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19 May 2027 to 20 May 2027

Sheffield Hallam University

The Â鶹ÒùÔº Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) conference provides a powerful professional development experience for teacher educators and for researchers into teacher education and...

Autumn 2026

Research Intelligence issue 168: Teacher wellbeing across diverse contexts: Research & practice perspectives

Supporting female career-changing beginning teachers: How do we solve a problem like Maria, Nadia or Athena?

Beginning teachers often underestimate the array of barriers they will need to successfully navigate. There can be tensions assimilating with the existing school community, resulting in a range of...

‘Someone call Amnesty’: The online sneer that greets teacher burnout

'June, July and August… need I say more?' Image credit: Sabrina Fitzsimons In the DCU Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education (DCU CREATE), we have spent the past year...

Demystifying problem-based learning in teacher training curriculum: A systematic review

This blog post emphasises our efforts as teacher educators in championing problem-based learning (PBL) and creating further awareness of its relevance in teacher education. Problem-based learning...

Empowering teacher development: A (FRAME)work for rethinking professional learning

Teacher professional development (TPD) sits at the heart of educational reform worldwide. Teachers are the most important in-school factor influencing student learning outcomes; however, they...

Untangling grit and resilience: Why system conditions matter more than staff endurance

In their work on neighbourhood policing, Wilson and Kelling (1982) discuss the ‘Broken Windows’ theory. They outlined that visible sign of neglect, such as unrepaired windows, signal that...

Student teachers’ beliefs and feelings towards educational research

The fact that student teachers commonly perceive educational research and theory to be far removed from practice is well documented in initial teacher education (ITE) research. Teacher educators...

Bridging research and practice: Insights from close-to-practice partnerships

How can we make educational research meaningful for teachers working in busy classrooms? At Nottingham Trent University (NTU), we explored this question through a close-to-practice (CtP)...

Staff wellbeing training: From ‘ticking a box’ to real-world transfer

Staff wellbeing continues to sit high on the agenda for schools. But how do wellbeing initiatives translate into meaningful, on-the-ground change? This blog post focuses on the evaluation of a...

A two-dimensional portrait of leadership? A review of teachers’ professional development in England

The government is conducting a review of the current suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for school leaders. These are government-backed qualifications delivered by approved...

The ice road effect: Rustout as a silent threat to teacher educators’ wellbeing

Be careful which rut you choose to drive in. Image credit: Sabrina Fitzsimons. There is a road sign in Alaska that reads: ‘Driver, choose carefully which rut you drive in – you’ll be in...