Reimagining creative research methods & collaborative relationships in the context of Covid-19
Reflections on presenting at the BERA ECR Network symposium, January 2021
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Is it okay to HIIT in primary physical education?
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a form of exercise that involves repeated bouts of near-maximal effort often followed by short (60 seconds) recovery times (ACSM, 2014). HIIT is popular...
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Not CRED-ible
On 31 March, the government published the report from its Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparity. It had briefed the headlines the day before and did a full media round before journalists, let...
Continue reading blog postEmpowering marginalised parents to undertake home-schooling during Covid-19
The strains on the education system caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have forced many parents to have to contend with significant changes in their daily routines. A study of seven countries in...
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Can Montessori education raise peaceful children?
In 2013, the Ernst Strungman Forum assembled a thinktank of academics with representatives from the fields of anthropology, economics, psychology, neuroscience, education and peace studies to...
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Reflecting on vlogs, blogs and podcasts in education research, teaching and professional development
The ubiquitous nature of the smartphone and the internet has normalised a new approach to seeking and managing information. Vlogs, blogs and podcasts (VBP) are creating literally thousands of...
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The Covid-19 pandemic and the early years workforce
The evidence is clear that motivated, knowledgeable and experienced staff are key to supporting children’s development in early years settings (see for example Melhuish, Ereky-Stevens, &...
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Children have a right to be involved in decisions about their future education, health and wellbeing
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, children across the world have experienced significant changes to their lives. Save the Children (2020, p. 4) report that an estimated 99 per cent of...
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Teacher agency in enacting physical education in a period of curriculum change and reform in Ireland
This blog pulls on elements of a larger study which aims to understand the enactment of curriculum policy through different curriculum policy stakeholders’ perspectives – such as curriculum...
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