Sources of research evidence
A starting point, of course, is one’s own classroom. For practical advice on classroom research, see ‘Enquiry’ - the supplementary chapter on this website.
The following suggestions can only be a starting point for learning about research. Consider making contact with your local university education department to explore options for developing you knowledge of research. Teacher research is addressed in some of these texts:
For a US example on action research see:
One of the aims of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) is to support capacity building in education research. You might consider joining the more than 600 teacher members:
BERA has also done a great deal of work on close-to-practice research:
The governments and teaching councils of the UK also have links to research projects (see the information at the Educational aims, learning contexts, classroom processes and learning outcomes webpage).
The Education Endowment Foundation has become increasingly influential not least as a result of its funding from the DfE:
The Institute for Education Sciences in the USA has a series of practice guides based on research:
The most comprehensive specialist education archive is the Digital Education Resource Archive, managed by the Newsam Library at the Institute of Education, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. This archive is home to material from BECTA (on information technology), the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency, Teacher Development Agency, and many other UK organisations. TLRP’s archive is also in the Newsam Library.
