Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI)

 

The Teaching and Learning Research Initiative seeks to enhance the links between educational research and teaching practices to improve outcomes for learners.

The fund was established by the government in 2003.


 2010 funding round opens

Applications are now invited for the TLRI 2010 funding round. Information for Expressions of Interest can be found on Funding 2010. Expressions of Interest (EOI)are invited in either Type I or Type II catagories.

Type I research projects aim to build cumulative knowledge about teaching and learning and to build research capaciies

Type II studies are to be more innovative, with both practice and research valued together.

Applicants have until the 12th May to submit their EOI's.
Each year we ask leading educationalists where the research gaps are, and what research can be built on.
This year Professor Jeff Smith from Otago University looks at the research questions arising from NEMP data, while Ministry of Education senior manager research, Lynne Whitney, does the same for international studies such as PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS. You can find their interviews in Background Papers.

News

Changes to TLRI funding for 2009-2011

The Ministry of Education has advised that the amount of funding available for the TLRI will be 5% lower in 2009–2010 (1.9M) and 12.5% lower in 2010–2011(1.75M) reflecting reprioritisation of research funding.

 


 
New reports available

New reports available now.

A school for the 21st Century
Michal Denny, Lynda Shanks, karyn White, Rosemary Hipkins

Investigating the the relationship between whole-school approaches to education for sustainability and student learning
C Eames with Barry Law, Miles Barker, and Heidi Mardon

Teaching and learning in the supervision of Mäori doctoral students
Assoc.Prof Elizabeth McKinley
Dr Barbara Grant

He Rautaki mo te Akoranga Kairangi
is a series of resources for Mäori doctoral
students and their supervisors
;

Teachers learning mathematics
Bill Barton and Judy Paterson

Teaching literature in the multicultural classroom
Terry Locke, Gail Cawkwell, and Emilie Sila’ila’i

TLRI Project Leaders
The new administrative milestone report forms are now available from the website.
Go to the Administration page.