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Teaching, Learning and Assessment

    Start here if you are looking for practitioner research focused on any or all aspects of teaching and learning, including:

    • the subject or vocational content of the programme (for example, maths, hairdressing, multi-media design)
    • the design and development of the curriculum (for example, programme and course development)
    • teaching and learning strategies, techniques and processes (for example, group work, feedback, flipped learning, modelling practice)
    • learner motivation, behaviour, attendance, metacognition
    • use of digitised methods and resources to support learning in the classroom/workshop or remotely
    • diversity and equal opportunity (for learners and staff), differentiation.
    • summative assessment/exams (also found in the Evaluation section)

    Featured resources

    • Hackney College: Group Problem Solving

      Principal focus of the project

      This project's main focus was the integratiom of a single SEND learner with significant behaviour problems in a mainstream class and use of a Group Problem Solving protocol based on primary school circle time. The  protocol was designed  to enable the focus student and his peers to take ownership of resolving their collective learning challenges. In this way the college was able to address a mismatch between the focus  student's academic abilities and those of his initial peers and enable him to address dysfunctional behaviours arising from a) anxiety in the face of a new, more academically challenging classroom setting and b) feelings arising form continuing home probelms.  Group Problem Solving sessions and techniques were used to promote positive relationships, help all learners to develop self-esteem, and develop collaborative solutions to leanring challenges whilst promoting social and emotional development.

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: April 2012

    • Kingston College: Behaviour that challenges

      Principal focus of the project

      The main focus of the study was to develop a 3 step approach to behaviour managent. It involved documenting learners' inappropriate behaviours and their causes as extensively as possible, an interview with the student and the parents and or supporting agency, designed to identify supporting strategiesneeded to ensure the learner has posiitve leanring experiences and  the developmentof a behaviour management plan which sets out likely behaviours, potential impacts and techniques to minimise those behaviours. The case study provides an example of these resources being used with a learner at the college.

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: April 2012

    • Stepping Up in Sustainability: Walsall Adult Community College - Accelerating Learning: Teaching Excellence = Sustainable Teaching

      Principal focus of the project

      The aim of the project was to embed accelerated learning techniques into the college's English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision in order to demonstrate the sustainable attributes of this approach. The project aimed to improve the college's ESOL grade from good to outstanding, better engage learners in their lessons, and demonstrate that excellent teaching and sustainable teaching are one and the same thing. 

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: May 2013

    • East Riding of Yorkshire Council: Addressing under-representation of gypsies and travellers in learning and promoting the development and sustainability of new businesses

      Principal focus of the project

      The focus was to engage with gypsy/traveller communities and enable them to attend sessions and work with artists as well as engage in other activities (e.g. improving English and Maths, attend conferences etc). Another strand of actvity was to use the project to raise awareness of the issues gypsy and traveller communities face in oder to encourge and extend future cross-partnership working.

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: July 2015

    • Outstanding teaching, learning and assessment: case study on operational project led by City and Islington College

      Principal focus of the project

      This project aimed to develop a pan-London community of practitioners willing to identify and share resources and practices to support all learners in the collaborating colleges, to promote higher achievement through improved assessment and embedding English in the vocational curriculum.

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: January 2016

    • CG Partnership - Youth and Diversity: Our Journey

      Principal focus of the project

      The project was triggered as a response to the involvement of a disruptive minority of vulnerable students  who were involved with football firms, especially with the Lincoln Youth Squad, which aligns itself with Lincoln City FC. But the project was developed to explore many more facest of equality and diversity.

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: October 2011

    • Improving students essay-writing skills and longer response answers through online peer marking

      Principal focus of the project

      The focus was to reduce the teacher’s marking workload, improve, students understanding of essays, longer response answers and mark schemes, as well as being an enjoyable and novel way of learning. 

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: October 2011

    • Use of colour overlays.

      Principal focus of the project

      This project aimed to explore the impact on learners of colour (as overlays or as coloured paper) on learners' reading speed, comfort, accuracy, concentration and progression. It gathered and triangulated evidence froma sample of 22 learners (9 school leavers and 13 adult learners) via questionnaires, reading age and reading speed tests(before and after) and other learner feedback from interviews.

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: July 2017

    • Understanding the Role of Advanced Practitioners in English Further Education

      Principal focus of the project

      The focus is on exploring the use and impact of advanced practitioners in further education providers, understanding what effective practice looks like in terms of collaborating with APs, and demonstrating how to improve the quality of practice involving APs working with teachers, coaches, assessors and trainers

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: April 2018

    • Digital Educators - OTLA Digital Case Study

      Principal focus of the project

      The principal focus was to increase the number of practitioners using ICT/digital approaches in innovative ways to improve standards of learning, and to increase confidence among staff members in using ICT/digital approaches to engage and inspire learners.

      Areas of learning
      Modified: September 2020
      Created: November 2018

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