Here you can find out about the Agency’s research strategy and current and past research.
The TDA’s research strategy for 2007 – 2010 sets out how the Agency aims to improve research quality, research communication and the knowledge management of research. The strategy is produced by the Strategic Research team, sitting within the TDA’s Strategy Directorate. The aim of the team is to support the construction and dissemination of high quality, relevant research, and to minimise stakeholder burden, thereby enabling the TDA to improve services to children in schools through our three business benefits.
Research by theme
| Theme | Information | Type |
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| Change and modernisation (including research on workforce remodelling and extended schools) | The TDA has funded a number of projects which cover the impact of, and support for the wider workforce. | TDA commissioned research |
| Research on Initial Teacher Training and Continuous Professional Development |
The Teacher Supply and Recruitment Team at the TDA has funded a number of reports to support the recruitment and retention of teachers. The NQT survey is distributed annually to Newly Qualified Teachers to assess their opinions of the quality and suitability of their initial teacher training. The TDA conduct a number of systematic literature reviews as part of our ongoing ITT research strategy. These reviews help the TDA to identify current effective ITT practices, relevant research and highlight gaps in professional knowledge relevant to teacher training. The Testbed project was set up to inform Agency thinking about the cultural and managerial conditions required in schools to best support whole school workforce development. |
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| Marketing and communications research | The state of the nation projects looks at the motivations and barriers to joining a career in teaching and whether these have changed over time. | State of the nation: motivation and barriers qualitative research (PowerPoint 2MB) |
| Strategic research | The CitizenCard Pupil Voice report is a direct survey of pupils' opinions on key areas within the Agency’s remit including views on teachers, the wider workforce and on extended services. | CitizenCard Voice (PDF 267KB) |
| CPD research | The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-coordinating Centre (EPPI) undertook four systematic reviews of research into continuing professional development (CPD). Following this investigation, some key learning points were defined in summaries for three identified audience groups. |
EPPI research PDF, 117KB
EPPI leaders PDF, 108KB EPPI policy PDF, 186KB |
TDA research and development awards
A new round of Special Educational Needs (SEN) research and development awards are currently being awarded, and all previous initial teacher training research and development awards which have been funded by the TDA are now available to view at the Teacher Training Resource Bank's website. The new SEN focused awards will all be made available on the SEN portal.
Teacher Training Resource Bank
Funded by the TDA, the Teacher Training Resource Bank (TTRB) web portal provides access to research and evidence-based resources for the teacher training community. Users have free access to over 4,000 resources, all of which we consider authoritative, relevant and credible. Teacher educators review every piece of material included in the TTRB for quality. The TTRB accesses resources from other TDA-funded networks: Multiverse, Behaviour4Learning and 14 individual subject resource networks.
To register for updates and use of the e-librarian service, which allows users to ask a trained librarian for advice about research you are conducting, view the TTRB's website.
The Educational Evidence Portal
The Educational Evidence Portal is an innovative online resource dedicated to, and for, educational professionals. The portal provides practical evidence and research materials to underpin practice and policy making. Research and evidence is freely available from multiple organisations on a wide and ever-growing range of topics on one easy to search site.
Research documents are available from leading education organisations including TDA, DCSF, the General Teaching Council for England and Ofsted.
To find out more, visit the Educational Evidence Portal.
Further information
Contact the Research Team.
