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Education and the climate crisis: A curriculum for sustainability

A BERA Blog special issue from the British Curriculum Forum

Editorial: Education and the climate crisis: A curriculum for sustainability – A BERA Blog special issue from the British Curriculum Forum

Over recent years, the climate crisis has become an accepted scientific fact, and around the world, children and young people have become some of the most vociferous activists for a more...

Putting climate and biodiversity at the heart of education: A National Education Nature Park approach

Education is central to addressing climate change (UN, 2023), but it is often left to science and geography. Recent research (Monroe et al., 2019; Rousell & Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, 2020)...

Into sustainability education

In order to better prepare children and young people for a future which is significantly altered by changes in global climate systems, sustainability education needs to be enhanced (Rushton et...

Child’s play? Using creative methods with adults in education research

The use of creative methods with children and young people has a long and well-established history in therapeutic practice and related research (Malchiodi & Perry, 2014). However, creative methods...

Review of Education: Call for ‘State-of-Play’ special issues (2024)

The editors of the Review of Education (RoE) intend to publish a number of ‘State-of-Play' (SoP) special issues during their tenure, which commenced in January 2024. They are therefore seeking...

Nurturing children’s personalities: Value affection and care through being in nature

In many classrooms in England, teachers are struggling to prioritise the nurturing of children’s personality, as recommended in Article 29(1a) in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...

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

Education and democracy & History of education: BERA Brian Simon Fund research reports

The research presented in this series of reports was funded by a grant from the Brian Simon fellowship fund. Held in trust by BERA, the fund was a gift from the family of Brian Simon, a leading...

Land: what is it for & how do we decide?

Education and democracy & History of education: BERA Brian Simon Fund research reports

A democratic study of children & their families’ perspectives

Embracing child-centred education: A path to learning freedom

Introduction The field of education is constantly changing, and since the Covid-19 crisis there has been a renewed emphasis on child-centred education. As a final-year PhD research student...

Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024)

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...