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Music teachers are curriculum designers

It is fair to say that the model music curriculum has caused quite a stir in music classrooms in England. A national curriculum already exists for music, and while it is only statutory for around...

Craft elicitation: Connecting and finding meaning through craft

'The eldest ones said that the laughter and tears are sewn right into the quilt, part and parcel, stitch by stitch. Emotions, experiences, heartbreak, mourning, pain and regret, stitched into the...

Creativity in learning: A post-pandemic evaluation of Kashmir

According to Unicef, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the closure of around 1.5 million schools in India and affected 247 million children. One of the hardest-hit regions is Kashmir, where young...

The new model music curriculum: A step far enough?

In the foreword to the new model music curriculum, schools minister Nick Gibb states that it ‘is designed to assist rather than to prescribe’ (DfE, 2021, p. 2). Notably, there is much detail...

Creativity in 21st Century Education: Where, how and what next?

Contextualised by the Durham Commission in 2019, and the pedagogic challenges generated during 2020, creativity is re-emerging as an educational imperative which is of interest again nationally...

Creativity in 21st Century Education: Where, how and what next?

Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_Creativities @BERA_News Contextualised by the Durham Commission in 2019, and the pedagogic...

The reawakening of the old idea of children doing AI programming

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

In the recently published British Journal of Educational Technology article, ‘Constructionism and AI: A history and possible futures’, Niall Winters and I examine the 50-year history of...

Editorial: Wellbeing and being outdoors

Over the past year, as we have been forced to slow down and restrict our activities because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is has become apparent just how important it is for our health and...

Being active in play environments: The key to children’s health and wellbeing

Playground closures due to the ongoing pandemic have led to urgent calls for city councils and authorities in the UK to keep play spaces open. Parents and experts reason that home isolation has...

Summer 2021

The serious side of nature, outdoor learning & play International perspectives Research Intelligence issue 147 The special section in this issue looks beyond the dominant Eurocentric and...

Inspiring hope, igniting resilience: Pedagogies to build socio-ecological literacies & transform worldviews

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 for sustainability: Connecting learners with nature

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...