings of academic r...
The one constant in every teacher’s world is change, even if it is only the annual appearance of new faces and personalities in your classroom. Over the last 40...
This paper explores how a Federation of three small infant schools attempted to become self-improving through becoming evidence informed, and in collaboration w...
The late, great Ted Wragg once calculated that a teacher typically makes upwards of a thousand 'on-the-spot, evaluative decisions' on any given day (MacBeath, 2...
Jude Hunton considers research on learning for examinations and the kinds of effective strategies that can be gleaned from research on testing and memory.
Te...
How often do you question your actions or methods as a professional? ‘We have always done it this way’ is often noted as one of the most dangerous phrases in ...
Dominic Shibli discusses Kirschner and van Merriënboer's paper debunking three popular 'myths' in educational research.
I have been teaching for 20 years but...
Stephen Lockyer delves into the world of cognitive science to explore what is known about strategies for improving memory retention.
I was disappointed as a ...
Simon Bayliss considers the impact of reading Jung-Sook Lee's research on the factors that make a difference to students' learning, behaviour and engagement w...
Samantha Jones, Advanced Practitioner: Teacher Development and Scholarship, Bedford College, discusses the considerations needed to achieve effective cooperat...
Claire Droney focuses on research into SEND-awareness education to inform the development of an autistic peer awareness programme.
‘Autism is where children ...
This printable PDF poster includes explanations of a range of key terms from education research, including causation; effect size; Hawthorne effect; practition...
