The 21st century is offering a new set of challenges and opportunities for education. This event took a forward-facing approach to the future by exploring two areas of activity likely to drive...
Knowledge – its definition, conception, theorisation and implementation in policy and practice – is perhaps the most enduring and central element of curriculum research (e.g. Hirst,...
In this episode, the second in the "Educated Unmasked" podcast series, Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope, BERA SIG Convenor for Educational Effectiveness and Improvement and Council Member, discusses...
After decades of uncertainty about the future of education and work, the global pandemic has further undermined old ideas about post-compulsory education as a route to well-defined occupations and...
What is it like to publish during your PhD? How can you continue to publish after your PhD? How is it different to publish a book as opposed to journal articles? How do you navigate the process of...
In recent decades, the phenomenon of Alternative Schools is rapidly growing. Fueled with the neo-liberal agenda, it is one trajectory aiming at creating alternative public educational solutions to...
For young people in flexi schools, being interested in their school learning is often a novel experience, and one they value highly. Having been disengaged from and by conventional education,...
The role of self motivation (Gopalan et al, 2017)and self direction (Biesta, 2010) has long been recognised in children’s learning. However, in tightly managed and timetabled state run...
Intergenerational practice has seen a growth in popularity in recent years due to societal changes and in an aim to reconnect the generations (Vanderven, 2011; Vieira and Sousa, 2016). Although...