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Rachel Lofthouse is Professor of Teacher Education at the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University, where she has established ‘CollectivED: the Centre for Coaching, Mentoring, Supervision and Professional Learning’. She has a specific research interest in professional learning, exploring how teachers learn and how they can be supported to put that learning into practice.
The professional learning of teachers and school leaders occurs in multiple spaces and potentially throughout their careers. Professional learning matters because it creates opportunities for...
Continue reading blog postThe SIG convenors are encouraged to attend all sessions for their SIG and judge each presentation. The 'BERA Annual Conference - SIG Best Presentation' is then awarded.
The Early Career Framework (ECF), a system of mandatory CPD introduced to all English schools in September 2021. The ECF is part of the Department for Education’s Recruitment and Retention...
Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. #TeacherEd&Development Online event – pre-registration essential With Covid -19, education...
With Covid -19, education contexts and teacher educators were challenges with having to reimage placements and learning practices during lockdown. However, these challenges, now transformed...
The thread As a new professor I was invited to establish a research and practice centre, and it was suggested by the dean of my school that creating a working paper series would be a valuable...
Continue reading blog postAs changes in the curriculum appear on the horizon it is essential for teachers and school leaders to engage critically and constructively with the opportunities and tensions that emerge. Teachers...
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