Education Research Projects
- Learning and Teaching Update
Project Leader(s): Kate Wall and David Leat (Editors) - Learning to Learn in Schools Phase 4 Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Kate Wall - Orient Global Education Fund
Project Leader(s): James Tooley and Sugata Mitra
The OG Education Fund is directed by Prof. James Tooley and works in the area of improving school education in India - Consultancy: Professional enquiry through action research support
Project Leader(s): Kate Wall, Elaine Hall, David Leat, Rachel Lofthouse, Colleen Cummings and Jo McShane - Assessing thinking: Designing a model for the teaching of enquiry skills with the assessment and recording of learning outcomes in digital portfolios by secondary students
Project Leader(s): Kieran McGrane (Project Manager and Headteacher); David Kinninment (Project Supervisor and Assistant Headteacher); David Leat (Lead Academic, Newcastle University)
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Programme - ESRC Researcher Development Initiative
Project Leader(s): Dr Jon Prosser (Leeds University) - Improving the mental health and well-being of children and young people in the North-East of England: how can school counselling help?
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison - Open Future Evaluation
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Cardinal Hume Catholic School Co-coaching Support
Project Leader(s): Rachel Lofthouse - Small software for mathematics on hand held technology
Project Leader(s): David Wright - Competition, Innovation and Change in Education Markets for the Poor in Developing Countries
Project Leader(s): Professor James Tooley, Dr Pauline Dixon and Professor Sugata Mitra - Competition, Innovation and Change in Education Markets for the Poor in Developing Countries
Project Leader(s): James Tooley, Pauline Dixon, Sugata Mitra - An exploration of the processes and outcomes of coaching between secondary school teachers.
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Extended Schools Update
Project Leader(s): Colleen Cummings (Editor) - Secondary PGCE Course Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Jo McShane - Developing formative assessment using ICTs in education
Project Leader(s): Chris Falzon (Project Manager); Steve Higgins (Lead Academic) - An evaluation of the 14-19 Flexible Curriculum Programme
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Facilitating participation in the design process at Seaham College
Project Leader(s): Pam Woolner - An evaluation of the Bradford area extended schools programme
Project Leader(s): Colleen Cummings - Counselling in Schools: A Research Study into Services for Children and Young People in Wales
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison / Nancy Rowland – Head of Research, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - The use of video in Mathematics CPD
Project Leader(s): David Wright - Seaview Primary - Creative Partnerships
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Evaluation of Tyne and Wear FCP2 project for 14-19 provision
Project Leader(s): Professor Ann Briggs - School Counselling for Girls in the Gambia: a Research Study on Effectiveness
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison - Leading partnerships for 14-19 educational provision
Project Leader(s): Prof Ann Briggs - Thinking for Learning and SATs scores: An investigation into the use of thinking skills strategies in primary classrooms in Northumberland and related scores in national tests
Project Leader(s): Hanneke Jones - An Evaluation of the DfES Full Service Extended Schools (FSES) Initiative
Project Leader(s): Alan Dyson and Liz Todd - Evaluation of the Activating Children’s Thinking Skills (ACTS) Project
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Sunderland Action Research Pioneer Programmes Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall - Developing an online audit tool examining 'teaching/learning activities & assessment methods’
Project Leader(s): Chris Falzon - Learning to Learn Phase 3: Action Research Support 2003-2006
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Recruitment of minority ethnic students to the PGCE at Newcastle University Overview
Project Leader(s): Heather Smith - Evaluation of the Raising Aspirations in Schools (RAIS) Initiatives in Northumberland
Project Leader(s): Maggie Gregson (Sunderland University) - Evaluating the Role of the Artist in Building Schools for the Future
Project Leader(s): Pamela Woolner - An Evaluation of a Sure Start Programme (Round 4) -Leam Lane Area, Gateshead
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Schools Renaissance
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall, Kate Wall - EPPI-Centre Reviews by the Thinking Skills Review Group
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Evaluation of the impact of ESB Oral Communication
