Research Priorities

Research priorities change depending on what issues are current in teaching.  Our current list of priorities for research include:

• Curriculum for Excellence 3-18: flexibility and pupil choice
• Teaching strategies to deal with Discipline and Behaviour Management
• 5-14 literacy and numeracy
• The impact of formal education on 3 and 4 year olds
• The effects of accelerated learning techniques
• Positive effects of managing adults working in the classroom
• Specialist teachers
• The impact of inclusion on attainment and classroom ethos
• Assessment across the curriculum, especially themes related to Assessment is for Learning
• Secondary school/college partnerships
• The Skills for Work programme
• Primary teachers in the early years of Secondary Education
• Challenges and opportunities facing refugee teachers in Scottish schools
• Effective transition arrangements
• Parental involvement in schools

We shall also consider applications from teachers with other innovative practice-led research ideas.

You should consider issues of equality and diversity when preparing proposals.

Find out How to Apply.