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Breaking barriers: The inspirational journeys of disabled schoolteachers

The narratives of disabled schoolteachers often go unheard in educational research, yet they provide invaluable insights into the inclusivity of our education systems. These educators encounter...

Empowering educators: Non-formal teacher training in conflict-affected societies

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

In the aftermath of conflict, rebuilding societies often hinges on reshaping education to foster peace and reconciliation. Within this complex landscape, the role of educators becomes pivotal....

Remaining hopeful: Countering the dominant narratives about teacher education

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

Despite ‘teacher educators [being ] crucial players for maintaining – and improving – the high quality of the teaching workforce’ (European Commission, 2013, p. 4), the experiences of...

Transforming teacher education through transdisciplinary communities of practice for sustainability education

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

Education is vital for the urgently needed transition to more fair and sustainable futures. However, in order to fulfil this potential, education itself must be transformed. Teachers are central...

Exploring burnout among Latin American teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

The Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped many aspects of our lives, but few have felt its impact as acutely as educators. Overnight, teachers across Latin America were thrust into a new reality,...

Judging teaching effectiveness during initial teacher education: Examining the duplexity of professional judgment and consistency

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

In today’s educational landscape where accountability reigns, assessing teaching effectiveness has become a focal point in initial teacher education (ITE). With increased scrutiny and...

The impact of culture on teachers’ professional identity in Oman

This blog post is based on one of the findings from my PhD research, which highlights teachers’ identification of their professionalism in the research context of Oman. Teacher professionalism...

Curriculum in a Changing World

50 think pieces on education, policy, practice, innovation & inclusion

Reflections on the relationships between research and agency in geography teacher education

Geography teacher educators (GTEs) do important work. They have roles in recruiting, teaching and assessing beginning teachers, in mentor education, and in supervising practitioner enquiries and...

Teacher recruitment in England: What are schools in disadvantaged areas doing to attract new staff?

England, like many other countries across the world, is facing a crisis in teacher retention and recruitment. Newly published projections from the National Foundation for Educational Research...

Autumn 2024

Research Intelligence issue 160: Democracy & education

Learning classroom management in the workplace: How to support student teachers

In September 2023, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation on student teachers’ classroom management (CM) learning during their internship. In the Netherlands, student teachers finalise...