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How can online instructors enhance student performance by effectively participating in asynchronous online discussions?

Online learning has become increasingly important in education, especially during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. A key activity in online learning is asynchronous online discussion (for instance...

What are we educating for? Education policymaking in England

Education represents no less than our vision of society, and the people in it. It represents values. How education policy is made tells us about whose values are prioritised, what sources of...

Exploring Ghanaian lecturers’ engagement experiences in hybrid learning environments during the Covid-19 pandemic

Lecturers teaching in Ghanaian public universities have never had their pedagogical skills and competencies more tested than during teaching online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prior to the...

Initial teacher education: Are we missing something?

Initial teacher education (ITE) has increasingly come under public and political scrutiny in several countries due to a growing focus on competitive international rankings (Douglas-Gardner &...

Holding the space for professional learning

BERA Conference 2023

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...

‘Just say something!’

BERA Conference 2023

As schools and colleges resume after the summer holiday, one issue is certain. With a child bereaved of a parent every 22 minutes in the UK, many teachers will be faced with supporting a grieving...

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Positionality and practitioner research: Schoolteachers’ experiences of professional doctorates in education

Introduction The growth, internationally, in professional doctorates over the past 25 years has been well documented, as are the forms, fields and disciplines that such doctorates embrace....

Maybe they should all be cats? Designing a persuasive game for teacher recruitment

The teaching workforce is looking increasingly unsettled, in a time when schools and students most need stability. The exigent nature of STEM teacher recruitment in England is hard to miss, with...

GCSEs and test anxiety: Exploring secondary teachers’ perspectives

The government took the next step in getting back to ‘normal’ in 2023, as students in England sat examinations subject to pre-pandemic assessment routines for the first time. In so doing, the...

Anti-racism as care in initial teacher education: A personal view from a teacher turned early career researcher

The seeds of frustration were sewn during my PGCE training year. If left unresolved, frustration can develop into anger. It is this anger which I now use as motivation to contribute to improving...

BERA Conference 2023 Awards Announced

The BERA Conference 2023 was held at the Conference Aston/ Aston University, 12-14 September 2023. We are pleased to announce the conference award winners. Please click below to view the ECR Best...