BERA Council
Dominic has made a leading contribution to study of curriculum and pedagogy, including national curricula, for more than 25 years. Dominic’s main research is on effective teaching of reading and writing. His influential theory The 'Double Helix of Reading and Writing' was published in a prize winning paper and in the award-winning book ‘The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing’ (co-authored with Charlotte Hacking, Routledge). Dominic was president of BERA from 2019 to 2022. He has made a significant contribution to research on education as an academic discipline in universities, including the vital place of teacher education and ‘close-to-practice research’. As president then vice-president he led the BERA ‘Education: The State of the Discipline’ initiative which consisted of five research projects undertaken by different teams of researchers.
Leeds Beckett University, in association with the British Educational Research Association, invite you to participate in our inaugural international conference entitled Global Perspectives in...
The election of a Labour government in the UK in July 2024 heralded optimism that some serious problems with England’s national curriculum and assessment system, evident since 2014, would...
Continue reading blog postThis event will mark the culmination of BERA's 50th anniversary celebrations alongside our more formal AGM. We will finish with a drinks reception, canapés and the ceremonial cutting of a...
An analysis of data from the Research Excellence Framework
Since 2020, BERA has been running a large-scale initiative that aims to provide a clear, comprehensive account of the state of education as an academic discipline in universities; as a field of...
While BERA guidelines for ethical research do exist, it is acknowledged that the application of the guidelines is not always simple and straightforward. This event was an opportunity to discuss...
