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Project Timeline

The general timeline of the project was as follows:

September 2012: Preparatory work 

Late 2012: Ethical approval sought from the appropriate committee at the university of Glasgow [Ethical approval received 7th December 2012] 

Early 2013: Permission from Directors of Education (or equivalent) in all 32 of Scotland's local authorities requested, to allow case studies to take place in selected primary schools.   

March/April 2013 - Piloting and revision of survey

May 2013: Survey of primary school teachers in Scotland; Case Study pilots

Picture by B. Wood
June 2013: Case study pilots; initial survey analysis

Summer 2013: Analysis of survey; revision of Case Study methods following piloting

School year 2013-2014: Case study fieldwork

From Autumn 2014: Analysis and main thesis writing.

July 2015: Studentship ends

24th March 2016: Thesis submitted

13th June 2016: Viva

September 2016: Corrections Submitted

November 2016: Graduation :)