Abstract

This reading draws upon five years of empirical research at the University of Sunderland’s Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT). This work engages practitioners from across the Further Adult Vocational Education (FAVE) sector in HE-supported practitioner research which aims to improve practice. It offers insights into the practicalities of using a collaborative approach to improving teaching, learning and assessment, described as Joint Practice Development (JPD). Focusing upon a six-stage cycle, it illustrates different stages in using JPD as an approach to the improvement of teaching and learning. It also points to the importance of measuring the impact of JPD through both hard and soft indicators of change and improvement.
How might you use the joint practice development approach to improving teaching and learning as part of your CPD?
Edited from: Gregson, M., Spedding, T. and Nixon, L. (forthcoming 2015) Helping Good Ideas Become Good Practice: Enhancing Professionalism through Joint Practice Development (JPD). London: Bloomsbury.