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Schools working with Universities in a mutually supportive research partnership: Lessons learned from SUPER Research Leads Network Day, 13/12/2015 Clare Hood, Research Lead, Samuel Whitbread Academy Ruth Pineda, Research Lead, Biddenham School Jacq Emkes, SLE, Biddenham School Jan Schofield, Faculty of Education & Biddenham School Ros McLellan, Bethan Morgan, Faculty of Education Faculty of Education Faculty of Education

11.25 – 12.00: Our Presentation - Overview • Introductions: who are we? • Faculty Ros/Bethan: the University perspective • Research ‘Lead’: Ruth: philosophical underpinnings • Faculty AND School: Jan • Research ‘Lead’: Clare • SUPER MEd Alumnus & School: Jacq • To close: key questions for discussion . . . Faculty of Education

12.00 - 12.45: Mediated Discussion • 12.00 - 12.35: table level • 12.35 - 12.45: Plenary: whole room Faculty of Education

Who are we? 16 Schools + Faculty Stratton Upper Soham Village School College Bottisham Village College Samuel Whitbread Academy Biddenham Upper School Faculty of Education

Why? The ' S chools- U niversity P artnership for E ducational R esearch’ (founded 1998) aims: • to create useful educational research within a schools- university partnership; • to document and explore partnership between schools and the university. Key Questions include: • What kinds of research knowledge do schools and teachers value and find useful, in what ways and why? • How can research with teachers be facilitated from within and without schools?

Standing on the shoulders of . . . Professor Donald McIntyre (1937-2007) Faculty of Education

The ‘What’: Research - inquiry groups & support • An inquiry group of Teacher Research Co- ordinators (TRCs) and faculty • meet around 6 times a year to discuss, share and plan research • Critical friendship for all schools from faculty team members

The ‘What’: Research – online support for TRCs & all teachers via VLE/Moodle

Research projects: Within schools

Research projects: Within schools 2014

Research Project across Schools: Embedding / enhancing a research culture – the Network Survey What are the opportunities? What are the barriers? What are the constraints?

Annual conference Sharing & Planning

UNIVERSITY SEMINARS

Dissemination: External conferences Dissemination of our work at national & international conferences: CARN, BERA, AERA, ECER

Dissemination: Twitter & the blog Inspired to create a blog after first researchED conference!

University Perspective: The Power of the Collective Faculty of Education

International Links: SUPER in Kazakhstan Faculty of Education

Opportunities for Research Faculty of Education

Keeping us grounded and up-to-date Faculty of Education

University: Collaborative Research & Critical Friendship Faculty of Education

University: Masters in Education – supporting & building research capacity in schools

School Research Lead: Ruth Making sense of Teacher Research: The value of reading and reflection 1. Stenhouse, L. (1983). Research as a basis for Teaching. In Authority, Education and Emancipation (pp. 177 – 195). London: Heinmann Educational Books. 2. Hargreaves, D. H. (2007). Teaching as a research-based profession: possibilities and prospects (The Teacher Training Agency Lecture 1996). In M. Hammersley (Ed.), Educational Research and Evidence-based Practice . London: SAGE Publications Ltd. • Hammersley, M. (1997) Educational Research and Teaching: A Response to David Hargreaves’ TTA Lecture. British Educational Research Journal , 23 (2), 141 – 161. • Hargreaves, D. H. (1997). In Defence of Research for Evidence-Based Teaching: A Rejoinder to Martyn Hammersley. British Educational Research Journal , 23 (4), 405 – 419 3. McIntyre, D. (2005). Bridging the gap between research and practice. Cambridge Journal of Education , 35 (3), 357 – 382. 4. Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1986). Becoming critical: education, knowledge and action research . London: Falmer Press. 5. Groundwater, S., & Mockler, N. (2007). Ethics in practitioner research: an issue of quality. Research Papers in Education , 22 (2), 199 – 211. Faculty of Education

University & School: Jan From this… to this… Third Space (Bhabha, 1994:56) Behaviour is influenced by capital and habitus (Bourdieu,1980) Faculty of Education

Bridging the gap Closing the gap Learning within collaborative partnerships is a two-way process. School Faculty Annual SUPER Conference; Professional learning Research; community; Closing the Gap research (pupil Reflective; Calendared premium); opportunities; Discourse; ResearchMeet; Building leadership Teaching; capacity; Seminars; Supervision; Teacher Researcher Critical friendship; Critical Friendship; Coordinators; BERA & CARN. Research culture; Seminars; Realistic; Research informed; National demands; Current, reliable and valid. Data driven.

Whole School Improvement Plan A knowledge Department Improvement Plan creating school (Hargreaves, 1999:142) Informed decision making What Reflection Biddenham & evaluation knows... Lesson Appraisal observation CPD SLT Pedagogy Implementation: Professional staff meetings, Coaching & interests mentoring training days, briefings Understanding Needs: Leadership: School perceived, Research & Appraisal, MEd, Development school, Ofsted Development UPS Plan

Research informed reflective practitioners It is teachers who, in the end, will change the world of the school by understanding it. (Stenhouse, 1981) ………………………….. All SUPER members are teachers who understand and share expertise via research informed reflective practice and discourse.

Kazakhstan Internship SUPER culture, values & ethos; TRC model; Action Research; Sharing pedagogy; Leadership practice; Student voice; Ongoing reflective discourse…

School Research Lead: Clare Working in SUPER; the perspective of a new TRC (teacher research co- ordinator) Clare is head of music and dance at Samuel Whitbread Academy, whilst working alongside the senior team in her Head of Research role. She is currently completing her EdD at Cambridge, focussing on leadership, and is interested in teacher professionalism and networking. Faculty of Education

Which hat? SCHOOL RESEARCH Faculty of Education

Viewing school improvement with a research lens Are these research questions Does the action the right ones? match your research question? School priorities Action Evidence of impact What evidence suggests this How do we action will disseminate work? this to staff and other schools? Faculty of Education

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Conditions, structures & organisational arrangements to support school-university partnerships  Determining the clarity of key purpose(s)  Developing and sustaining supportive and invigorating relationships  Building a range of effective and flexible communication strategies  Engaging and maintaining the commitment of school leaders  Learning from the perspectives of other institutions  Sufficient resources in terms of time and money [McIntyre & Black-Hawkins, 2006] Faculty of Education

DISCUSSION: Schools working with Universities in mutually supportive research partnerships  How can we bridge the gap between theory and practice? Do partnerships between universities and schools have a research evidence focus? Are shared ITT programmes evidence-led? • Can the differing needs / agendas of universities and schools be reconciled? • What ‘capital’ does each partner bring and how can this be realised?  What structures are necessary for such partnerships to flourish? What are the features of successful school and university partnerships? • How can such partnerships be sustained? • What is in it for each partner - what is the motivation for continuing? • What are the potential difficulties of working together? How can these be overcome? Faculty of Education

References Bhabha, H.K. (1994). The Location of Culture. New York: Routledge. Hargreaves, D.H. (1999). The Knowledge Creating School. British Journal of Educational Studies, 47, 2, 122 – 44. Stenhouse , L. (1981). ‘What counts as research?’ British Journal of Educational Studies, 29 (2): 103 – 14. McIntyre, D. & Black-Hawkins, K. Reflections on schools-university research partnerships (Chapter 13) in McLaughlin, C., Black Hawkins, K., Brindley, S., McIntyre, D. and Taber, K. (2006) Researching Schools: Stories from a Schools-University Partnership for Educational Research. London: Routledge. Faculty of Education