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)
Faculty Staff's recently published books.
| Ongoing |
| A Computer-based Competency Assessment of Computational Thinking: Computational Thinking Challenge Pak Ying Lai Date: TBC Funding: TBC |
| Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on learning experiences of secondary school going age children among Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic minority families Nidhi Singal and Aliya Khalid. January - December 2021 Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme |
| Tinkering: addressing the adults Mark Winterbottom. 2020 - 2023 Erasmus+ Programme of the EU. REF. 2019-1-NL01-KA204-060251 |
| Inquiring Science Research Project Rupert Wegerif, Time Lewens, Laura Kerslake, Jude Hannam. 2019 - 2023 Ron Zimmern PHG Foundation, The Bridge, Hughes Hall and the CEDiR group |
| The Cambridge-China Education Project Sue Brindley, Geoff Hayward. Ongoing, Beijing District Education Departments |
| International Issues in Religious Education: Teaching Our Own and Other Faiths in School Mary Earl, Sahra Ucar; Laurie Hogen, Sue Ward and Mohammed Abdul Aziz The Woolf Institute April 2013. Ongoing. The Woolf Institute, Culham St Gabriel, Faculty of Education, private donations. |
| 2021 |
| Gaming 2 Development (G2D) Dr Louis Major, Professor Rupert Wegerif and Dr Alison Twiner. 2020 - 2021 Epic’s MegaGrants scheme |
| Virtual Internships Project Rupert Wegerif, Louis Major, Alison Twiner 2019 - 2021 Industry Partners |
| Dialogue and Argumentation for Cultural Learning in Schools (DIALLS) Fiona Maine May 2018 - April 2021 EC Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme |
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| 2020 |
| Tinkering: Building Science Capital for ALL Mark Winterbottom. September 2017 - 2020, Erasmus+ Programme of the EU 2017-1-IT02-KA201-0365513 |
| What drives the quality of student learning, progression and performance? Jan Vermunt, Anna Vignoles and Sonia Ilie. February 2017 - 2020, HEFCE |
| Multilingualism Empowering Individuals Transforming Societies (MEITS) Linda Fisher, Michael Evans, Yongcan Liu, Karen Forbes, Angela Gayton, Harper Staples. July 2016 - 2020, AHRC large grant |
| Creative Multilingualism Linda Fisher and Katrin Kohl. July 2016 - 2020, AHRC large grant |
| Digitalised Dialogues Across the Curriculum (DiDiAC) Paul Warwick, Louis Major 2016-2020 The Research Council of Norway (FINNUT/Project No: 254761) |
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| 2019 |
| Teacher Scheme for Educational Dialogue Analysis (T-SEDA): An impact acceleration project Sara Hennessy and Ruth Kershner. February 2018 - 2019, ESRC Impact Acceleration Programme |
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| 2018 |
| The role of dialogic a/symmetrical interactions among peers in diverse, multimodal reading situations Fiona Maine, Riikka Hofmann and Professor Sylvia Rojas Drummond (National Autonomous University of Mexico) October 2016 - September 2018, British Academy/ Leverhulme Small Grant |
| Digitalised Dialogues Across the Curriculum Paul Warwick. April 2016 - September 2018, Norwegian Research Council via the University of Oslo |
| Preparing UK and Ugandan Educational Professionals to work with students in/from setting affected by war and trauma Hilary Cremin and Paul Bukuluki. December 2016 - April 2018, Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA |
| Developing vocational pedagogy to enhance learning and teaching of agriculture in African schools and reduce youth unemployment Geoff Hayward and John James Okiror. October 2016 - March 2018, Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA |
| Country-level theories of change: from Citizen-led Assessment to Action Pauline Rose and Ricardo Sabates. January 2017 - February 2018, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (USA) |
| Spaces of refuge and resettlement in the city: Youth education and humanitarian protection services in the 'Global North' and 'Global South' Jo-Ann Dillabough. October 2016 - February 2018, British Academy |
| Life Study, led by UCL Anna Vignoles and Diane Reay. 2013 - 2018, ESRC |
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| 2017 |
| Expanding access to quality, relevant and inclusive secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa Pauline Rose and Ricardo Sabates. February - August 2017, MasterCard Foundation of Canada |
| PEDaL Hub - a free online searchable database of the best international play research, policy and practice Marisol Basilio, Melissa Scarpate and David Whitebread. December 2016 - June 2017, ESRC Impact Acceleration |
| Playing or reading? Children’s encounters with the story-world of a digital game Fiona Maine. February 2016 - June 2017, UKLA |
| Developing a joint research agenda: Mixed methods research in Southern Africa Sara Hennessy, Bjoern Hassler and Jacqueline Batchelor (University of Johannesburg). Oct. 2016-May 2017, Cambridge-Africa Alborada |
| Healthy Waterways: connecting communities locally & globally David Whitley and Elsa Lee. November 2016 - 2017, AHRC |
| Wellbeing and school engagement of secondary school students in Kazakhstan Ros McLellan, Carole Faucher, Daniel Torrano, Liz Winter, Eva Brown Hajdukova, Kairat Kurakbayev, Anna CohenMiller 2015-2017 The Newton-Al-Farabi Partnership Programme and coordinated by the JSC Science Fund and the British Council |
