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Challenging the evidence on the new baseline test in reception

In this blog, the authors of the BERA report A baseline without basis: The validity and utility of the proposed reception baseline assessment in England preview the findings of their research....

What might a self-extending school system with research evidence at its heart look like?

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more). In 2010, David Hargreaves,...

Child-friendly research in the early years

Highlights from the first 1,000 BERA Blog posts

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more). How can the curriculum be...

The Higher Project Qualification: It doesn’t matter what you’ve learned. At the end of the day, it’s the grade

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more). When asked by two year 11...

Promoting effective curriculum research: Linking the theoretic to the practical in FE teacher education programmes

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more). Perhaps one of the few...

The making of the RE-searchers approach: Close-to-practice theorisation and conceptualisation

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more). This is the tale of two...

Reply to Danielle Pée’s BERA blog post, ‘The Power of Relationships’, as applied to research ethics

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more). Danielle Pée’s BERA blog...

The untapped potential of university–school partnerships

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more).     ‘As a...

Researching the curriculum: The value of published research

This article is part of the BERA Blog special issue ‘Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation’ (read more). How do teachers use...

Researching the curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, professionalism and innovation

Introducing a special issue of the BERA Blog from the British Curriculum Forum On 24 February 2018 the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) held its third curriculum event for teachers, academics,...

Bold beginnings or black holes? The encroachment of summative assessment into the reception curriculum

Black holes themselves are invisible against the backdrop of space. We only become aware of their presence as they begin to drag in objects around them, warping the very fabric of the universe....

Researching the Curriculum in schools and colleges: Practice, Professionalism and Innovation

A BCF Event for schools, colleges and universities   This British Curriculum Forum (BCF) event brings together teachers, practitioners, researchers, leaders, managers, and academics to share...