Continuing Professional Development - useful web-site links
BERA - British Educational Research Association
BERA was founded in 1974 and is the premier learned society for educational research in the UK and is among the founders of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences and the European Educational Research Association.
Teacher Research web-site
http://www.teacherresearch.net/
This web-site has been created to enable teacher researchers to share their action research accounts of how they are improving their teaching and learning with their students. It celebrates the growth of teacher research activity across the south-west of England and its purpose is to network local, national and international research by teachers.
Educational Mentoring web-site
http://www.mentorresearch.net/
"Mentoring" is the term now in wide use within many professions, which reflects the surge of interest in the potential of a one to one professional relationship which can simultaneously empower and enhance practice. "Mentoring" is often used in the context of education to describe a combination of coaching, counselling and assessment where a classroom teacher in a school is delegated responsibility for assisting a pre-service or newly qualified teacher in their development in their profession. This web site provides guidance about mentoring within schools.
Mirandanet
The MirandaNet web-site strives to enrich the professional development of educators who are meeting the challenge of advanced technologies in classrooms and staff rooms. The Fellowship spans national, social, cultural, commercial and political divides to provide an innovative and inclusive forum for education change managers who are building a continuing professional development knowledge base. Fellows celebrate individual learning patterns and varied ICT experience through peer mentoring and action research strategies.
Creative Partnerships
http://www.creative-partnerships.com/
This web-site provides school children across England with the opportunity to develop creativity in learning and to take part in cultural activities of the highest quality. It is not a funding body but aims to establish genuine collaborative partnerships to enable the development of projects that reflect the interests, specialisms and shared vision of those involved.
Research Related websites
DfES - The Standards Site - National Teacher Research
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101119131802/http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/research/ (archived material)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100517074035/standards.dfes.gov.uk/ntrp/ (archived material)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100517074035/http://standards.dfes.gov.uk/ntrp/publications/ (archived material)
http://www.innovationunit.org/
http://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationdetail/page1/DfES/1060/2004
COPAC
Copac is a union catalogue. It provides FREE access to the merged online catalogues of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland PLUS the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales/Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru.