This is an outdated static listing of historical projects at CARE. A more uptodate listing with more details is available at the Research Projects page.

Current projects

• Higher Education (University) Progression Survey 2007
  Norfolk High Schools and Colleges which have been invited to participate in an on-line survey, - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=M8WkQ8zPMmpLg4HGGRY7Mg_3d_3d

• UNITE
• Visual Dialogues.(Tate Britain)
• Children decide : power, participation and purpose in the primary classroom (CFBT)
• On Tour (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts)
• Public Music Education Programme (Community Music East Ltd)
• Evaluation of Da Capo Music Education Programme for Creative Partnerships (Arts Council of England)
• National Evaluation of the Children's Trust (DfES)
• A specification for a demonstrator scheme for qualitative data sharing and research archiving (ESRC)
• Networked Learning Community: Developing imaginative and innovative pedagogies to motivate and engage learners (National College for School Leadership)
• European Common Principles for the Accreditation of non-formal and informal learning in Lifelong Learning (EPANIL) (EU Leonardo da Vinci Community Vocational Training Programme Phase 2)
• A Review of Innovation in Adult Skills Delivery (Norfolk LSC)

Recent projects

• The Independent Evaluation of the PIPS (Progressive and Innovative Primary Schools) Project', produced for the Centre for the Development of School Partnership and Field Experience at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Evaluation of existing working practices and structures designed to support staff in recognising and treating critically ill patients and design and implement educational packages to improve such care (DTI/TCS)
• Developing and implementing a training package for user and carer centred assessment and management for health and social care professionals (TCD)
• Seminar Series 'New Directions in Educational Research' ESRC
• Safer Internet For Knowing and Living (SIFKaL)
• Regional characteristics of the Graduate Workforce in Key Professions (EEDA)
• The dynamics of the graduate labour market in the East of England (EEDA).
• The Development of Excellence in Surgical Skills Practice (NANIME Charitable Trust)
• Empowering Children through Visual Communication (CfBT Education Services)
• School disaffection: Teacher responses to the Problems of School Drop-out and alienation (SOCRATES)
• Evaluation of Artworld: Resources for Learning and Technology (JISC)
• New Directions in Educational Research Methodology: Rebuilding a Community of Enquiry (ESRC Research Seminar Competition)
• Smartcards Evaluation (TechLearn)
• Joint Quantitative/Qualitative Evaluation of 'Sundbus' Programme (National Institute of Occupational Health Denmark)
• Change for the Better Project Website (TTA)
• Provision of Learning Requirement for Probationer Police Officers in England and Wales (Home Office)
• Seminar Series on 'Use of Visual Evidence' ESRC
• Consultants as Educators (NANIME Charitable Trust)
• An Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Resource Consequences of School Breakfast Clubs in England (DoH)
• A Qualitative Evaluation of the Norfolk Staff Wellbeing Project (Norfolk Education Authority)
• Norwich Area Schools Consortium (NASC) (TTA/LEA)
• HE Research and the EEDA Skills Agenda (AUEE/EEDA)
• Educating the GP in a Primary-Care led NHS (EDGE)
• Teacher Education Reform Project ("Namibia") (for UMEÅ University, Sweden, on behalf of the Government of Namibia)
• Evaluation of Making-Music-using Technologies Project (Community Music East)
• Attendance Research in Park High School (Norfolk Education Advisory Service (NCC)
• Consultants as Educators (NANIME Charitable Trust)
• Music Life Project (Community Music East)
• Skills Training for Girls and Young Women (Y Care International)
• Strengthening Research Capacity in Education (Ministry of Education Malaysia)
• School Breakfast Club Evaluation (NHS Executive - London Region)
• Visual Evidence: The use of Images in social and cultural research (ESRC Research Seminar Competition)
• A Qualitative Evaluation of The Norfolk Education Staff Well-being Project (Norfolk County Council)
• HE Research and the EEDA Skills Agenda (Association of Universities of the Eastern Region (EEDA)
• Aproject for capacity-building workshops using materials for module-writing and web-site resources for Namibian teacher training (University of Umeo, Sweden)
• Young People Achieving their Potential (Norfolk Careers Service)
• Change For The Better (TTA)
• Seminar Series 'Parents and Schools: Diversity, Participation and Democracy' ESRC
• Music Life (National Foundation for Youth Music)

Archived projects

Funded research projects lie in the following areas:

• Education and the Arts
• Education 5-18 with particular reference to curriculum change and the study of classrooms and schools
• Higher Education
• Health Education
• Policy Studies and Evaluation
• Education and Training in the Professions
• Sexual Orientation
• Teacher Development and Action Research
• Abstracts from CARE PhD Theses

