Media Release: 24th November 2009 Funding for projects under the Teaching and Learning Research InitiativeNine projects have received funding in the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative’s 2009 funding round.
The Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) was set up by the government in 2003 and has funding of $1.9 million in 2009. The fund aims to build knowledge about teaching and learning that will lead to significantly improved outcomes for learners.
Expressions of interests for the 2009 funding round closed in May. A selection panel drew up a shortlist of applicants, who submitted a full proposal. The fund is open to the early childhood, school and post-school sectors.
The New Zealand Council for Educational Research co-ordinates the fund and its associated research programme.
Projects are divided into two different types and into categories, with different funding levels. The read about the nine projects selected for funding click here Newsletter  The latest newsletter is now available Colloquium :Tertiary Research in Progress Ako Aotearoa and TLRI hosted an inaugural colloquium n Auckland on the 7th and 8th September, 2009. he aim was to support researchers to share their projects ith other project teams as well as to identify early synergies between projects, and to showcase the range of projects recently ompleted or underway. There were 17 presentations
from research teams, eight of which were funded by TLRI. e breadth of research is evident from the programme
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.
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