Research Summaries
As part of its strategy to share knowledge and build capacity, the Research Branch undertakes local and international scans to identify research areas of interest for Victoria’s education practitioners. Research items are selected and summarised. These research summaries cover a broad range of themes and topics under four main categories: educational change; professional learning; student learning; and student support.
See: Research summaries database (below)
About the Research summaries database
A database of all research summaries is available to view in Excel format (XLS). This database contains the following searchable fields:
- Authors
- Title
- Year Published
- Category – there are four main themes or topics
- Subcategory – there are three subcategories for each of the four main categories.
Other database fields are: Link to research summary, which provides a link to a downloadable PDF version of the research summary; and Summary of publication, which provides a brief summary of the research paper or publication.
The summaries are categorised as follows:
1. Educational change
- Futures education
- System reform
- Whole school improvement
2. Professional learning
- School leadership development
- Staff professional learning
- Staff welfare
3. Student learning
- Assessment and reporting
- Curriculum
- Theories of learning
4. Student support
- Equity
- Special learning needs
- Student wellbeing