Education and the Arts

• Evaluation of CBSO Adopt-a-Player Scheme (Calouste Gulbenkian)
• Evaluation of the Music Performance and Communication Skills Course at the Guildhall Conservatoire (Leverhulme)
• Evaluation and Education in the Arts (Arts Council)
• National Association of Arts Centres Evaluation (NAAC)
• Evaluation of the Education Department at the Royal Opera House (Esmee Fairbairn)

Education 5-18 - with particular reference to curriculum change and the study of classrooms and schools

• The Evaluation of the Reform of the Finnish Comprehensive School System (Government of Finland)
• A Formative Evaluation of the Technology Enhancement Programme (Engineering Council)
• Supporting Change in Technology Teaching (Engineering Council)
• Spoken Language and New Technology (ESRC)
• Young Mothers' Education Project (Norwich Health Authority)
• Pupil Autonomy in Learning with Micros (NCET)
• Drug Cultures in relation to secondary aged pupils (72k rtf) (Norfolk Constabulary)
• Secondary School Parents' Evenings: A Qualitative Study
• Monitoring of Agreed Syllabuses
• Parent's Evenings: a qualitative study (ESRC)
• Young People Achieving their Potential in Norfolk (Norfolk Careers Service)
• Monitoring of agreed syllabuses

Higher Education

• From Competence to Excellence (Department of Education)
• Competence Based Higher Education and the Standards Methodology (Training Agency)
• Evaluation of the Reform of Finnish Polytechnics (Government of Finland)
• Partnerships in Professional Higher Education (Department of Education)
• Evaluation of 'Business Education with Information Technology' (HEFCE)
• Evaluation of Common Course Structure at UEA (UEA)
• Initial Teacher Education and New Technology (NCET)
• Three Year Degree (Nurse/Midwife) Evaluation Project (ENB)
• Evaluation and Information Strategies for Higher Education (HEFCE)
• Evaluation for the Assessment of Practice at Diploma, Degree and Postgraduate Level in Pre- and Post-Registration Nursing and Midwifery (ENB)
• Evaluation of the 'IT in Educational Research Programme' (130k rtf) (ESRC)
• Evaluation of "Business Education with Information Technology"(110k rtf)
• Meta-Evaluation of National University Evaluation in Spain
• Teachers as Researchers in the Context of Award Bearing Courses and Research Degrees
• TELOS : Telematics enhanced language learning and tutoring systems
• Internet Delivered Post-Graduate Courses (UEA Selective Investment Fund)
• Evaluation of the Common Course Structure at UEA
• Research-Led Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UEA/HEFCE Learning, Teaching, Quality Development Fund)
• Internet Delivered Post-Graduate Courses (UEA Selective Investment Fund)

Health Education

• Peer Education Project Evaluation
• HIV/AIDS service user consultancy (Norfolk Social Services)
• Young Adults in Training: Introducing HIV and AIDS-related issues into occupational training courses
• Young People's Conversations about Sex: a basis for peer education (Norwich Health Authority)
• The Culture of Alcohol in Relation to Secondary Aged Pupils (Alcohol Education Trust)
• Parents and Teenagers: Understanding and Improving Communication about HIV/AIDS
• An Evaluation of "Young Mothers' Education Project" (Norwich Health Authority)
• Drug Cultures in relation to secondary aged pupils (72k rtf) (Norfolk Constabulary)
• The HIV Prevention Needs of Young Gay Men (AVERT)
• Understanding Boys' Sexual Health Education and its Implications for Attitude Change (I) (ESRC)
• Understanding Boys' Sexual Health Education and its Implications for Attitude Change (II) (ESRC)
• The Needs of Lesbian and Gay Young People - Exploring the Possibilities for Changes in Schools (AVERT)
• Parents and Teenagers: Understanding and Improving Communication about HIV/AIDS
• Understanding Boys' Sexual Health Education and its Implications for Attitude Change (II) (ESRC)