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark and David Moseley - School Buildings Literature Review
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall and Kate Wall - Evaluation of Full Service Extended Schools in North Tyneside
Project Leader(s): Colleen Cummings and Dr. Liz Todd - Private Schools for the Poor in Developing Countries
Project Leader(s): James Tooley, Pauline Dixon - ESRC Research Seminar Series: Knowledge and Skills for Learning to Learn
Project Leader(s): David Moseley and David Leat - Research on Counselling Children and Young People: A Systematic Scoping Review
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison/Belinda Harris
This research review was commissioned by the British Association for Counselling and - Embedding ICT In The Literacy And Numeracy Strategies
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Using thinking skills approaches to improve teaching and learning in primary schools
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - An investigation exploring the knowledge, skills and understanding of early years professionals surrounding children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - British Council China Study Grant: developing and evaluating a model for thinking skills intervention in the Asian context
Project Leader(s): Sue Robson and Mei Lin - Learning about Learning: Developing Digital Portfolios in the Primary School
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - An Evaluation of Thinking Skill Taxonomies for post-16 Learners
Project Leader(s): David Moseley - A Systematic and Critical Review of Learning Styles
Project Leader(s): Frank Coffield - Schools and area regeneration
Project Leader(s): Alan Dyson and Alan Millward - Systematic Review of Thinking Skills Approaches to Effective Teaching and Learning
Project Leader(s): Viv Baumfield and Steve Higgins - Interactive whole-class teaching in the literacy and numeracy hours
Project Leader(s): Frank Hardman and Fay Smith - Early Years Professionals’ Understandings of Children’s Speech and Language Development
Project Leader(s): Maria Mroz - Transition between Key Stages in Schools
Project Leader(s): Vivienne Baumfield, Mei Lin - Evaluation of Threshold Assessment Procedures – Support for the Questionnaire Phase
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark and Ian Hall - An Evaluation of the Willington Education Action Zone (EAZ)
Project Leader(s): Alan Dyson - University of Manchester - An Evaluation of Sunderland LEA Literacy Transition Project
Project Leader(s): Frank Hardman - An Evaluation of the Quality Time Project
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Transition and Transfer between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3
Project Leader(s): Mei Lin and Vivienne Baumfield - Talk, Thinking and ICT
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins and Neil Mercer - GridREF Primary ICT Training Programme
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Babies Need Books. Young Children’s Early Literacy Experiences Explored.
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall, Joan Santer and Donna Middleton - Pedagogical Analysis of A Level Syllabi
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark, Elaine Hall - An investigation into the impact of the National Literacy Strategy on the literacy learning of pupils with Special Educational Needs in literacy in mainstream primary schools
Project Leader(s): Frank Hardman, Fay Smith - Northeast School Based Research Consortium
Project Leader(s): Dr Vivienne Baumfield, Dr David Leat, Mrs Sally Taverner - Evaluation of the impact of teacher research scholarship scheme on teachers’ professional development
Project Leader(s): Viv Baumfield - An investigation of the relationship between young children’s understanding of the concept of place value and their competence at mental addition and subtraction
Project Leader(s): Ian Thompson - Early mathematics and specific concrete materials
Project Leader(s): Rod Bramald - Evaluation of the Training Strategy of Reviving the Heart of the West End SRB programme
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - The Development of Gender Roles in Young Children: a review of policy and academic literature
Project Leader(s): Christine Skelton - An Evaluation of the Pennywell Community and Health Resource Project
Project Leader(s): Ian Hall - Mentoring for diversity in a predominantly monolingual area: the development of a specialist partnership group: a pilot study
Project Leader(s): Dr. Heather Jane Smith
This pilot study aimed to monitor the creation of a specialist partnership group involving local schools, local ethnic minority achievement services, and an ITE provider, and its capacity to support the mentoring of ITE students in their appropriation of
CfLaT projects
EG West projects