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Dockrell, Julie; Marshall, Chloë; Wyse, Dominic – Education Endowment Foundation, 2015
"Talk for Writing" is an approach to teaching writing that emphasizes three teaching methods: (1) 'imitation' (where pupils learn texts by heart, so they can discuss and dissect them); (2) 'innovation' (where pupils adapt stories to create their own versions); and (3) 'invention' (where teachers help pupils to create original stories).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Imitation
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Davies, Ian; Flanagan, Bernie; Hogarth, Sylvia; Mountford, Paula; Philpott, Jenny – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2009
We raise questions about young people's participation in light of findings from a project ("Democracy through Citizenship") funded by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited, and managed by the Institute for Citizenship. Following a six-month feasibility study the project took place over a three-year period in one local authority in the…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Citizenship, Democracy, Citizenship Education
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Moore, Laurence; Graham, Anna; Diamond, Ian – British Educational Research Journal, 2003
This article reports on the conduct and results of a randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a teacher-led intervention to improve teenagers' knowledge of emergency contraception. The trial was successfully conducted in 24 mixed-sex state secondary schools in Avon, South-west England. The intervention was popular with both…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology