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Should we really call this home schooling? Reflections from the research field

Covid-19, education and educational research

Within this current context, the term ‘home schooling’ is often deployed in a blanket way to describe what is likely to be a plethora of activities and methods of teaching and learning largely...

What you need to know to get the best from online education: A BJET/JCAL virtual special issue

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re all going through a period unlike any we have ever experienced. With respect to teaching and learning, students can’t attend school and universities – and...

Placing the subject at the heart of initial teacher education: How do mentors focus on subject specifics within lesson observation feedback?

Despite written lesson observation feedback being valued by beginning teachers (Hobson, Ashby, Malderez, & Tomlinson, 2009) and perceived as a mechanism to link theory and practice (Puttick,...

Practical science and pandemics

Covid-19, education and educational research

As the whole planet finds itself engulfed in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly clear that the public needs to be well equipped with the skills to deal with scientific...

Collaborative distance-learning in a time of coronavirus

Covid-19, education and educational research

James Derounian of the Association of National Teaching Fellows offers tips on delivering quality distance-learning for quarantined students.

The importance of the wider context: How an ecological approach can assist in understanding ICT take-up

Those researching technology use in education often switch between excessive optimism and excessive pessimism. They see the opportunities that new technology offers for creativity and a more...

What we can learn from degree apprenticeships and work-integrated learning

The British government’s introduction of degree apprenticeships (DAs) in 2015 marked a turning point in the delivery of both higher and vocational education in England. When announcing the...

Researching curriculum subjects: understanding how teachers plan, design and lead the curriculum

This event has now been postponed until 8 December 2020 - the event and recordings can be viewed here. This seminar, hosted by BERA, the British Curriculum Forum and the Knowledge in Education...

Curriculum Making

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email conference@bera.ac.uk. Large scale national curriculum reform is a prominent feature of...

A research approach to curriculum development: A British Curriculum Forum event report

A collection of groundbreaking new work on collaborative curriculum, research and development.

A Curriculum For Wellbeing

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email conference@bera.ac.uk. With more young people than ever struggling with their mental...

The role of the school curriculum in mental health

Two years have passed since the publication of the government’s Green Paper, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision. A key element of the vision that was set out in...