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Annual Conference Daventry 2007. Building Research Capacity in Teacher Education: Opportunities and Constraints. Pamela Munn University of Edinburgh. STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION. MEANING OF CAPACITY BUILDING KEY FEATURES OF THE CONTEXT AERS 4. OVERCOMING CONSTRAINTS ON COLLABORATION.
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Annual Conference Daventry 2007
Building Research Capacity in Teacher Education: Opportunities and Constraints. Pamela Munn University of Edinburgh
STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION • MEANING OF CAPACITY BUILDING • KEY FEATURES OF THE CONTEXT • AERS 4. OVERCOMING CONSTRAINTS ON COLLABORATION
MEANING OF CAPACITY BUILDING • INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LITERATURE • FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY • SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES AS WELL AS PEOPLE.
KEY CONTEXTUAL FEATURES • DEMOGRAPHY • CONCENTRATION OF RESEARCH RESOURCES • SEPARATION OF RESEARCH FROM ITE.
THE APPLIED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SCHEME • JOINT FUNDED BY SFC AND SEED • 3 SUBSTANTIVE NETWORKS AND ONE ON RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING • 9 PROJECTS DRIVEN BY THEORETICAL CONCERNS • FOCUS ON SCHOOLS AND LOWEST PERFORMING 20%.
THE COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE • DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION • PURSUING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH TRAINING THROUGH A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT MODES • RESEARCH COLLABORATION ACROSS INSTITUTIONS • LEVERING ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL • DEVELOPING RESEARCH CAPACITY - MODULES ARE A PUBLIC GOOD • ROUTE TO RESEARCH FOR TEACHER EDUCATORS • RAE
OVERCOMING CONSTRAINTS • MARKETISED SYSTEM - CAN COLLABORATION BE INCENTIVISED? • LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THESE ARE BEING DEVELOPED • IDEOLOGY? BUT EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD • TIME/WORKLOAD - ROLE FOR UCET?