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Editorial: To read, or not to read? How diverse practices, perspectives and experiences shape our reading engagement
What children say about books: 'I can drain all my emotions out on the book, so if I’ve had a hard day, I can just read’ ‘It’s quite nice to sort of feel like you’re sort of letting go...
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Children’s perspectives and experiences of reading for pleasure practices in the UK
Primary school curricula across the UK highlight the importance of reading for pleasure, for example: ‘The National Curriculum for England aims to ensure that all pupils: develop the habit of...
Continue reading blog postDecolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher training and education curricula in England and Wales: The Curriculum Journal Special Issue
This seminar provided an opportunity to hear from contributing authors to the recently published Special Issue of The Curriculum Journal, decolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher...
Maths in other subjects: Expanding the definition of post-16 maths participation
The British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, lately announced his ambition ‘to move towards all children studying some form of maths to 18’ (Sunak, 2023), prompting questions about what maths this...
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How do schools envision holistic development in Pakistan? Insights from Sen’s capability approach
Education is universally recognised as a basic right and an essential element of personal and societal development, which implies bringing enlightenment and prosperity to society (Abdullah, 2020)....
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Weaving a ‘green thread’ of climate change education: Primary and secondary school teachers’ current practice
In April 2022, the Department for Education (DfE) launched a sustainability and climate change strategy for the education and children’s services systems in England which includes a focus on the...
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Using learning contracts in large-group teaching: Preliminary findings
There is no doubt that most academics have an overarching goal that is to develop their students into self-directed and autonomous learners. Evidence from the literature on contract learning...
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The policy and practice of mathematics mastery
In a recent speech the UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, once again raised the profile of mathematics on the basis that ‘our children’s jobs will require more analytical skills than ever...
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Incorporating indigenous funds of knowledge into curriculum-making practices
Indigenous peoples have lived in harmony with the natural world for thousands of years, developing unique ways of understanding and interacting with their surroundings. This knowledge is often...
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Decolonial and anti-racist pedagogies and curricular in teacher education: The importance of partnerships between practice and scholarship
BERA’s recent work in supporting research focused on race and education, including the 2021 Small Grants Fund (BERA, 2022), is part of wider initiatives in school and higher education sectors to...
Continue reading blog postCall for papers: What place for activism in, for and as education?
A proposed special issue of the British Educational Research Journal
