The BERA Blog was established in 2015 to provide research-informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.
In 2005 I gave my inaugural lecture entitled More Leadership. Having now taken early retirement (to get on with my work), my professor emerita lecture reviews these ideas under the title Even More...
Continue reading blog postChildren’s books containing Black autistic characters are rare. As Bishop (1990) explains, books offer windows into others’ experiences and act as mirrors for the way people see themselves....
Continue reading blog postPersonalised learning is premised on the recognition of the diversity and differentiation of learners, with the aim of fostering autonomy for learners to shape individualised learning journeys (Li...
Continue reading blog postThe concept of a ‘bubble’ has become synonymous with the Covid-19 pandemic, a metaphor for restricted physical and social interaction. Such draconian practices have placed untold challenges on...
Continue reading blog postUnderstanding UK PE curricula In the UK and internationally, the subject of physical education (PE) has remained relatively unchanged and continues to be associated with the development of sport...
Continue reading blog postAutism is the most common type of identified need for pupils in English mainstream schools (DfE, 2018), yet despite the considerable focus on training, teachers continue to lack confidence in...
Continue reading blog postRecently, I discovered some chapters that I had drafted in the early 1980s. These arose from a study of teachers at Bridgewater Hall, the first secondary school on Stantonbury Campus in Milton...
Continue reading blog postProviders of initial teacher training (ITT) in England are inspected by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). As members of a university ITT primary English team, we were prompted to...
Continue reading blog postSchools, colleges and universities after Covid-19
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