Policy Studies and Evaluation

• Research Careers in the Social Sciences (ESRC)
• Bilingual Education in the USA: an independent evaluation (Ford Foundation)
• Success and Failure and Recent Innovation - SAFARI (Ford Foundation)
• Understanding Computer Assisted Learning (DES)
• Evaluation of DELTA UK Services (Training Agency)
• Knowledge issues and implications for the Standards Programme at professional levels of competence (Training Agency)
• Evaluation of the Reform of Finnish Polytechnics (Government of Finland)
• The Evaluation of the Reform of the Finnish Comprehensive School System (Government of Finland)
• HIV/AIDS service user consultancy for Norfolk Social Services
• Evaluation and the Management of Public Affairs: developing a multi-disciplinary and cross sector approach to practice, methodology and theory in UK evaluation (ESRC-funded seminar programme)
• Evaluation of the ESRC Information Technology in Education Research Programme (ESRC) (click to download report, 128k rtf)
• Evaluation and Research (ESRC) (click to download report, 64k rtf)
• Evaluation of the Royal Opera House Education Department (Esmeé Fairbairn Charitable Trust)
• Three Year Degree Evaluation Project (ENB)
• New South Wales Police Education Recruit Programme (Government of New South Wales, Australia)
• Stage II Review of Police Probationer Training (Home Office)
• The Essex TVEI Extension Programme: a case study of its management (Essex County Council)
• Evaluation of "Business Education with Information Technology" (HEFCE) (110k rtf)
• The Press, Public Knowledge And Education (ESRC)
• Evaluation and Information Strategies for Higher Education (HEFCE)
• Meta-Evaluation of National University Evaluation in Spain (University of Almeria)
• Credit Link East (Anglia Polytechnic University)

Education and Training in the Professions

• Teaching
  • Teachers as Researchers in the Context of Award Bearing Courses (ESRC)
  • Initial Teacher Education and New Technology (NCET)
  • Teachers' Jobs and Lives (ESRC) plus extension project
  • Secondary School Parents' Evenings: A Qualitative Study
• Nursing
  • Assessment of Competencies (Nursing) Evaluation (ENB)
  • Three Year Degree (Nurses and Midwives) Evaluation Project (ENB)
  • Work Based Learning: The Case For Nursing (ESRC)
  • Evaluation of the Assessment of Practice at Diploma, Degree and Postgraduate Level in Pre and Post Registration Nursing and Midwifery Education - "PANDA" (ENB)
  • Evaluation of a pilot curriculum for nurse practitioners
  • Evaluation of Accident and Emergency Services at the James Paget Hospital: a Pilot Study (National Hospitals Trust)
  • A Six Month Study of Junior Doctor Learning Experiences (NANIME Charitable Trust)
• Doctoring
  • An Evaluation of "Learning in General Practice, A Way of Changing Direction"
  • Recertification of General Practitioners Pilot Study (Anglia & Oxford Health Authority)
  • A Six Month Study of Junior Doctor Learning Experiences (NANIME Charitable Trust)
  • Co-tutoring : an evaluation of peer facilitated continuing professional development for general practitioners (Kings Fund)
  • Educating the GP in a Primary-Care led NHS
• Policing
  • Stage II Review of Police Probationer Training (Home Office)
  • Probationer Training Development Programme (Home Office)
  • New South Wales Police Education Recruit Programme (Government of New South Wales, Australia)
  • Quality in Service Programme (Norfolk Constabulary)
  • Management of Change Programme (Norfolk Constabulary)
  • Validation of Police Probationer Training: a feasibility study (Home Office)
  • Evaluation of Police Training System in Queensland (Goverment of Queensland, Australia)
• Others
  • Partnerships in Professional Higher Education (Department of Employment)
  • Evaluation of "Business Education with Information Technology" (HEFCE)
  • Management for Organisational and Human Development (European Commission)
  • Teaching Company Programme between the University of East Anglia and Jigsaw (DTI/Jigsaw)

Sexual Orientation

• Parents and Teenagers: Understanding and Improving Communication about HIV/AIDS (AVERT)
• The HIV Prevention Needs of Young Gay Men (AVERT)
• The Needs of Lesbian and Gay Young People - Exploring the Possibilities for Changes in Schools (AVERT)

Teacher Development and Action Research

• Teachers as Researchers in the Context of Award Bearing Courses and Research Degrees (ESRC)
• Research based consortia initiative: Norwich Area Schools Consortium
• Teachers Jobs and Lives (ESRC)
• Teachers Jobs and Lives (continuation) (ESRC)
• Initial Teacher Education and New Technology (NCET)
• Pupil Autonomy in Learning with Micros (NCET)
• Humanities Curriculum Project (Schools Council)
• Ford Teaching Project (Ford Foundation)
• Library Access and Sixth Form Studies
• Supporting Change in Technology Teaching
• Collaborative Action Research Network
• Formación del profesorado en ejercicio (European Commission)

Sponsors of CARE research and evaluation

Here is a list of sponsors.