Upcoming event
Beginning the day we will hear from the BERA Committee Chairs who will update on the year of BERA activities and finances.
This will lead into our keynote, Heike Wendt delivering a talk on:
Teaching for Tomorrow: Education for Sustainability Across Europe
Environmental issues are among the most urgent challenges facing future generations, and education plays a vital part in tackling them. Developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for sustainability should begin in primary school, yet research on this topic is limited in Europe. Recent international studies, including the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2019 and 2023, provide new insights into the environmental knowledge and awareness of primary school pupils. This keynote will present these results in a European context, emphasising the high value placed on environmental education by both teachers and students, and highlighting the need for teaching methods that foster analytical and critical thinking, as well as a sense of agency. Furthermore, it will critically reflected the extent to which large-scale assessments can be used as a monitoring tool.
This event will feature our awards ceremony highlighting some of those winners and their work, as well as the achievements and successes of the academic research community. BERA offers over £80,000 of awards and opportunities annually and this occasion presents an opportunity to celebrate the recipients.
This will be followed by our ‘In Conversation with…’ lecture. This year we are delighted that Professor Heidi Safia Mirza, Emeritus Professor of Equality Studies in Education at UCL Institute of Education, will be joining us.
This event is free for BERA Members to attend.
Draft programme
| 13:30 | Registration, followed by tea and coffee |
| 14:00 | Annual General Meeting |
| 14:45 | Teaching for Tomorrow: Education for Sustainability Across Europe Professor Heike Wendt, University of Graz |
| 15:40 | Tea and coffee break |
| 16:00 | Awards ceremony
A celebration of all the award winners 2024/2025 BERA Conference 2025 Awards |
| 16:45 | John Nisbet Award and In Conversation with… Professor Heidi Safia Mirza |
| 17:30 | Close of event |
Professor Emeritus Equality Studies in Education at U C L Insitute of Education
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University of Graz
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