ASE Teacher Developers Conference 2026

Lia is a long time supporter of ASE from her days as a Science teacher, Head of Biology and subsequent work at Wellcome Trust.  She is now Head of Impact at National Institute of Teaching and leading a team to develop a new resource for the teachers and leaders involved in the training and development of others – perfect for the ASE Teacher Developer community. In this session, Lia will introduce us to the toolkit and will lead us in generating some important questions about what makes us unique as teacher developers, what research questions have yet to be explored and how else can we draw together as a community to understand what we do.

Science teachers often want to engage with research but face real barriers — limited time, paywalled journals, and uncertainty about what to trust. In this hands-on session, we introduce a new toolkit developed collaboratively by the University of Southampton, King's College London, and the Association for Science Education. Drawing on a national study involving teachers, teacher educators, and subject experts across all four UK nations, the toolkit offers six flexible approaches to help science teachers find, evaluate, and use education research in practical, manageable ways. Participants will work through selected activities, including reflecting on their own research use and critically evaluating research claims for classroom application.

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