Teaching and Learning Research Programme

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

A Report of the TLRP Showcase of Post-Compulsory
Projects, 25 June 2003
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

A Report of the TLRP Showcase of Post-Compulsory
Projects, 25 June 2003
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Teaching and Learning could we do better?
Andrew Pollard and Mary James Directors Team,
TLRP
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Teaching and Learning could we do better?
Andrew Pollard and Mary James Directors Team,
TLRP
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

TLRPs many independent, but interlocking and
cumulative, research activities
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Organisation
• (projects, phases, sectors,
  themes)
• Programme development
• The overarching challenge

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• AIMS
• Learning
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Aims
• Learning
• Outcomes
• Lifecourse
• Enrichment
• Expertise
• Improvement

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• ORGANISATION
• Projects, by phases and by sectors
• Cross-cutting themes

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PROJECTS
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008/9
Phase I
Phase II
Scottish Extensions
Phase III
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SECTORS
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008/9
Early Years education
Phase I
Primary education
Secondary education
Through schooling
Further and post-16 education
Higher education
Phase II
Workplace education
CPD and
Scottish Extensions
Lifelong learning
Phase III
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Further and post-16 education How does policy
impact on teaching, learning and assessment in
post-16 provision? What effects do
organisational cultures have on learning in
further education? Could learner careers be
enhanced through community-based education? What
everyday literacies might learners use in formal
education, and with what effects?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Higher education Could we improve student
outcomes if we understood teaching and learning
better? With increasing diversity in HE, how do
social and organisational factors affect
students learning? Given widening
participation, what is the experience of disabled
students at university? We increasingly depend
on specialists, but how does expertise
develop? Does problem-based learning really
improve student learning?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Workplace learning Can workplace cultures be
developed to improve learning outcomes? How do
people learn at work and contribute to
organizational performance? How do workers
understand and develop skills in new
technologies? Can adults basic skills be
improved through workplace learning?
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

CPD and lifelong learning Beyond university,
how do graduate professionals learn on-the-job?
What are the particular needs of new
teachers? Can learning with and from peers
improve learning outcomes? How can professional
agencies learn to work together to deliver public
services? How can individuals learning be
supported throughout the lifecourse? What is the
significance of learning in peoples lives?
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THEMES
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008/9
User engagement
Capacity building
Phase I
Neuroscience
Learning outcomes
Lifecourse
Phase II
International comparison
Information technology
Scottish Extensions
Transformation and impact
New Themes
Phase III
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THEMES
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2008/9
User engagement
Capacity building
Phase I
Neuroscience
Learning outcomes
Lifecourse
Phase II
International comparison
Information technology
Scottish Extensions
Transformation and impact
New Themes
Phase III
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
• Early user engagement
• Knowledge generation by project teams
• Knowledge synthesis with thematic groups
• Knowledge transformation with users
• Outputs for impact

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Research outputs
• Newsletters

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Phase I Networks Science Education
Royal Society, June 2003 Pupil
Consultation QCA, July 2003 Modern
Apprenticeships DfES, October 2003

• Research outputs
• Events in association
• with policy-makers
• and key users

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Research outputs
• Research briefings

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Research outputs
• Gateway books
• Improving Learning series (RoutledgeFalmer)

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Research outputs
• Websites

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Research outputs
• Databases

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• THE OVERARCHING CHALLENGE
• Doing better in using research
• to inform policy and practice.
• from TLRPs projects, we expect findings on
  specific issues of contemporary significance
• from TLRP as a whole, we aim for added value.

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• Added value through
• analysing key issues
• across the whole Programme
• theorising general principles
• identifying applications
• for policy and practice.

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Social science should be at the core of public
policy making. In my field of education, and
others, we want to work with social scientists on
how we can do better. I commit myself to
trying to work with you. Rt Hon Charles Clarke,
MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills
(ESRC Summer Reception, Millbank, 24th June 2003)
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

• TLRP
• 26m, over nine years
• with thanks to HEFCE, Scottish Executive,
  National Assembly for Wales, Northern Ireland
  Executive, Department for Education and Skills
  and ESRC.

• or 50p for each UK learner!

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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Key Sector issues and potential TLRP
contributions
Points from Post-16 and FE discussion group
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Key Sector issues and potential TLRP
contributions
Points from HE discussion group
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Key Sector issues and potential TLRP
contributions
Points from Workplace Education discussion group
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• Teaching and Learning Research Programme

Key Sector issues and potential TLRP
contributions
Points from CPD and Lifelong Learning discussion
group