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Deanery Digests

Deanery Digests are short, plain language summaries of the Department of Education’s research outputs.

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Adapting Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) intervention to improve outcomes for pre-school children in Shenzhen, China

Based on: Huang, R., Siraj, I. & Melhuish, E. (2024). Promoting effective teaching and learning through a professional development program: a randomized controlled trial.

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Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) study to improve outcomes for pre-school children

Based on: Siraj, I., Melhuish, E., Howard, S.J., Neilsen-Hewett, C., Kingston, D., De Rosnay, M., Huang, R., Gardiner, J. & Luu, B. (2023) Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools.

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Developing Oral Language through a Drama-Based Intervention

Based on: Faitaki, F., Liggins, S. & Murphy, V.A. (under review). The effectiveness of a drama intervention in developing young children’s oral language and communication skills.

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Setting Research Priorities for English as an Additional Language: What do research users want from EAL research?

Based on: Chalmers, H., Faitaki, F., & Murphy, V. (in press). Setting Research Priorities for English as an Additional Language: What do research users want from EAL research?

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What are the effects of Pedagogical Translanguaging on English language outcomes in EFL classrooms?

Based on: Huang, X., & Chalmers, H. (2023). Implementation and Effects of Pedagogical Translanguaging in EFL Classrooms: A Systematic Review.

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What can we learn from asking students directly about their experiences of French lessons?

Based on: Molway, L. (2021). Measuring effective teaching: Student perceptions of their modern languages lessons in England.

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Resource Packs

Legal Action for the Climate

The role of schools, teachers, and students.
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Shared Resources: Generative AI for Education

A collection of resources to review and better understand Generative AI.
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Webinar: Environmental English Teaching

New environmental directions in the teaching of literature.
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Webinar: Environmental History Teaching

Recent ideas in themes of history and the environment.
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Shared Resources: Environmental History Teaching

Resources to support webinar on Environmental History Teaching.
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Deanery Digests

Adapting Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) intervention to improve outcomes for pre-school children in Shenzhen, China

Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) study to improve outcomes for pre-school children

Developing Oral Language through a Drama-Based Intervention

Setting Research Priorities for English as an Additional Language: What do research users want from EAL research?

What are the effects of Pedagogical Translanguaging on English language outcomes in EFL classrooms?

What can we learn from asking students directly about their experiences of French lessons?

What do clinician-educators really think about assessment?

Motivation for Mandarin and European Languages

Can we ‘measure’ assessment load and its impact on student learning?

Resource Packs

Legal Action for the Climate

Shared Resources: Generative AI for Education

Webinar: Environmental English Teaching

Webinar: Environmental History Teaching

Shared Resources: Environmental History Teaching

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