Mobilizing Teachers’ Research Knowledge: School Improvement in Leeds, United Kingdom

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium brings together a team of teacher researchers and academic partners to deliberate on a two-year pilot study in the flagship high school in a network of schools serving disadvantaged inner-city communities in Leeds UK. The three papers reflect on a long-term sustained program of CPD devoted to developing and mobilizing teachers’ research knowledge; a sample of teacher action inquiries, including processes and findings, which are integral to knowledge generation; and contextualized school improvement, with commentary on its potential in this school and other networks of schools across the city. The ‘Leading Learning’ project is led by Leeds Metropolitan University and formally recognized in the City’s School Improvement Plan.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Section 8: Teacher Professional Development: Impact on Teacher Practices and Student Learning

Chair

• Ann Lieberman, Stanford University

Papers

• Conceptualizing a Model for Teachers’ Knowledge Development and Mobilization - Lori Beckett, Leeds Metropolitan University

• Generating Teachers’ Research Knowledge About White British Pupils’ Progress - Tonia Bowden, Private consultant; Lori Beckett, Leeds Metropolitan University

• Unlocking Teachers’ Knowledge About School Improvement - Terry Wrigley, Leeds Metropolitan University

Discussant

• Ann Lieberman, Stanford University