Special Interest Group
The Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG is concerned with sharing, developing and disseminating research that explores, informs and improves outcomes in education. We are interested educational effectiveness and improvement in any education sector, in any country and at a system or individual level (pupil, teacher, leader).
The aims of the SIG are to:
Provost and Professor of Education at at Plymouth Marjon University and Marjon University Cornwall
Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope is Provost and Professor of Education at Plymouth Marjon University. In 2018 she developed and opened Marjon University Cornwall based in Truro, which she leads. Tanya is a committed and enthusiastic educationalist...
Director at ACER Institute
Professor Pauline Taylor-Guy is currently the Director of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Institute and Centre for School and System Improvement (CSSI). The Centre provides global research and practice leadership in school...
#BERA_EducationalEffectiveness @BERA_News BERA SIG for Educational Effectiveness and Improvement, in partnership with Marjon University Cornwall, the National Association of Small Schools and...
Join the Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2021 This meeting will...
Alarm has been expressed about the likely impact of Covid-19 on children’s academic achievement with terms such as ‘closing the gap’, ‘learning loss’ and ‘catch up’ permeating...
Continue readingThe enduring argument over class size is one of the most contested in education. The argument is between many teachers and practitioners who feel that class size makes a big difference to teaching...
Continue readingIn Latin America (LATAM), socioeconomic inequality and lack of resources shape the context of educational institutions in particular ways. Programme quality and dropout rates preoccupy...
Continue readingCovid-19 has presented schools with a series of dilemmas since lockdown began, and continues to do so as schools seek to reopen to all their pupils. There have been few reliable sources of advice...
Continue readingIn this episode of the BERA Podcast BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson interviews Professor Paul Miller, the President of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management...
In this episode, the second in the "Educated Unmasked" podcast series, Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope, BERA SIG Convenor for Educational Effectiveness and Improvement and Council Member, discusses...
