Current and Recently Completed Research Projects
Ongoing work, and projects completed since 2005
These projects are listed chronologically with the most recently funded first and include:
- Externally-funded Projects
- Personal Research Fellowships
- Projects internally funded through the Transforming Practice Research Programme (TPRP)
Smaller internally funded research projects that are ongoing may also be found on the Research Development Fund page.
| Cambridge Eco-Behaviours Research Group (CEBRG) Hilary Cremin, David Reiner, Michael Pollitt, Michelle Baddeley, Elpida Makrygianni, Pablo Souto October 2012 - March 2013 Funded by University of Cambridge / EPSRC |
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Language Education and Social Disadvantage (EALead) |
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Dialogic Teaching, Learning and Assessment in the Secondary School: CamTalk |
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HK-UK SPeCTRM Social Pedagogical Contexts for Teaching and Research in Mathematics |
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Classical Tales in the English Curriculum |
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Pathway: The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching |
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ORBIT |
| The Decorated School Cathy Burke January 2011 - December 2012 AHRC |
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Cambridge Teaching Poetry Project |
| The impact of creative partnerships and similar initiatives on student wellbeing Ros McLellan and Maurice Galton Sep 2010 - Dec 2011 Funded by Creativity, Culture and Education |
| Bridging practice and research into teaching and learning with technology Sara Hennessy Funded September 2007 - February 2010 ESRC |
| Caribbean Poetry with the University of West Indies in Jamaica and Trinidad Morag Styles Funded 2010 - December 2012 Centre for Commonwealth Education |
| Designing Our Tomorrow Bill Nicholl, Peter Clarkson (Dept of Engineering) Funded July 2010 - December 2011 EPSRC |
| 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Diane Reay, Kristine Black-Hawkins, Richard Byers, Nidhi Singal and Caroline Oliver Funded January 2010 - June 2011 TPRP |
| Multimodal Imaging of Parietal Brain Networks in Adults and Children with Developmental Dyscalculia Dénes Szücs, Usha Goswami and Tim Rowland Funded November 2009 - October 2012 MRC |
| Understanding STEM Enrichment Worldwide and Developing Measures for it's Impact Wai Yi Feng with Kenneth Ruthven Funded October 2009 - September 2014 Royal Society (Post-Doctoral Fellowship) |
| Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Restorative Approaches to Conflict in Schools: Exploring International Theory and Practice Hilary Cremin Funded October 2009 - September 2011 ESRC Seminar Series |
| Dyslexia: A New Theoretical Framework: Rhythmic Perception, Music & Language Usha Goswami Funded October 2009 - September 2011 The Leverhulme Trust (Major Research Fellowship) |
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Exploring Place-Based Identities through Reading and Writing |
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Children Articulating Thinking (ChAT): Developing a Pedagogy for Metacognition and Self Regulation: A Pilot Study with 5-6 Year Olds in English Year 1 Classrooms |
| Engaging Young People in Civic Action and Learning Hilary Cremin, Carolynne Mason and Madeleine Arnot Funded March 2009 - February 2011 Society for Educational Studies (National Award) |
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An Investigation into the Leadership and Management of Music Education in Primary and Secondary Schools |
| Innovations in Mathematics Education (InnoMathEd) Kenneth Ruthven Funded December 2008 - November 2010 EC Lifelong Learning Programme (Comenius Multilateral Project) |
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More Apparent than Real? Spotlighting School Autonomy |
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The Primary Review: Dissemination, Policy Engagement and Preliminary Impact Assessment |
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Enhancing Students' Proof Competencies in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms |
| Museums and Literacy Alternative Settings website Dominic Wyse, Philip Stephenson and Helen Bradford Funded September 2008 - April 2009 Museums, Libraries and Archive Council |
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Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM Education (epiSTEMe): Student Engagement and Learning in Early Secondary-School Physical Science and Mathematics |
| Governing by Numbers John Gray Funded July 2008 - June 2009 ESRC |
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Organizational Strategy, Political Context and the Perceived Influence of Educational Interest Groups |
| School Experiences and Mental Health Outcomes John Gray, Colleen McLaughlin and Maurice Galton Funded March 2008 - June 2009 Nuffield Foundation |
| Language Education and Pedagogy in English and French Speaking Cameroon: A Comparative Approach to Primary School Teachers' Perception Edith Esch Funded March 2008 - August 2009 British Academy |
| IWBs and Collaborative Learning in the Primary Classroom Neil Mercer, Paul Warwick and Ruth Kershner Funded November 2007 - August 2009 ESRC |
| Exploiting the IWB to Enhance Dialogic Classroom Interaction Sara Hennessy, Paul Warwick, Neil Mercer Funded September 2007 - August 2009 ESRC Fellowship (Bridging Research and Practice) |
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Primary School Children's Tacit and Explicit Understanding of Object Motion |
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Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching Seminars |
| Humans as Analogy-Makers Usha Goswami, Victoria Cheah, Sonia White and Fruszina Soltesz Funded October 2006 - March 2010 EU FP6 STREP |
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Language Learning at Key Stage 3: The Impact of Curriculum Changes on Provision and Practice |
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Dialogic Teaching in Science Classrooms |
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The Primary Review |
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Learning Without Limits: Transforming Learning Capacity |
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Exploring the Pedagogy of Creative Partnerships |
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Personalised Learning Approaches |
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Interactive Whiteboards as Pedagogic Tools in Primary Schools |
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The Socio-Cultural and Learning Experiences of Working Class Students in Higher Education |
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Improving the Outcome of Education for Pro Poor Development |
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The Effects of Pupil Grouping at KS2/3 |
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What About Us? |
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Identities, Educational Choice and the White Urban Middle-classes |
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Theories of Learning |
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Auditory Processing in Dyslexic Children: Behavioural and Neural Investigations |
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Progression in Creative Learning |
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Exploring Teacher Mediation of Subject Learning with ICT: A Multimedia Approach (T-MEDIA) |
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Subject Leadership in Creativity and Design and Technology |
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Collaborative School/University Education and Training Programme for Science, Design and Technology Teachers |
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Rhythmic Timing and Dyslexia: A Casual Connection? |
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The Sustainability and Development of Practitioner Research and Enquiry |
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Bridges Across Boundaries: cross-disseminating quality development practices for schools in southern and eastern Europe |
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Auditory Processing Skills, Phonological Awareness and Literacy Development in Monolingual and Bilingual Children |
| Lessons for Learning: Using Research Study Lessons to Innovate and Transfer Metapedagogy Mary James succeeded by Dave Pedder Funded October 2003 - September 2009 ESRC/TLRP Research Training Fellowship |
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Phonological Skills, Vocabulary Development and Reading Development in Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants |
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Assessment Systems for the Future: the Place of Assessment by Teachers |
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Educative Technologies in Kindergarten Context (KINDERET): Identification of the Needs and Setting up of Training Programmes |
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TLRP Research Training Fellowship: From Black Boxes to Glass Boxes |
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Carpe Vitam Leadership for Learning Centre |
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The Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession |
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Evaluation of the Pilot Project for Schools Facing Extremely Challenging Circumstances |
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Cambridge Schools-University Partnership for Educational Research (SUPER) Network |
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Cambridge Online Latin Project |
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Evaluation of The Cambridge Bursary Scheme Evaluation Project (formerly known as The Isaac Newton Trust Bursary Scheme) |
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Mathematics Enrichment Group of Projects (NRICH) |