A critical authenticity: Facilitating teacher self-articulation through poetic inquiry

Have you ever wondered what is in a teacher’s bag? The following is a ‘found’1 poem compiled from the chat transcript of one of the four online poetry workshops which formed a part of the...

‘SEN Co’ or ‘SEN Do’? The future of special educational needs co-ordination without postgraduate study

BERA Conference 2023

Over the past 40 years the role and identity of the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo) in England has changed significantly from the remedial teacher pre 1980s to specialist teacher...

School-based interventions for promoting social capabilities among students: Findings from a scoping review

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of holistic student development (Ansari, 2022; Rogers & Dawson, 2016). This shift arises from the limitations of focusing...

British international schools: Are teachers and school leaders qualified?

Parents who choose to send their child to a British School Overseas (BSO) do so for quality assurance of a British education, one which promises the highest of standards but also comes at a cost...

Nightmare or dream: The three challenges of educational technology advancement in higher education

The longstanding dream of many economies is to drive their developmental agenda by harnessing the power of technology. In our recent article (see Adarkwah & Huang, 2023), we highlight the growing...

Views from a conference

My first conference… Recently I spent several days at the UK Literacy Association (UKLA) conference at the University of Exeter. This was my first ever conference and I thought that it might be...

Concepts for climate change within secondary science

It is widely understood that climate change is among the greatest challenges facing humanity, and that knowledge of climate change should play a key role in the curriculum. As Singh (2021) writes,...

How South Koreans remember tragedy through education

In the wake of tragic events, whether caused by natural or human-made hazards, education has a critical role to play as a beacon of hope, a catalyst for healing, and a pathway to resilience (Park,...

‘Being well’ and ‘doing well’: Exploring the relationship between student and teacher wellbeing

There is a tendency to see teacher wellbeing and student wellbeing as competing concerns in school leadership and culture. What teacher wellbeing and student wellbeing have in common is the...