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Research

Robust evidence is vital in informing the development of strategy and policy that will improve outcomes for learners and the system as a whole. We develop and disseminate robust evidence on the impact of ICT on education.

Digital creativity and behavioural, emotional and social difficulties


The 'Using digital creativity to engage and motivate the hard to reach youngsters in behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) schools' project is just completing its first phase. Researchers from Liverpool University have been working with teachers and pupils at New Rush Hall BESD school using computers, digital videos and cameras. The data they gathered has been shared with teachers at 10 other BESD schools around the country and the researchers have been visiting the teachers and sharing the data with them.

The 'new' teachers are now using the creative software with youngsters and the researchers will be gathering data from pupils and teachers using video and interviews. At the end of the project the researchers produced some stand-alone modules of work that can be used by teachers in other BESD (and possibly mainstream) schools around the country.

Download the report in Word (328KB) PDF (347KB) or ODT (108KB).

Download the summary in Word (102KB) PDF (42KB) or ODT (69KB).

The videos are available on the Schools site. In these video clips you will see how digital creativity projects transformed the behaviour and attitudes of a wide range of ‘hard to reach’ learners.

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