1. Annual Conference Daventry 2007

2. Building Research Capacity in Teacher Education: Opportunities and Constraints. Pamela Munn University of Edinburgh

3. STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION 1.MEANING OF CAPACITY BUILDING 2.KEY FEATURES OF THE CONTEXT 3.AERS 4. OVERCOMING CONSTRAINTS ON COLLABORATION

4. MEANING OF CAPACITY BUILDING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LITERATURE FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES AS WELL AS PEOPLE.

5. KEY CONTEXTUAL FEATURES DEMOGRAPHY CONCENTRATION OF RESEARCH RESOURCES SEPARATION OF RESEARCH FROM ITE.

6. THE APPLIED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SCHEME JOINT FUNDED BY SFC AND SEED 3 SUBSTANTIVE NETWORKS AND ONE ON RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING 9 PROJECTS DRIVEN BY THEORETICAL CONCERNS FOCUS ON SCHOOLS AND LOWEST PERFORMING 20%.

7. THE COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION PURSUING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH TRAINING THROUGH A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT MODES RESEARCH COLLABORATION ACROSS INSTITUTIONS LEVERING ADDITIONAL RESOURCE

8. INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL DEVELOPING RESEARCH CAPACITY - MODULES ARE A PUBLIC GOOD ROUTE TO RESEARCH FOR TEACHER EDUCATORS RAE

9. OVERCOMING CONSTRAINTS MARKETISED SYSTEM - CAN COLLABORATION BE INCENTIVISED? LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THESE ARE BEING DEVELOPED IDEOLOGY? BUT EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD TIME/WORKLOAD - ROLE FOR UCET?