Biscuits or Banquets?
Becoming a lifetime reader is dependent on developing a love of reading[1] and few would argue against the fact that the ability and motivation to read impacts on the life chances of all...
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The BERA Blog was established in 2015 to provide research-informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.
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Observing to Understand – Using the Tavistock Method of Observation to Support Reflective Practice
The Tavistock method of infant observation has developed and grown since its original use as a tool to train psychotherapists at the Tavistock clinic. It is now widely used across many...
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Participation in recreational activities: views, experiences and choices from children and young people with cerebral palsy
http://www.playwales.org.uk/eng/ ‘All children and young people have the right to rest, leisure, play and recreation and to take part in cultural and artistic...
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Will to Power: Project-Based Learning in Post-WWII Japanese School Curriculum
In 1998, Japan’s curriculum authorities published curriculum guidelines (gakushu shido yoryo) for national compulsory education, dubbed as the ‘yutori (latitude) curriculum’ with a pinch of...
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Does it matter how the change is done? National curriculum reform in Finland
In many countries, Finland included, national curriculum reform are central tools for large-scale school development. However, the way the reforms are carried out affects what actually happens -...
Continue reading blog postClarifying accent standards for British teachers
The linguistic standards for British teachers within teacher training, and for teachers’ future careers, are clearly outlined by the DfE: ‘demonstrate an understanding of and take...
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Seventy Thousand Hours in the Community and Counting: A New Approach to Practicum in Initial Teacher Education
When trying to envisage the role of ‘teacher’ in the future it can be difficult to have a vision of something that takes us beyond our own experience. Introducing new approaches to the...
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“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” – Chinese proverb
The winds of change can be welcome, pushing you to a better world. For many teachers in Wales today the current climate feels more like a storm. In 1999 the first elections to the newly...
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An Educational HS2 to Irrelevance?
Over at least the last 40 years education policies in the United Kingdom have been seeking to make schools become more effective in meeting increasingly demanding political expectations. We have,...
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