BA LTR Major Project titles

Recent major project titles implemented by BA Learning Technology and Research students

Action Inquiry 

An action inquiry into how my practice can be changed to provide more effective support for an autistic child with limited speech capabilities in social interactions. (Learning Support Assistant).

An action inquiry to determine if my practice can be enhanced by the implementation of differentiation to my Work Skills lessons. (Cover Supervisor).

An action inquiry to improve ICT support across a school federation. (ITNetwork
Manager).

An action inquiry into how to improve a middle school website. (TA).

An action inquiry into improving interventions for children with SEN in the primary school setting.

An action inquiry to improve communication in a complex needs classroom. 

An action inquiry to improve the use of email in a university department. 

An action inquiry into improving the delivery of interventions for children with SEN in a school setting.

An action inquiry into how to improve a middle school website. (IT coordinator)

An investigation into improving my time management and organisation skills. (Teaching Assistant, special school).

An action inquiry to develop lesson introductions in a primary school. (Higher Level Teaching Assistant).

Improving how I contribute to training opportunities for coaching staff within my organisation. (Football Development Officer).

An action inquiry into how the development of an online location for shared knowledge can improve the management of University accommodation. (Residence and Accommodation Officer).

An investigation into improving my time management and planning skills. (Dual role Verbal Behaviour therapist/Teaching Assistant).

How can I improve my teaching skills through improving my communication skills? (Teaching assistant - secondary school).

An Action Inquiry to Develop the use of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in a Primary School. (ICT leader, unqualified teacher).

Literature based studies
Literature review: outdoor play in Early Years education. 

Literature review: the effects of male teachers in a primary school setting and how this can have both a positive and negative effect on achievement in both boys and girls.

Literature review: The outdoor environment as a facilitator in expanding young children’s capacity for learning. 

Literature review: The effect of male teachers in primary schools on the achievement of boys.

  

Literature review: Traveller and Gypsy Children: education and inclusion.

Literature review: Is there a consensus as to the value of identifying learning styles in helping children learn at a special school?. (Teaching Assistant, KS3). 

Evaluative studies

A case study of the effectiveness of mobile technology to support teaching and learning. (ICT coordinator, primary school).

A case study of personal experience in Work Based Learning. (Receptionist for an accountancy firm).

A case study in music education. (Peripatetic music teacher). 

A case study of the use of technology for teaching in a secondary school. 

  

A case study of good practice in collaborative working between a teacher and support assistant within a primary school.

A review of literature on the impact of technology use on learning in the classroom.

A case study of how effectively iPads are used by staff and students to support teaching and learning in a school federation.

A case study evaluating the benefits of an organisational merger to create a single delivery unit within a central Government department. (Civil Servant).

A case study to investigate collaborative working between a teacher and a learning support worker. (HLTA).

A case study of the techniques used to devise a curriculum plan for the subject of Information and Communications Technology.

Case study: Professional Development for a Higher Level Teaching Assistants in a Special School.

A case study of Assessment for Learning within an infant school. (HLTA).

An evaluative case study of approaches to Information, Advice and Guidance in post 16 apprenticeship programmes.

An evaluative case study of the Using & Applying strand of Key Stage 1 Mathematics.

Case Study Investigation into how effectively mobile devices are used by staff in the Education Village Academy Trust to support teaching and learning.

Research into the theory of middle child syndrome and a case study of real experiences of being a middle child and how these experiences relate to issues identified in the literature. (Family-based study by a mother). 

An evaluative case study of access to online homework within a primary school. 

A case study of the techniques used to devise a curriculum plan for the subject of Information and Communications Technology.

An evaluative case study of the Using & Applying strand of Key Stage 1 Mathematics. 

An evaluative case study of assessment for learning strategies in a primary school. (Deputy Manager). 

Case study: Professional Development for Higher Level Teaching Assistants in a Special School. 

A case study of Assessment for Learning within an infant school.

A case study to evaluate staff attitudes and levels of engagement following the reorganisation of delivery functions in the DfE Academies Group (DfE civil Servant).

An evaluative study of the development of an app for PE teachers.

An evaluation of the use of visual cues in a primary school setting. 

An evaluative study of strategies to combat bullying in a school.

An Evaluative Study of IT service delivery in my department. (IT specialist, car manufacturing company).

An evaluative study of learning through play and storytelling to develop children’s literacy skills. 

An evaluative study of the design, development and use of a self-evaluation resource to promote appropriate behaviour in an Early Years setting. 

  

An evaluative study of the importance of creativity and creative learning in an Early Years setting.

An evaluative case study of approaches to Information, Advice, and Guidance in post 16 apprenticeship programmes.

An evaluative case study of access to online homework within a primary school.

An evaluative study of the advantages and practicality of server virtualisation for a modern secondary college. (ICT Co-ordinator).

An evaluative study of teaching logic skills within the computing curriculum. (IT technician, secondary school).