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Early Years Research Pedagogy, Curriculum and Adult Roles, Training and Professionalism (2003)
In this document members of the British Educational Research Association’s Early Years Special Interest Group (BERA SIG) present a literature review of some of the research relevant to their...
Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
Professor Anne Edwards To cite this reference: Edwards, A. (2011) Cultural Historical Activity Theory, British Educational Research Association on-line resource. Available on-line at [INSERT...
Spring 2014
40 Years On: Reflections on Educational Research Higher Education and Globalisation Research on Classroom Interaction: The spectrum since 1970 40 Years On: Research into teacher-student talk The...
Autumn/Winter 2013
Diversity, Aspiration and Equality in Education Celebrity and Youth Aspirations: The significance of hard work Diversity, School Exclusion and Inequality Human Rights and Sexual Diversity: In...
The BERA Charter for Research Staff in Education
The BERA Charter for Research Staff in Education replaces the previous version of the charter, THE 2008 BERA CHARTER FOR RESEARCH STAFF: promoting quality conditions for conducting quality...
Education isn’t working for us – listening to disengaged young people
A minority of young people are negative about education and become disengaged*. This study investigated their experience. Most saw the primary problem as the system. For them, school was an...
What accounts for ethnic achievement gaps in secondary schools in England?
This study explores the size of ethnic, gender and social class gaps in achievement at age 14 and asks what factors might account for ethnic achievement gaps. For most minority groups, high levels...
Personalisation and student voice
The New Labour Government (1997-2010) announced personalised learning as an idea ‘exciting’ the profession and one that promised ‘radical implications’ for the shape of education in...
Friendly schools: a whole-school intervention to reduce bullying
School bullying seriously affects young people’s social, physical and psychological well-being as well as their academic achievement. Increasingly, evidence suggests whole-school (universal)...
Why Educational Research Matters
In the summer of 2013, BERA published a briefing paper entitled ‘Why Educational Research Matters’. This was drawn from our contribution to the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and was...