BERA TEAN Conference 2026
The BERA Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) conference provides a powerful professional development experience for teacher educators and for researchers into teacher education and...
Convenor
Pete Boyd, Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus at University of Cumbria
Pete Boyd taught for twelve years in high schools in Birkenhead and Bradford and three years in a field study and outdoor education centre in South Wales. He moved into higher education as a teacher educator, completed a part-time doctorate, and subsequently worked in academic development and research capacity-building roles. He became a professor of professional learning at University of Cumbria and a visiting professor at University of Hertfordshire. His research activity includes practitioner research on becoming a professional educator, research into assessment in higher education, and collaborative practitioner research with teachers.
Pete Boyd's contributions
Post-truth teachers
Teaching is values-based and complex. While theory and research within the field of education is contested, we require high-quality teachers who exercise professional judgement in deciding what...
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The theme for 2021 is ‘Overcoming challenges in educational research’ Discussant: Professor Pete Boyd, University of Cumbria Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted...
Being a subversive teacher educator
In this blog I am making a call on university-based teacher educators to be subversive (Rolfe, 2013). We are well-placed to nurture subversion within teacher education partnerships. In making my...
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