Covid-19, education and educational research
Covid-19 has, over the last few weeks and months, transformed the way we live, work, research, teach and learn. This ongoing series of blogs addresses the crisis as it affects education in all its...
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Researching education and mental health: From ‘Where are we now?’ to ‘What next?’
The mental health and wellbeing of both learners and teaching staff are among the most pressing issues facing education in the coming decade. This special issue of the BERA Blog presents a...
Independent researchers: The challenges of accessing ethical approval
Independent educational researchers, unaffiliated to higher education institutions, often face great difficulty in gaining ethical approval to carry out their research – which means that the...
Education for our planet and our future
Climate change is arguably the most pressing educational imperative of modern times, yet in our universities and communities – and within BERA itself – it remains relatively underdiscussed....
The challenges and solutions for qualitative researchers in gaining ethical approval and consent
A special series of blogs asks the difficult questions about current informed consent and ethical approval practices and assumptions, critically exploring the work and philosophy of both ethics...
BERA Blog end of year highlights
Every year, the lead editor of the BERA Blog, Professor Gerry Czerniawski, collates his chosen blogs from throughout the year, showcasing the best of educational research. Reaching readers in 223...
Practitioner research and commentary in a networked society
Over the past decade, self-published polemic on education topics has become widely disseminated through a burgeoning culture of social media, and has increasingly challenged the products of...
Reimagining a curriculum for teacher knowledge
This special issue of the BERA Blog, presented by the British Curriculum Forum, aims to reimagine a curriculum for teacher knowledge for the 21st century, across the four nations of the UK and...
From Zero to Hero: Anecdotal tales in pursuit of the elusive doctorate
This series of six blogs by doctorate veterans David Morris and David Cudworth offers a personal, practical account of the five key factors that they feel determined their success, in the hope...
BERA Blog Special Issues: General Election 2017
Special Edition of the BERA Blog - Focus on the Election 2017 With education a significant factor determining who votes and for which parties, the BERA Blog has published 4 posts in the run up to...
BERA Blog Special Issues: BERA/TACTYC
To celebrate the launch of the BERA/TACTYC Early Childhood Research Review 2003-2017 we have a special edition of the BERA blog. Join the discussion. Influence the debate. #BERABlog
Scotland: Reform, professionalism and delivery
We are delighted that Graham Donaldson has guest edited this collection of blogs looking in particular at the current education agenda in Scotland. As Graham says in his overview contribution,...
