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...
Senior Lecturer at University of East London
Aniqa Khaliq is a Senior Lecturer at the University of East London, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Aniqa started her career as a mathematics teacher, teaching and learning across sectors (youth academies, school, FE and HE),...
In a newly published study (Done & Knowler, 2021a) we investigated the strategic leadership role of special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) in planning for Covid-19 with particular...
Continue readingThis report summarises findings of research into how families of autistic children and young people attending mainstream schools in England experienced and responded to home-schooling and...
The Covid-19 pandemic has severely impacted everyday life around the world. In the UK, lockdowns have resulted in the closure of schools to most children for two prolonged periods: March to summer...
Continue readingOnline registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk Link to event recording #BERAEdPolicy #BERAEdEffectiveness @BERANews Exploring Teacher...
Exploring Teacher Recruitment and Retention: contextual challenges from international perspectives, edited by SIG convenors Tanya Ovenden-Hope and Rowena Passy, has been well received and is...
This report presents a comprehensive review of the existing evidence on school-based approaches to mental health. It covers what is meant by mental health and wellbeing, and why this is...
Our vernacular is somewhat noisy with idioms of silence: deafening silences; as silent as the grave; a wall of silence; suffering in silence. Other idioms offer implicit references to silence,...
Continue readingBERA SIG for Educational Effectiveness and Improvement, in partnership with Marjon University Cornwall, the National Association of Small Schools and the Diocese of Truro, invites school leaders,...
