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Historically, education has played a vital role in identity formation, especially when looking at minority groups. Group threat theory (Stephen & Stephen, 2000) suggests that minority communities...
Continue reading blog postThis series celebrates one decade of the BERA Blog, as an important and growing space to explore current and varied issues and questions of concern to the education community. To mark this...
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, BERA has collected together a set of 50 landmark studies that have had a significant impact on educational policy, educational practice, research...
The education system in Northern Ireland has many strengths. Teaching is valued as a career and the profession is generally held in high esteem in the community. Teacher education has remained...
Continue reading blog postIn an old Irish joke, a ‘city-slicker’ lost in the countryside asking for directions is advised, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.’ This mirrors the complicated tale of the...
Continue reading blog postDenominational Christianity is woven into the fabric of education in Northern Ireland (NI). Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist Churches, all Christian, are embedded in the framework...
Continue reading blog postThis blog post is a little different. Using my background as an advocate for children, I reflect on what they require from an education system that is so often not designed to serve their needs....
Continue reading blog postNorthern Ireland education has just had an Independent Review . It remarked that: ‘Northern Ireland could significantly benefit if unnecessary fragmentation or duplication, where they exist,...
Continue reading blog postThe rationale for how education operates is often contentious. There are varying views about academic selection, politicians disparage some degrees while lauding others, private schools’...
Continue reading blog postStimulating debate with Ulster University’s Transforming Education project
At the BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting, Dr Marlon Moncrieffe assumed the BERA Presidency and delivered a powerful keynote address titled "Championing Educational Research: BERA’s...
50 think pieces on education, policy, practice, innovation & inclusion
