Research

Our Research

GTC Scotland’s strategic aim is to inspire world-class teaching professionalism.  Our research focus for the next 3 years supports that ambition and focuses on the following themes:

Theme 1	Encouraging Registrant Engagement with Research
Theme 2	Supporting Enquiry
Theme 3	Understanding Registrants
Theme 4	Informing the Education System

GTC Scotland believes that the teaching profession should be both research engaged and research informed. This position underpins the Research Strategy.

To ensure best practice and embrace the values and commitments set out in the Professional Standards, GTC Scotland is committed to developing as an ‘enquiring organisation’.   

Online Access to Education Journals

We provide all registrants with free online access to education journals Education Source – EBSCO package and the Leadership & Management Learning Centre. Education Source is a collection of over 1,700 education journals.

Registrants can also access Accel5 via their MyGTCS account. Accel5 has hundreds of eBooks and short webinars focusing on leadership and management.

Research Advice

Useful Links

• British Educational Research Association (BERA)
• Education in the North
• Journal of Teachers Education and Teachers’ Work
• Scottish Educational Review
• Scottish Educational Research Association