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The DISS project briefing notes

    

 

Click the headings below to access printable one-page briefing notes of the DISS project findings:

 

 

1. The DISS project: background, aims and methodology

 

2. The characteristics of support staff and preparedness

 

3. The deployment of teaching assistants

 

             4. Practice: teachers' and teaching assistants' interactions with pupils     

 

5. The impact of support staff on teachers, teaching and pupils

 

6. The Wider Pedagogical Role Model: summing up the DISS project

 

 

Or click here to download all six briefing notes in one pdf document

 

 

click here for DISS research reports published by the DCSF

 

click here for other papers, articles and publications about the DISS project