Building a culture of research engagement within a professional learning community: The case of the Great North Maths Hub
Written by: Lindsey Fagan and Kirstin Mulholland
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LINDSEY FAGAN, DEPUTY LEAD, GREAT NORTH MATHS HUB, UK; ASSOCIATE LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, UK
KIRSTIN MULHOLLAND, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA, UK
Introduction
Engaging with research evidence holds great potential for improving educational outcomes and provision; however, considering how this can be translated and applied in classroom practice can be challenging (OECD, 2022; EEF, 2024).
This article describes the work of the Great North Maths Hub to support a community of around 40 ‘Local Leaders of Maths Education’ (LLMEs) to more confidently access, critique and apply research evidence in practice. It shares four key challenges that we encountered as LLME Community Leads and the support that we developed to address these: articulating research questions; time; accessing research evidence; and collecting data.
Our discussion is supported by quotations from our LLMEs, obtained through online surveys and informal interviews. We hope that this ca
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