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Ruth Graham

Ruth Graham is an assistant professor on the teaching and curriculum pathway at the University of Nottingham, UK. She works with international educators on the PGCE International. Previously, she...

The road to BERA 2023

BERA Conference 2023

The sun was setting on the final days of summer in Aotearoa New Zealand as the UK was looking forward to spring. My academic friends and I, separated by time, space and seasons, dreamed of when we...

Teachers are doing it for themselves: Developing Beach School approaches to support an effective climate change curriculum

Zac Goldsmith’s controversial resignation letter in 2023 was interesting for its ‘insider’ revelation about the apathetic attitude of the present political leadership towards the...

Christopher Bear

Christopher Bear is reader in Human Geography at Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning. His research explores the changing food system, focusing particularly on the study of...

Cait Talbot-Landers

Cait Talbot-Landers has been co-convening the North-West Beach School network since 2017. This operates along the Sefton, Fylde and Morecambe coastlines and is a free collective of educators and...

Open Call: BERA Engagement Chair

We would like to invite any interested members to apply to the role of BERA’s Engagement Committee Chair. The role will commence in September 2024 and run for a period of four years.  The...

Youth Studies & Informal Education – Call for SIG Convenor 2024-2027

An opportunity has arisen to become a SIG Convenor for Youth Studies & Informal Education and help lead the SIG over the next 3 years.  The special interest of the Youth Studies & Informal...

Open Call: BERA Publications Chair

We would like to invite any interested members to apply to the role of BERA’s Publications Committee Chair. The role will commence in September 2024 and run for a period of four years.  The...

Editorial: Practitioner research in mathematics education

The Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education (PRiME) day conference is a long-standing event run by the BERA Mathematics Education special interest group (SIG) in collaboration with the...

‘I thought she would get there first but I did’: How close observation of mixed-attainment mathematics enabled the voice of the lower attainer to emerge

In this blog post I report on research exploring the use of mixed-attainment pairs in primary mathematics lessons in south-east England. Research into mixed-attainment learning is limited; as a...

Rethinking the numbers: Promoting alternative research perspectives among mathematics education researchers

Practitioner research in education helps us better understand effective pedagogy and practices. Indeed, it is practitioner curiosity that often drives our research. However, does the situatedness...

The role of in-person tutorials

The practices implemented in higher mathematics education are in a constant state of change, and where the research often lags the implementation. Recently, it has become evident that remote and...