Question: for teachers: Liz Toomarian asks: "If/when you are interested in knowing about the research on a particular topic, what approach would/do you take? Do you read primary research articles or summaries and digests? Are there particular sources to which you refer frequently?"

I primarily use Twitter as a means of finding research to read. My main area of interest is Special Educational Needs and so I follow relevant people and companies on Twitter and then read research that they share.

In terms of general education research rather than just SEN related writing, I follow ‘Mind Shift’ on Twitter. I find that they post some very interesting material.

I have recently started my SENCo course at university and so now that I have access to the library catalogue I have been making more use of this when I want to find something specific rather than when I am reading just out of general curiosity. I mainly read journals which are peer reviewed and will often just read the abstract and the conclusion first to see if I can get the information i need from this. I find reading this also gives me a sense of how the journal has been written and so if I find myself having to trudge through these parts then I will try to find something else that is easier to read.

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