Education Research that Matters: Applying Research to Your Teaching Practice

Explore how engaging with research can transform your teaching practice

As an educator, research provides you with the opportunity to improve your teaching and better support your students. On this course, you’ll discover how to find education research, assess its quality, and apply its insights.

You’ll explore and evaluate research from a range of online and peer-reviewed sources as you learn to assess their reliability and usability. You’ll also discover powerful search techniques and learn to analyse your research findings.

Upon completion of this course, you’ll feel confident finding and engaging with research and applying it to your teaching practice.

This course is designed for teachers who work in early years, primary, secondary and further education settings.

It will also be of interest to education professionals working outside of school settings.

• Why do teachers engage with research?
• Welcome to the course
• Understanding relationships for learning
• Applying and reflecting on this week's learning
• What makes trustworthy and useful evidence?
• Welcome to week 2
• Understanding measuring school progress
• Applying and reflecting on this week's learning
• Where can you find great research for free?
• Welcome to Week 3
• Understanding grouping
• Applying and reflecting on this week's learning
• Is the research any good and what can it tell me?
• Welcome to week 4
• What is education for?
• Applying and reflecting on your learning