The ECR Journey: At Crossroads of Becoming
On this 2nd ECR Annual Conference we continued to celebrate the ECR journeys and welcomed educational researchers and practitioners to join us in Leeds. This year’s conference was anchored on...
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Rachel Lofthouse, Professor
Professor of Teacher Education at Leeds Beckett University
Rachel Lofthouse is Professor of Teacher Education at the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University, where she has established ‘CollectivED: the Centre for Coaching, Mentoring, Supervision and Professional Learning’. She has a specific research interest in professional learning, exploring how teachers learn and how they can be supported to put that learning into practice.
Rachel Lofthouse's contributions
Boundary crossings with artists, teachers and children: Integrating creative pedagogies for young people’s wellbeing
Global organisations (OECD, 2018) highlight the need for renewed focus on creativity and wellbeing in education. While Wales and Scotland have innovated their curriculum to reflect a stronger...
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BERA Annual Conference 2023 – SIG Best Presentation Award
The SIG convenors shortlisted then attended sessions for their SIG and judged these presentation. The ‘BERA Annual Conference – SIG Best Presentation’ is then awarded. You can view the...
Holding the space for professional learning
The professional learning of teachers and school leaders occurs in multiple spaces and potentially throughout their careers. Professional learning matters because it creates opportunities for...
Continue reading blog postExploring the needs of Early Career Teachers through the Early Career Framework 21.06.22-23.06.22
The Early Career Framework (ECF), a system of mandatory CPD introduced to all English schools in September 2021. The ECF is part of the Department for Education’s Recruitment and Retention...
How could coaching and mentoring be re-imagined by teacher educators to support Initial Teacher Trainees (ITTs) and Early Career Teachers (ECT) in the new normal returning to schools during Covid-19?
Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. #TeacherEd&Development Online event – pre-registration essential With Covid -19, education...
CollectivED: Curating voices in professional learning
The thread As a new professor I was invited to establish a research and practice centre, and it was suggested by the dean of my school that creating a working paper series would be a valuable...
Continue reading blog postUsing mentoring and coaching to focus on the curriculum in action
As changes in the curriculum appear on the horizon it is essential for teachers and school leaders to engage critically and constructively with the opportunities and tensions that emerge. Teachers...
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