The BERA Blog was established in 2015 to provide research-informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.
We are thrilled to have been selected to represent the Australian Association for Research in Education as a featured symposium at this year’s BERA conference. We believe that the selection of...
Continue reading blog postThe twelve-month research project Literature’s Lasting Impression⃰ investigates a defining convention of classroom literary study, shared novel reading. Most people remember ‘reading round...
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“. . . health services across the UK are working harder than ever to deal with the fierce pressures of winter and when it’s being reported that emergency departments and primary care...
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In a recent study (Prytz 2017), I show that a standard narrative about Swedish school governance in the 20th century does not fit how the school subject mathematics (years 1–9) was governed in...
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When it comes to school buildings, the architect Peter Blundell Jones observed that in comparison to the “curriculum, the rule book, the head teacher’s policy, the staff hierarchy”, a...
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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 postWork-related learning, whereby a student has the opportunity to undertake a project or work alongside staff in an organisation, is encouraged and recommended in many publications even if they are...
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Why does group work seem to be falling out of favour? There has been a rising volume of voices in the educational world suggesting that group work is ineffective and should no longer be viewed...
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The general trend for science and maths A-level entries as a percentage of all A-level entries has been downwards over the last 15 years. Research evidence from large scale national surveys...
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