Pedagogy and digital: Insights, impact and implications
Written by: Fiona Aubrey-Smith Graham Macauley
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DR FIONA AUBREY-SMITH, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT RESEARCHER, UK
GRAHAM MACAULAY, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, LEO ACADEMY TRUST, UK
Any forward-thinking school keen to provide high-quality pedagogy and curriculum in the current landscape will be aware of the important contribution that digital technology can make. Yet finding robust and insightful evidence has historically been a challenge, making it much more difficult to make evidence-based decisions. This article shares findings from groundbreaking new impact research, along with key messages, insights and implications for school and system leaders.
In December 2023, LEO Academy Trust published an independent review of the impact of digital technology across all aspects of trust life (Aubrey-Smith et al., 2023). The 12-month study explored over 600 documents, 154 observations, 65 interviews, 24 focus groups, thousands of survey responses and hundreds of hours of professional dialogue across a research team of 17. Across the
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