Research Summaries Database

Access our comprehensive repository of peer-reviewed educational research summaries.

Title	Author	Category	Publisher
What is teaching? 2006	Professor Paul Hirst	Education theory	Routledge
The Trials of Evidence Based Education August 2017	Professor Stephen Gorard, Dr Beng Huat See, Nadia Siddiqui	Education research	Routledge
Assessment in education: principles, policy & practice July 2017	Professor Dylan Wiliam et al	Assessment	Routledge, Taylor and Frances
Teach now! Science: The joy of teaching science July 2014	Tom Sherrington	Science/(STEM)	Routledge
Children, their world, their education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review October 2009	Professor Robin Alexander	Assessment Early years and foundation stage Education policy +3 more	Routledge
Using positive psychology to enhance student achievement: a schools-based programme for character education 2015	Dr Tina Rae and Ruth MacConville	Education theory	Routledge
Transforming reading skills in the secondary school: simple strategies for improving literacy May 2015	Pat Guy	Education theory	Routledge
What great teachers do differently: 17 things that matter most 2013	Dr Todd Whitaker	Education theory	Routledge
Seven myths about education 2014	Daisy Christodoulou	Education theory	Routledge
Teacher proof: why research in education doesn't always mean what it claims, and what you can do about it 2013	Tom Bennett	Education research Education theory Performance and accountability +1 more	Routledge
Visible learning for teachers: maximising impact on learning 2012	Professor John Hattie	Education theory View all	Routledge
Reinventing schools, reforming teaching: from political visions to classroom reality 2011	John Bangs, Professor John Mcbeath and Professor Maurice Galton	Education theory View all	Routledge
Visible learning: a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement 2008	Professor John Hattie	Education theory View all	Routledge
Classroom observation: a guide to the effective observation of teaching and learning January 2014	Dr Matt O'Leary	Performance and accountability Professional development Schools, teaching and management +2 more	Routledge
Does the gender of a teacher really matter? 7 - 8-year-olds' accounts of their interactions with their teachers November 2007	Professor Bruce Carrington and Professor Becky Francis, et al	Education policy Education research International policy +4 more	Routledge
Aristotelian character education April 2016	Professor Kristján Kristjánsson	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Pupil development and support +2 more	Routledge
Gifted and talented: major themes in education 2009	Professor Deborah Eyre	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development Pupil development and support +3 more	Routledge
High performance learning January 2016	Professor Deborah Eyre	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +2 more	Routledge
The dangerous rise of therapeutic education 2009	Professor Kathryn Ecclestone and Professor Dennis Hayes	Behaviour Character and non-cognitive development Mental health +4 more	Routledge
Therapy culture: cultivating vulnerability in an uncertain age October 2003	Professor Frank Furedi	Character and non-cognitive development Mental health Pastoral care and wellbeing +3 more	Routledge