Case studies

last updated:October 2009

We have chosen five case studies, all conducted by teachers, which illustrate aspects of the findings of the study, covering both action research and inclusion.

• The first case study describes one strategy for inclusion which improved Year 2 pupil talk in groups, leading to increased participation in lessons.
• The second case study describes the benefits which two teachers found from mentoring each other’s action research, despite initial scepticism from both teachers.
• The third case study describes an action research project conducted by two secondary mathematics teachers and successfully facilitated by an educational psychologist.
• The fourth case study is of a school which invested heavily in an action research project to improve lesson planning and pupils’ thinking skills. The study impacted positively on inclusion for all pupils, especially by improving differentiation for more able pupils and identifying support required by pupils with special needs.
• The fifth case study looks at the experience of action research in a network of schools and the most useful support mechanisms which they identified.