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Generative artificial intelligence and a return to dialogue in education

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Socrates famously held a low opinion of writing, believing it encouraged superficial understanding. True understanding, he argued, requires face-to-face dialogue. This is not found on the written...

Effective reading instruction for students with specific learning difficulties

When it comes to teaching reading to students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD), one size does not fit all. Students with SpLD face a unique set of challenges that can make learning to...

Meet and Discuss – Educational Effectiveness and Improvement

The Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG meeting was held to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2024 and onwards. The aims of the SIG was...

‘I know kung fu’: Rethinking education in the metaverse

If you know kung fu, how do you know it? In the 1999 film The Matrix, the protagonist Neo has martial arts instantly uploaded into his brain. ‘I know kung fu’, he states, definitively, before...

The impact of AI on the future of education

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) in education is not new. The pioneers of AI during the 1950s were cognitive scientists who were directly involved in education research (Doroudi, 2023). However, there...

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 160

Education and democracy

BERA Bites, issue 9: What are we educating for?

BERA Bites

This BERA Bites collection started out as a seminar series in which policymakers, educational practitioners and researchers came together to discuss what we are educating for across the English...

Empowering teachers and young people through nature, outdoor learning and environmental sustainability education

This online webinar was co-hosted by two BERA SIGs, Nature, Outdoor learning and Play and, Education for Environmental Sustainability. Following a successful and engaging series of sessions at...

Spring 2024

Research Intelligence issue 158: Unheard voices: Language education outside the mainstream

Mobile phone bans in schools: Impact on achievement

Initial analysis of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) suggests that mobile phone bans might help with...

Academics’ perspectives on students’ use of ChatGPT: Contain, constrain or embrace the genie?

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Introduction This blog post is a reflection on the UNESCO report (Miao & Holmes, 2023), which underscores the importance of centring educators in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution in...

Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding

Expert Panel update BERA’s Expert Panel on educational research funding is continuing its work. Having had several meetings, the panel has revised its aims and also engaged a RA who is working...