The BERA Blog was established in 2015 to provide research-informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.
Government-led workforce reforms in the early years sector have led to significant change in the range and level of qualifications available to practitioners, and social and economic policy over...
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Now that the summer term has ended it is possible to look at the 2016 recruitment round for teachers in some detail. although the recruitment round will include vacancies for January 2017, the...
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Members of the Early Childhood SIG are presenting the BERA/TACTYC Academic Review of Early Childhood Education, bringing together specialists in BERA and TACTYC (Association for Professional...
Continue reading blog postOne of the many novel phenomena associated with the rise of social media is the nationwide news story that is driven by a small personal event. Increasingly, members of the public will share...
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The 60th World Assembly of the International Council for Education for Teaching (ICET) took place in Kingston Jamaica on 18-21 July, and included keynotes from: the Hon. Errol Miller, former...
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I was invited to write this blog piece as a request for a piece on Transgenderism through the Sexuality’s SIG and couldn’t help but see tension and conflict within this request. This tension...
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In Sweden, international trends are challenging traditional conceptions about teaching practices. On the one hand, Swedish schools are regulated through a system of accountability, which leads to...
Continue reading blog postLearning about abstract concepts can be difficult due to the hidden nature of the phenomena of interest. Developing understanding about abstract concepts is therefore challenging because...
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In 2010, my secondary school initiated a Learning to Learn (L2L) curriculum for all students in Year 7. There was a competitive selection process, and I was chosen to be one of a team of 5...
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