My souvenir is two cups Full of creek water. I couldn’t take it with me So, I tipped it over my head, Re-baptised myself Because I’m going to be different From now on. (cited in Gray &...
Education has become an increasingly important part of the international agenda to raise awareness of how we can support action to shape a more sustainable way of life (Rieckmann, 2012). Enshrined...
I am a Senior lecturer in Education Studies, Award Leader, International Development and Education, School of Education and Co-Chair of Global Inclusive Network, Bath Spa University. I am writing...
Over the last decade, the humanities and social sciences have become increasingly interested in the nonhuman (animals, plants, non-living objects) as having agentic and performative capacities. By...
In this episode of the BERA Podcast Joanna Merrett discusses the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on elective home education families and her recent research submitted to the UK EHE select...
Intergenerational practice has seen a growth in popularity in recent years due to societal changes and in an aim to reconnect the generations (Vanderven, 2011; Vieira and Sousa, 2016). Although...
The notion of spirituality as an ontological priority for children has become more prominent in academic literature in the past decade, not least due to its inclusion in the National Curriculum as...
Engaging in arts practices is recognised as having potential benefit in terms of fostering self-esteem, well-being and happiness, social cohesion, creativity, agility as well as promoting academic...
Online registration has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_AlternativeEducation Online event - pre-registration essential Across the global context of disrupted...
For young people in flexi schools, being interested in their school learning is often a novel experience, and one they value highly. Having been disengaged from and by conventional education,...
The role of self motivation (Gopalan et al, 2017)and self direction (Biesta, 2010) has long been recognised in children’s learning. However, in tightly managed and timetabled state run...
https://youtu.be/u2yEoiAF2bs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOtc4Ofrpfw&t=3467s Across the global context of disrupted schooling during the pandemic, interest in alternative methods,...