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Supporting practitioner research

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email events@bera.ac.uk.

A Curriculum for Wellbeing: A British Curriculum Forum conference

Update (Friday 13 March): unfortunately the conference previewed in this blog, which was to be held on Saturday 14 March, has been postponed. To be kept updated on its rearrangement please email...

BERA Bites, issue 5: Research used or produced in schools: Which informs practitioners most?

BERA Bites

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...

When ‘good enough’ isn’t good enough: Ethical dilemmas of a netnographic researcher

Ethnography has evolved for digital contexts in the form of netnography – researchers working with data originating from digital imprints of natural, public conversations (Kozinets, 2015). This...

Ethical review for education research: More than a box to tick

BERA’s Independent Researchers’ Forum’s recent meeting to discuss the challenge of ethical review clearly demonstrated the gap faced by researchers working outside academic institutions....

The 2020 Revision Census: The ambition and ethics of large-scale independent research

What do our children spend their time doing when they put in all those hours studying for big exams? Cognitive psychology tells us that the techniques they choose can have a substantial impact on...

Editorial: Revealing the challenges for independent researchers in accessing ethical approval

This special edition of the BERA Blog highlights a problem: independent educational researchers are unable to access an ethics panel for approval to carry out research. Approval is necessary for...

How do we enact ‘informed consent’?

As researchers we have a responsibility not just to inform participants about our research and its possible consequences, but to have confidence that participants are giving informed consent. So...

Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education (PRiME)

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite. The aim of the Practitioner Research in Mathematics...

Winter 2019

The latest issue of Research Intelligence showcases the strength and depth of recent research on post-compulsory and lifelong learning.

Emma Taylor

Teacher of Geography and Research Fellow, PhD student (Sociology)

Emma Taylor has over 12 years of experience teaching Geography to secondary school students in London. Alongside teaching, she has recently undertaken the role of Research Lead at the school in...

Claire Tyson

Teacher Researcher

Claire Tyson is a teacher researcher based at Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, where she combines teaching science with her research post. Her PhD was obtained by studying part time with...