The Moray House School of Education
Research - Themes & Projects

Reseachers and examples of projects

This theme is the main area of research in the department of Curriculum Research and Development, but there are also significant contributions from Education and Society, Physical Education, Sport and Leisure Studies and Educational Studies. It links with the Learners, Learning and Teaching Network of the Applied Educational Research Scheme (AERS), a collaborative programme of research and capacity-building funded by the Scottish Executive and Scottish Funding Council, and co-ordinated by Edinburgh University.

A sound understanding of how children and young people develop and learn is essential for the wellbeing of both individuals and society. Our research in this theme recognises that development and learning entail processes of change of many kinds, including cognitive, emotional, physical and social change, all of which can inter-relate in complex ways. Our aim is to extend knowledge of these processes that can be useful to a wide variety of individuals and agencies, parents, teachers, schools, education managers, policy makers and children and young people themselves.

Researchers

A selection of projects under theme 1

• Review of Substance Misuse Education Resources in Scottish Schools
• Measuring Attunement in the Mother-Infant Dyad
• The value of outdoor education for people with disabilities: an in-depth case study based on the work of the Calvert Trust
• Enhancing speech intelligibility in children and young people with Down syndrome
• Assessment and treatment of impaired speech motor control in children with Down's syndrome
• Collaborative learning benefits for children with different kinds of learning disabilities
• Evaluation of Aspects of the Assessment is for Learning Programme
• Evaluation of the Angus ICT in Science Project
• Evaluation of Moray Curriculum Flexibility Project: Phase 2: The Senior School Curriculum Broadening Project
• Evaluation of Moray Curriculum Flexibility Project: Phase 1: Standard Grade
• Evaluation of the Dundee Future Schools Laptop Project
• EMILE: Observation and Analysis of the Uses of ICT in European Primary and Secondary Schools: An Intercultural Approach (EU)
• The Impact of the National Initiatives in ICT on Teaching and Learning
• Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces in Early Years Reading Discourse
• Early Intervention in the Teaching of Reading
• Puberty and Psychosocial Development
• Development of Naïve Concepts' and Theories
• The Additive Bi-lingual Education (ABLE) Project
• Technology in Support of Critical Thinking
• Supporting students' learning with technology-enhanced concept map and information map representations of knowledge
• Training in Research with and about Children
• Early Years Services for Minority Ethnic Families with Young Children - A Strategy for City of Edinburgh
• City of Edinburgh Council Early Years Workforce Competencies Review Stage 1 and Impact on Integration of Services Stage 2
• Outdoor, Environmental & Sustainability Education
• The Social & Economic Impact of Sporting Estates
• CAHRU Projects
• ECME Projects
• Scottish Autism Research Group
  

Research under our other themes

To find out more about the departments involved in the above projects please visit their websites: [ Educational Studies ] [ Education & Society ]
[ Curriculum Research & Development ] [ Higher & Community Education ]
[ Physical Education, Sport & Leisure Studies ]