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Training resources for CPD coordinators

Many of you will already have visited the Research of the Month (RoM) section, where you can find a number of summaries of key pieces of educational research, specially written for teachers. We have now produced these active learning resources that can help you, as CPD coordinators, introduce your colleagues to some of these RoMs in more depth.

There are two sets of resources, based on the following RoMs:

Social interaction as a means of constructing learning: the impact of Lev Vygotsky’s ideas on teaching and learning (December 2003)

Grouping pupils and students - what difference does the type of grouping make to teaching and learning in schools? (May 2004)

The suite of materials for each RoM includes one longer and one shorter activity, each with suggestions for follow-up, so that you can choose and adapt what is most suitable for your setting, its priorities for professional development and the time you have available. Each activity is accompanied by detailed notes for facilitators to help you to prepare to run the activity and to give you a clear idea of its purpose and the time and materials you’ll need.

These CPD materials have been developed in consultation with members of the Connect network. They have also been tried out in primary and secondary schools through our contacts with the National Teacher Research Panel. We should like to thank all those who tried out and commented on the draft materials. We also welcome feedback from any of you who choose to use these materials in your school. Do let us have your comments and requests for future resources.

The materials have been prepared by , the Centre for the Use of Evidence and Research in Education (CUREE), who write the Research of the Month summaries. CUREE also leads the registered National Review Group on Continuing Professional Development and has written three widely used systematic reviews of different aspects of effective CPD.

Vygotsky RoM

Do you want to find out more about how children learn? Are you interested in the importance of play, learning through talking and how teachers can extend children’s learning and help them move beyond where they can get on their own? These activities, based on the work of Lev Vygotsky, can help you and your colleagues explore these issues.

Grouping RoM

Are you concerned about improving attainment in mathematics for all students? How can you support the needs of the most and least able in this subject? Is setting by ability the answer? Or does setting put certain groups at an unfair disadvantage? If you want to find out more about the effects of setting on attainment in mathematics and other core subjects, these activities, based on important research into student grouping, can help you begin to engage with the issues.


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