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The affirming power of research Staff in a busy school can appear to race along the landscape like a startled herd of gazelles darting every which way as the educational landscape changes;  swiftly changing direction as the needs of their children change, as the leadership of the school evolves, as each framework from Ofsted isContinue reading “Evidence Informed Education”

Cognitive bias in school-based research In developing a culture of research, I have been thinking about how we can best support our staff team in spotting bias in their own research and in the research of others. Cognitive biasHeuristic – providing a simple and often imperfect answer to a difficult question (Kahneman, 2011) I love theContinue reading “Irresistible learning”

When thinking of research in schools, the key to a purposeful research based enquiry is to lead the researcher to a helpful question for their research project. This process is one that can often be hampered by what Daniel Kahnaman would call ‘fast thinking’. Jumping at the first question that springs to mind can often leadContinue reading “Step 2 – build a great research question”