The BERA Blog was established in 2015 to provide research-informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.
The coolest of yules and festive frivolity to all our readers and authors, wherever you may be. We start this end-of-year celebration of posts by thanking all of you for your continued support,...
Continue reading blog postFrom a sociological perspective, Bourdieu (1986) sees cultural capital as non-economic resources such as education and knowledge, while social mobility is the ability to move up or down the social...
Continue reading blog postThe term ‘disability’ includes various impairments affecting physical, mental, intellectual or sensory abilities. According to the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
Continue reading blog postThe BERA Blog post ‘Dropping off a cliff’ makes a strong case that the current trainee teacher recruitment crisis in England has been exacerbated by several Department for Education (DfE)...
Continue reading blog postTeaching a course on ‘policy analysis’ remains challenging for several reasons: drawing from multiple theoretical threads (Heck, 2004); relying mainly on ‘desk reviews’ of policies as...
Continue reading blog postOur blog post reports on a systematic scoping review that addresses the influence of positive psychology on second and foreign language acquisition and learning. Emotions significantly impact...
Continue reading blog postHattie and Timperley (2007) distinguish four levels of feedback messages that address different aspects of students’ learning: task, process, self-regulation and self. This blog post outlines...
Continue reading blog postThis blog post is based on a doctoral research study that explored perceptions and experiences of multiculturalism of teachers, students and parents in four mainstream primary schools in the...
Continue reading blog postOnline learning has become increasingly important in education, especially during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. A key activity in online learning is asynchronous online discussion (for instance...
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