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
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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 :)
