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Anti-racist mathematics teacher education

On 28 August 2020 thousands marched through Washington DC to mark the 57th anniversary of the famous ‘I have a dream’ speech by Martin Luther King Jr. My research interests include anti-racism...

The fragilities in the English education system revealed by Covid-19, and how to put them right

Covid-19 has presented schools with a series of dilemmas since lockdown began, and continues to do so as schools seek to reopen to all their pupils. There have been few reliable sources of advice...

Knowledge, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Universality and developmental difference across educational phases

Knowledge – its definition, conception, theorisation and implementation in policy and practice – is perhaps the most enduring and central element of curriculum research (e.g. Hirst,...

Children’s reflections on home education during the Covid-19 pandemic: Implications for the return to school

As school leaders plan the return to school following the global pandemic, it is crucial that their educational decisions are informed by research into the everyday realities of enforced home...

This is not a one-year blip: If we have to have a national assessment system, it shouldn’t be this one

This is not a one-year blip: If we have to have a national assessment system, it shouldn’t be this one Although calls for root-and-branch reform of our national examinations systems aren’t...

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research – presentations

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research

#principlesintopractice The presentations were drawn from those people who had either submitted abstracts on the topic for this event - Research into practice - or from the BERA strand that was...

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research – Discussion Panel

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research

#principlesintopractice Registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk if you want to watch this online.   This is the opportunity to hear the Keynotes and...

The emerging blind spot of computer science provision in secondary schools?

Recent times have seen a high level of support for the introduction of computer science (CS) in secondary schools (schools catering for students 12 to 18 years of age approximately). However, the...

Students’ anxiety about the allocations of grades for cancelled high-stakes public examinations

‘My main anxiety at the moment is how I am going to be graded.’

From Action Research to Intervention – The Aspirations Game

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research

#principlesintopractice Registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk if you want to watch this online.   An example of action research in a Secondary Academy...

Typing aloud

In common with most teacher educators, I am a big fan of classroom talk. I continually stress to my English subject trainee teachers the huge value of the spoken word and invite them to be...

Predicted grades and prejudice

Across England, most secondary-level students will be receiving predicted grades at the end of this year. These grades may determine their entry into further education or a particular workforce....