Exeter School Direct Distance Secondary PGCE

Research

Connecting with Research @Exeter

The School of Education hosts a number of world-leading Research Centres and Networks, many of which hold open events and publish resources, recordings and seminars. If you’re interested in finding out more about any of the events or studies currently being undertaken at Exeter, the Research Centre Leads would be delighted to hear from you.

Learning Sciences

Research-informed resources for developing a critical understanding of science of learning – what do we really know, what are the limits of that knowledge – and what are neuromyths and why are they so seductive?:

https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/our-work/understanding-learning-education-and-neuroscience

We also strongly recommend the EEF report, Cognitive Science Approaches in the Classroom which provides a robust overview and critique of the research evidence around application of cognitive science, highlighting in particular the lack of subject-specific research.