BERA Bites
The BERA Bites series collates selected existing articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning...
Publication series
BERA Bites
The BERA Bites series collates selected existing articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning resources for students and educators in education. Each issue features an introduction by editors with expertise in the field, and each article includes questions, composed by the authors, prompting readers to further explore the ideas and arguments put forward in the original articles.
The BERA Bites are flexible resources that can be used in a multitude of ways, for example, to stimulate discussion among students in a seminar or as the basis of a professional development session for practitioners.
Content in this series
BERA Bites, issue 2: Educational leadership: Are our schools fit for the future?
The BERA Bites series presents selected articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning resources...
BERA Bites, issue 1: Early childhood
The BERA Bites series presents selected articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning resources...
BERA Bites, issue 3: Innovative methods for educational research
The BERA Bites series presents selected articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning resources...
BERA Bites, issue 4: Reimagining a curriculum for teacher knowledge
The BERA Bites series presents selected articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning...
BERA Bites, issue 5: Research used or produced in schools: Which informs practitioners most?
The BERA Bites series presents selected articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning...
BERA Bites, issue 6: Researching education & mental health: From ‘Where are we now?’ to ‘What next?’
The mental health and wellbeing of learners and teaching staff rank among some of the most pressing issues facing education in the coming decade. Even before the Covid-19 crisis hit, there was...
BERA Bites, issue 7: Exploring the impact of Covid-19: Pedagogy, curriculum & assessment
The coronavirus pandemic and its associated lockdowns upended our lives and presented challenges and consequences that were previously unimaginable. Teachers were flung in at the deep end with...
BERA Bites, issue 8: Toward a digital future of curriculum, pedagogy & assessment
In the last three decades, digital technologies have become an integral part of our lives, societies and education systems worldwide. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns since early...
BERA Bites, issue 9: What are we educating for?
This BERA Bites collection started out as a seminar series in which policymakers, educational practitioners and researchers came together to discuss what we are educating for across the English...
BERA Bites, issue 10: Employability education – learning from the present: A cross-sector view
In an era characterised by rapid technological advancements, globalisation and shifting labour market dynamics, the concept of employability has emerged as a central concern in education. As...
BERA Bites, issue 11: Developing your early career researcher profile & skillset
Developing your researcher profile and skillset is essential as you go through the early part of your research journey, whether you are doctoral student, practitioner researcher or postdoc or...
BERA Bites, issue 12: Education and the environment
Today, in 2025, as an Earthly community, we face the ongoing triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Across the UK, and in many other...
BERA Bites, issue 13: Education & generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) now sits at the heart of the everyday rhythms of schooling and higher education, affecting how we plan lessons, communicate with learners, assess work...
BERA Bites, issue 14: Rethinking primary education through pedagogical innovation & wellbeing
The educational imperatives of our time have led to major curriculum reviews in all four nations of the UK. Common themes across these curriculum reforms include a shift in focus from knowledge to...
BERA Bites, issue 15: Educating for all: Who are we educating?
In 2026, what does inclusive education look like? Are we close to being fully inclusive? Where are the gaps and the challenges? Whose voices and experiences are still unheard and unseen? What...
