Researching Primary Education

How do we know what works in primary schools? How do wemake surethatwe arealwayslearning from fellow teachers,alwayslearningfrom the children we teachandalways moving forward?The answer lies inresearch.Inunderstanding, conducting, disseminating and learning from research. But what dowe mean by research, and how do we ?do? it? This book is your guide to research in primary education. It takes you throughboth important establishedtheory and recentdevelopments in research and explores what thesemean right now for primary education and classroom settings. It helps you to conceive,conduct, writeupand shareyour researchwith others. It looks at how you can access research findings to improve your classroom practice and deepen your understanding. Itexamines how you can use research in your classroom everyday to continually enhance teaching, and how you can shape and frame the questions you ask to help you get to the answers you need. If you are a trainee teacher doing a research project as part of your course, or a qualified teacher doing further study, this text includes allthe guidance you need. If you are a teacher wanting to find out what works best for your class, in your school, right now, this text will show you how to harness the power of small or large scale research to help you find the answer.