School-based enquiry and research are now being seen to make an important contribution to self-evaluation, improvement and the professional learning of staff.
For teachers who have engaged in researching their own school and classrooms it has not only brought new insights, new levels of understanding and new challenges, but has enhanced the quality of teaching and learning at the same time.
In these schools it is about turning intuitive and spontaneous judgements into more systematic investigations, starting with the everyday questions which teachers ask themselves:
One primary school set out to promote and support research engagement and maximise the benefits it gave.
This primary school was part of a cluster comprising a group of rural primary schools in the far north of Essex with a tradition of choosing to work together on learning, teaching, and research activity.
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