Partner schools research briefs

The Partner Schools Program is a unique, collaborative, professional learning and research-practice partnership opportunity for educators and school leaders.

View what previous partnerships have involved here:

School-research partnerships – plagiarism and student use of AI tools

Published: 26 Aug 2024

Balmoral State High School is investigating why students use AI in their learning and how this understanding can shape future teaching strategies and assessment design.

School Improvement Episode 54: Teacher research informing practice

Published: 18 July 2024

Developing partnerships with external experts can bring research-driven insights into your school, enhancing student outcomes and teacher practices through collaborative projects and evidence-based strategies.

Building a bridge between research and educational practice

Published: 28 Apr 2021

Academic research can inform practice, but translating it into practice in diverse and complex school contexts is challenging. Understanding these challenges can help bridge the research-practice gap.

An evidence-based approach to improving academic reading skills

Published: 12 May 2021

The St Rita’s staff recognised the need for an evidence-based approach to support student academic reading skills.

The Science of Blended Learning – a research-practice partnership

Published: 20 May 2021

This partnership focused on exploring how blended learning can be effectively embedded into core pedagogical approaches.

School-research partnerships – the Coolum Retrieval Practice Project

Published: 2 June 2021

Coolum joined the Partner Schools Program in 2020 to investigate one promising technique for improving retention: Retrieval Practice.

Research to practice – developing a Learner’s Toolkit

Published: 20 Sept 2021

This school-based research project aimed to develop, implement, and evaluate a whole-school ‘Learning to Learn’ program and a Learner’s Toolkit.