The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice
Short, research-informed yet accessible introductions to key, interdisciplinary topics impacting education research and practice
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Short, research-informed yet accessible introductions to key, interdisciplinary topics impacting education research and practice
The fifth edition of BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research has been revised and updated to enable researchers to conduct their work to the highest ethical standards in any and all...
This blog post is based on my recent article published in the British Educational Research Journal (Kay, 2023). Using data from semi-structured interviews with two teachers, the paper addresses...
Continue reading blog postThe aspiration for a transformed early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, providing vital development for children before school in England, characterised by effective leadership and...
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Co-hosted with London Metropolitan University. This was the first joint event between Socio-Cultural and CHAT and Early Childhood and Care SIG. This event brought together researchers at all...
BERA is supporting the British Psychological Society (BPS) in creating a pilot teaching resource for secondary school students on the history of IQ testing in the UK education system. The resource...
This opportunity is now closed. The incoming editors of the British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) intend to publish a number of special issues during their tenure, which commences in...
When one thinks of a nursery or preschool, the memory of sensory experiences such as sounds, smells and colours spring to mind. Although early childhood education and care (ECEC) spaces are...
Continue reading blog postThe Forest School (FS) approach emphasises learner-centredness, play-based learning and long-term and repeated experiences, set within a woodland context. Adults facilitate, rather than direct,...
Continue reading blog postWithout doubt the Covid-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruption to early childhood education (ECE) across the globe, and many communities are still dealing with the consequences of school...
Continue reading blog postThe overall question of this BERA Blog special issue can be understood in two different ways: what is being done now at the current time by educators (what are we educating for), and it can also...
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