| Evaluation of the Chief Residents’ Leadership and Management Programme in Medicine Jan Vermunt and Riikka Hofmann May 2017 - 2017, Cambridge Health Partners |
| Classroom Dialogue Christine Howe, Sara Hennessy, Neil Mercer, Lisa Wheatley, Maria Vrikki 2015-2017 Funded by ESRC Research Grant no. ES/M007103/1 |
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| 2016 |
| Poetry and Memory David Whitley, Debbie Pullinger January 2014 - December 2016 Funded by the Leverhulme Trust |
| Engaging policymakers to enhance quality teaching for all children in Pakistan Pauline Rose. October - November 2016, ESRC |
| Teacher attitudes and characteristics in English schools Anna Vignoles. Feb - June 2016, Sutton Trust |
| An evaluation of Round Square’s 'IDEALS' Rupert Higham, Natalie Djohari. Nov 2015 - May 2016 Round Square |
| Teacher leadership for school improvement: community capacity building towards effective leadership, educational success and social cohesion (TEACH-IN) David Frost, Gisela Redondo-Sama April 2014-April 2016 Funded by the People Programme Marie Curie Actions of the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (2007-2013) |
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Youth and Securitization in the ‘Global North’ and ‘South’: Cities, social housing and urban conflict |
| Language development and school achievement: Opportunities and challenges in the education of EAL students Michael Evans, Madeleine Arnot, Linda Fisher, Karen Forbes, Yongcan Liu and Claudia Schneider and Mei Hu (Anglia Ruskin University) 2014-2016 The Bell Foundation |
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| 2015 |
| A Tool for Analysing Dialogic Interactions in Classrooms Sara Hennessy, Sylvia Rojas-Drummond (UNAM, Mexico), Neil Mercer, Paul Warwick, Christine Howe, Rocio García Carrión, Fiona Maine, Ruth Kershner, Riikka Hofmann, Rupert Higham, Fiona Jackson. January 2013 - December 2015 Funded by the British Academy |
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Classical Tales in the English Curriculum |
| PLaNS: Play, Learning and Narrative Skills David Whitebread, Helen Bradford, Mary Anne Wolpert, Marisol Basilio March 2013 - June 2015 Funded by The LEGO Foundation |
| Factors associated with academic achievement Anna Vignoles and Sonia Ilie June 2014 - March 2015, RAND Europe |
| LEGACY – Measuring Learning Gains Across Disciplines in Higher Education Jan Vermunt, Anna Vignoles, Sonia Ilie April 2013 - March 2015 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) |
| Children’s personal epistemologies: capitalising children’s and families’ knowledge in schools towards effective learning and teaching (ChiPE) Rocío García Carrión, Linda Hargreaves, Ruth Kershner April 2013 - March 2015 Funded by People Programme Marie Curie Actions of the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) |
| Teacher learning and Lesson Study in Mathematics Higher Order Teaching and Learning Jan Vermunt , Neil Mercer, Paul Warwick and Dr Maria Vrikki. 2014-2015 London Schools Excellence Fund |
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| 2014 |
| Sonic Pi: Live & Coding Pam Burnard January - December 2014 NESTA, AHRC and British Council funded. |
| Developing a toolkit for assessing young people’s oracy (spoken language skills) Neil Mercer, Paul Warwick, Ayesha Ahmed July 2014 - October 2014 The Education Endowment Foundation. |
| 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) |
| BUILDing Inclusive Pedagogy - Perspectives on Diversity and Belonging in Primary Classrooms: Supporting Early Career Teachers in the Development of Inclusive Pedagogy Kristine Black-Hawkins, Ruth Kershner and Linda Cooper June 2013 - September 2014 Funded by The British Academy/Leverhulme |
| Using a research-informed professional development workshop programme to impact on the quality of classroom dialogue using the interactive whiteboard Sara Hennessy, Paul Warwick January - August 2014 Funded by ESRC Impact Acceleration Pilot Programme |
| Teacher Knowledge: A systematic review of trends in the literature Sue Brindley, Manzoorul Abedin, Ruth Kershner 2013-2014 Newton Trust |
| OER4Schools Sara Hennessy, Björn Haßler Funded 2009-2014 Commonwealth Education Trust |
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| 2013 |
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HK-UK SPeCTRM Social Pedagogical Contexts for Teaching and Research in Mathematics |
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Pathway: The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching |
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Language Education and Social Disadvantage (EALead) |
| 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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Dialogic Teaching, Learning and Assessment in the Secondary School: CamTalk |
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| 2012 |
| The Decorated School Cathy Burke January 2011 - December 2012 AHRC |
| Caribbean Poetry with the University of West Indies in Jamaica and Trinidad Morag Styles Funded 2010 - December 2012 Centre for Commonwealth Education |
