ResearchED is a teacher-led organisation established in 2013 by Tom Bennett that aims to make teachers research literate and

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proof. It holds teacher conferences throughout the UK and internationally. Speakers have included

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, and

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. Its official publication is the quarterly journal ''ResearchED'', published in partnership with John Catt Educational and founded in 2018. Contributors to the first issue included

and

, who also featured on its front cover.

Origins

ResearchED was founded by Tom Bennett in 2013. According to its website, the organization came about after a discussion between Bennett, Sam Freedman, and science writer

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. It grew out of Bennett's frustration that teachers "were not leaving their initial training familiar with the best and latest research on how to teach, the way people learn, remember, focus and behave".

Conferences

ResearchED's conferences have grown over time to more than 1,000 participants by 2017.

Reception

, a guest speaker at a ResearchED conference, refers to ResearchED as an "organization by and for practitioners, meant to bring education research to the public via low-cost conferences throughout the world, and now a magazine", The UK

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, praised the organisation, calling it "a grassroots, teacher-led revolt against the old order in education".

References

External links

ResearchED main pageResearchED youtube
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