‘It’s shifted our focus around school improvement. In the past it would be, right, what do we think needs to improve? Let’s do it. Whereas now it’s, right, what is the data telling us, what are the perceptions telling us?’ ‘The best part has been our SIP meetings, and being able to listen to whatContinue reading “RESEARCH THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE: LESSONS FROM DUNDEE”
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Education and poverty
The Network for Social and Educational Equity’s researchers Stuart Hall and Kevin Lowden have co-authored a paper on poverty and school education in Scotland. Titled Beyond the Pandemic: Poverty and School Education in Scotland, the paper explores the rise in child poverty and the impact on educational attainment. It presents a series of research findingsContinue reading “Education and poverty”
Research shows pandemic strengthened LAs’ willingness to collaborate
The pandemic strengthened working relationships between eight Scottish local authorities, leading to more willingness to collaborate and to learn new approaches to teaching practice. That’s the finding of a recent evaluation report into the work of the West Partnership, Scotland’s largest Regional Improvement Collaborative by the University of Glasgow’s Robert Owen Centre researchers. University researchersContinue reading “Research shows pandemic strengthened LAs’ willingness to collaborate”
Education in Scotland – where next?
Scottish education is the subject of fundamental reform. In Where Next for Scottish Education: Every learner Matters? Professors Christopher Chapman and Graham Donaldson at the University of Glasgow’s Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change argue the case for change. Here, they summarise why they believe the time is right for ‘bold thinking and risk taking’.Continue reading “Education in Scotland – where next?”
Step It Up evaluation shows promising results
A dance programme that helps teachers improve their teaching skills and enhance their professional learning has shown promising signs of how teachers can use dance and kinaesthetic learning to support and challenge pupils to achieve their potential. The Robert Owen Centre team has been working with Scotland’s national dance organisation for young people between theContinue reading “Step It Up evaluation shows promising results”
NSEE team welcomes Singapore visitors
This week, the Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) at the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change (ROC) welcomed guests from the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Singapore who visited the University of Glasgow to find out more about our work helping educational systems improve practice. The NIE is Singapore’s national teacher educationContinue reading “NSEE team welcomes Singapore visitors”
University of Glasgow team travels to Chile for ICSEI2023
Ken Jones, of the International Professional Development Association with Professor Chris Chapman and Carmen Montecinos, local co-chair of ICSEI 2023 This month, members of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change from the School of Education at the University of Glasgow team travelled to Vina del Mar, Chile, for the 2023 International Congress for SchoolContinue reading “University of Glasgow team travels to Chile for ICSEI2023“
Teacher collaboration – improvements in skills development, writing, health and wellbeing and more
West Partnership (WP) RIC Collaborative Action Research (CAR) and ROC Case Studies How does collaborative action research (CAR) work in Scottish schools? The Robert Owen Centre Team at the university of Glasgow has supported the West Partnership Regional Improvement Collaborative’s learning system since its beginning. This has been mainly through the development and progression ofContinue reading “Teacher collaboration – improvements in skills development, writing, health and wellbeing and more“
Every Dundee Learner Matters – project continues to improve outcomes for pupils
Teachers in Dundee have been working with researchers from the Robert Owen Centre at the University of Glasgow to address the barriers to learning experienced by some of their pupils. The ‘Every Dundee Learner Matters’ strategy is Dundee City Council’s school improvement strategy, defined as a way of improving the presence, participation and progress ofContinue reading “Every Dundee Learner Matters – project continues to improve outcomes for pupils”
Work with the West Partnership
The new school year kicked off in mid-August and the Robert Owen Centre (ROC) team is once more working closely with the West Partnership (WP) RIC to evaluate the work it does with teachers and other practitioners across the west of Scotland. The West Partnership, as Scotland’s biggest regional improvement collaborative, takes in 35 perContinue reading “Work with the West Partnership”