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ORBIT: Open Resource Bank for Interactive Teaching in mathematics and science |
| 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 |
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Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM Education (epiSTEMe): Student Engagement and Learning in Early Secondary-School Physical Science and Mathematics |
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Cambridge Teaching Poetry Project |
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| 2011 |
| 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 |
| Designing Our Tomorrow Bill Nicholl, Peter Clarkson (Dept of Engineering) Funded July 2010 - December 2011 EPSRC |
| Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Restorative Approaches to Conflict in Schools: Exploring International Theory and Practice Hilary Cremin Funded October 2009 - September 2011 ESRC Seminar Series |
| 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Diane Reay, Kristine Black-Hawkins, Richard Byers, Nidhi Singal and Caroline Oliver Funded January 2010 - June 2011 TPRP |
| 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) |
| ANTSIT Sara Hennessy, Björn Haßler Funded 2010-2011 DfID |
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| 2010 |
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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 |
| Innovations in Mathematics Education (InnoMathEd) Kenneth Ruthven Funded December 2008 - November 2010 EC Lifelong Learning Programme (Comenius Multilateral Project) |
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Collaborative School/University Education and Training Programme for Science, Design and Technology Teachers |
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Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching Seminars |
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Improving the Outcome of Education for Pro Poor Development |
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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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The Primary Review: Dissemination, Policy Engagement and Preliminary Impact Assessment |
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Subject Leadership in Creativity and Design and Technology |
| Bridging practice and research into teaching and learning with technology Sara Hennessy Funded September 2007 - February 2010 ESRC |
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Enhancing Students' Proof Competencies in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms |
| Exploiting the IWB to Enhance Dialogic Classroom Interaction Sara Hennessy, Paul Warwick, Neil Mercer Funded September 2007 - February 2010 ESRC Fellowship (Bridging Research and Practice) |
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| 2009 |
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Primary School Children's Tacit and Explicit Understanding of Object Motion |
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More Apparent than Real? Spotlighting School Autonomy |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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An Investigation into the Leadership and Management of Music Education in Primary and Secondary Schools |
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Language Learning at Key Stage 3: The Impact of Curriculum Changes on Provision and Practice |
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| 2008 |
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What About Us? |
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The Primary Review |
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TLRP Research Training Fellowship: From Black Boxes to Glass Boxes |
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Learning Without Limits: Transforming Learning Capacity |
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The Socio-Cultural and Learning Experiences of Working Class Students in Higher Education |
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Exploring the Pedagogy of Creative Partnerships |
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| 2007 |
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Identities, Educational Choice and the White Urban Middle-classes |
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Exploring Teacher Mediation of Subject Learning with ICT: A Multimedia Approach (T-MEDIA) |
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Dialogic Teaching in Science Classrooms |
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Personalised Learning Approaches |
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The Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession |
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| 2006 |
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Interactive Whiteboards as Pedagogic Tools in Primary Schools |
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The Sustainability and Development of Practitioner Research and Enquiry |
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Mathematics Enrichment Group of Projects (NRICH) |
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