Teacher Education Research and Innovation Cluster (TERIC)

What we do

A warm welcome to the Teacher Education Research and Innovation Cluster (TERIC) which aims to promote the work and research of teacher educators, local school partnerships, trainees, serving teachers and postgraduate students of education.  The cluster offers a platform for discussion and debate for all areas of teacher education and promotes the production of high-quality research and publication.

We work with schools, trusts, teaching alliances, universities and charitable organisations both regionally, nationally and internationally to better understand policy, theory and practice within an ever-changing education landscape. We welcome collaboration with other research groups and those with interest in promoting high-quality teacher education.

Research with us

We carry out research with mainstream, independent and rural schools, teaching school alliances and other educational organisations. We evaluate research projects and work with teachers and school leaders to help raise standards. We can provide professional development opportunities in areas such as evidence-based/informed teaching, professional learning, mathematics education and school leadership. Internationally we research and advice in a range of countries around such topics as SEND, Mathematics and educating children from disadvantaged areas.  We have several doctoral students researching a variety of educational areas such as School Direct and University Partnerships, Therapeutic Education, Lesson Study. If you would like further information, then contact Dr Val Poultney: v.a.poultney@derby.ac.uk, Dr Sarah Charles: s.charles@derby.ac.uk or Professor Liz Atkins: l.atkins@derby.ac.uk

Research-informed teaching

We supervise doctoral students researching topics related to all aspects of teacher education and training. We are interested in discussing further proposals in this area.

• Duncan Anderson (EdD) A systemic functional linguistic analysis of the language used by school leaders to reimagine the concept of community in rural settings as a result of centrally imposed structural change: a nested case study. (Dr Claire Tupling, Director of Studies, Dr Sean Broome)
• Jo Byrd (EdD) 'How does Whiteness manifest itself in Teacher Education?’ Discourses on race with pre-service teachers and their educators. (Dr Claire Tupling, Director of Studies, First Supervisor, Dr Tamsin Bowers Brown)
• Vivienne Jones (EdD) Investigating the acquisition of subject knowledge through the School Direct programme: A case study of the developing science teacher. (Director of Studies Dr Val Poultney, First Supervisor Dr Alison Hardman)
• Joanne Millican (EdD) How does teacher learning, gained through engaging in lesson study, impact on pupil outcomes in mathematical problem solving and reasoning? A case study of teachers in a Derbyshire Primary School. (Director of Studies Dr Val Poultney, First Supervisor Dr Tom Hunt)
• David Parker (EdD) ‘I will never allow my schooling to get in the way of my education’. What is the worth of school and OOSTEP (out-of-school therapeutic education programme) from the perspective of SEMH students, their parents and carers? (Director of Studies Dr Val Poultney, First Supervisor Rosemary Shepherd)