BERA Research Commission 2019–2020: Competing discourses in early childhood education and care
Tensions, impacts and democratic alternatives across the UK’s four nations
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Competing discourses in early childhood education and care
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) has developed to meet different aims to encourage children’s holistic development; embed attitudes consistent with lifelong learning; facilitate...
Professionalism for those working with the under-threes: a Northern Irish perspective
Northern Ireland has an established early childhood education and care (ECEC) system with some strengths, such as near-universal participation in pre-school education. However, for children under...
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Editorial: Competing discourses in early childhood education and care
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) has developed to meet different aims to encourage children’s holistic development; embed attitudes consistent with lifelong learning; facilitate...
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Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum design and practice
On 24 March 2022, the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) ran the Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum Design and Practice online event. The event focused attention on research-informed curriculum design and...
The National Framework for Inclusion: Supporting inclusive practices in Scotland
Supporting student teachers and teachers to enact inclusive approaches in Scottish schools is a significant part of the Scottish Universities Inclusion Group’s (SUIG) work. SUIG is a...
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Editorial: Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum design and practice
On 24 March 2022, the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) ran the Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum Design and Practice online event. The event focused attention on research-informed curriculum design and...
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Supporting doctoral students and early career researchers in journal peer review in educational research: Issues and suggestions (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this two-part blog post, I surveyed the landscape of journal peer review in educational research and underscored the importance of involving junior researchers. Am I suggesting that...
Continue reading blog postSupporting doctoral students and early career researchers in journal peer review in educational research: Issues and suggestions (Part 1)
Journal peer review is a familiar topic for doctoral students and early career researchers in educational research. With the prevalence of the ‘publish-or-perish’ culture in academia,...
Continue reading blog postEvidence-based practice in schools: What’s really going on?
Improving educational outcomes through high-quality provision is one of the main aims of education systems across the world. Over recent decades there has been a concerted move by policymakers in...
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Food banks in schools and the ‘cost of living’ crisis
In the UK, over 2.6 million children experience food insecurity, which is defined as those who have limited or unreliable access to food due to a lack of financial resources (Power et al., 2020;...
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Where’s the geography? The importance of geography to disciplinary debates about, and teaching in, education
Initial Teacher Education offers fascinating, complex and vital opportunities to think across academic disciplines, school subjects and pedagogy. Over a decade ago, reflecting on her experiences...
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