Race, racism and hope

In August 2023, I became the inaugural recipient of the BERA Equality in Education Award in recognition of my race equity work in education. In this blog post I reflect on how race and racism have...

Using principles from cognitive science to design a school mathematics curriculum

Introduction For many years, school curriculum resources have been designed without explicit reference to research evidence and without extensive trialling in classrooms (Burkhardt & Schoenfeld,...

Does educational research lack discipline?

Several years ago, Dominic Wyse addressed the long-running issue of whether education is a discipline. I suggest that an essential requirement for a discipline is engagement between those adopting...

How who I am shapes what I do

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

It was with a degree of trepidation that I presented at the BERA ECR Network symposium in April 2023. Initially I thought this would be a great event just to attend and listen to the experiences...

‘The power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already’: A researcher’s reflections on methodological changes and decision-making in educational research

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

Reflective practice in educational research has a vital role when it comes to decision-making and methodological change. It depends on the researcher’s ethical practice; educational researchers...

Into the labyrinth: Choosing the research method/ology

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

As a doctoral researcher, I always have three questions on my mind. The first question is linked to my specific research project, and I wonder if I have chosen the ‘right’ research...

Why posthumanism? And why now? Ethics and method for complex times

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

I first engaged with critical posthuman theory in 2015, at Rosi Braidotti’s Posthuman Summer School at the University of Utrecht. At the time, I was working in teacher training, preparing people...

Managing ethics and positionality (multiple roles) in small rural primary school research

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

In April 2023 I was very fortunate to attend and present at the BERA ECR Network Symposium Series. This gave me the opportunity to reflect on and discuss the methodological and ethical decisions I...

Curriculum integration: A case for teacher perspectives

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

Curriculum integration is a way of enriching learning and knowledge production by combining two or more subjects (Pountney & McPhail, 2017). This combination or integration of school subjects,...