As academics working to ameliorate the impacts of climate change and environmental destruction through education, we often question the efficacy of our efforts. As higher education teachers, we...
This podcast is the sixth and final instalment in the series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being...
12 September 2023 to 14 September 2023Aston University/ Conference Aston
The BERA Conference 2023 was held on the 12th-14th September 2023 at Conference Aston/Aston University. Keynote speakers included: Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith. The conference ended with three...
Finding friends as an adult is really difficult. As a child it’s easy to approach someone, state your name, and ask if they want to play: sorted. As an adult such an approach might be frowned...
Teaching excellence has been at the forefront of policy worldwide (O’Leary & Savage, 2020). In the UK, the Teaching Excellence Framework, ranking tables and scrutiny from the Office for...
Research-practice partnerships (RPPs) are collaborative research structures which seek to improve children and young people’s educational experiences and outcomes, by synthesising the cumulative...
In this blog post, I explore the value of infographics beyond their visual aspect for widening participation students. The post draws on my PhD research, which focuses on the value of infographics...
On less optimistic days, we might reflect that for some in society, the social fabric that binds us together is currently not only fraying but unravelling. This leads us to question what it would...
This podcast is the fifth in a series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by...
Dr Rebecca Jesson is an Associate Professor in literacy education at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education and Social Work. She was recently appointed Research and Academic Director...
Dr Mei Kuin Lai is an Associate Professor at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education and Social Work. She is Director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre there and was recently...
I’m standing very still. My toes are curled over a stone ledge, a gaping dark chasm below me. It is decision time. But which way to go? I had been contemplating this decision for some months....