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Tensions in current curriculum reform and the development of teachers’ professional autonomy

Current curriculum reform in Wales offers the chance for teachers to have greater freedom in developing pedagogical approaches that meet the needs of their pupils. The Successful Futures report...

Opportunities missed: Then the rains came down and washed the writing away

Covid-19, education and educational research

Discussion among researchers at the moment is mostly punctuated with references to Covid-19. From across the various fields that my research cross-sections – primary English, children’s...

Education, children’s futures and Covid-19

Covid-19, education and educational research

Last year I conducted a research project with 12 early-career primary teachers. While exploring their sense of purpose, I found that many teachers were driven by a commitment to preparing their...

Why do school exclusion rates continue to rise in England?

Children and young people excluded from school for poor behaviour have lower than average educational outcomes. They are more likely to experience ‘deep exclusion’ (Levitas et al., 2007), with...

Technology and Child and Adolescent Mental Health

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email events@bera.ac.uk. Young people spend a great deal of their time online and using a range...

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...

The PGCE journey: Wellbeing and workload

The PGCE route into teaching has the lowest retention rate (Allen et al., 2016). Many students embarking on a PGCE are warned about the challenges of the course, as the following blog extract...

Personal values and trainee teacher wellbeing

Values and wellbeing Many teachers in England and Europe report the demands of their job harm their wellbeing (Education Support, 2019; ETUCE, 2011). Poor wellbeing is cited as a key reason why...

Mental health and wellbeing in doctoral students from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds

There is a large body of evidence for the poor mental health of both undergraduate and postgraduate students in higher education settings (Peluso, Carleton, & Gordon, 2011), leading to the Higher...

Ensuring students achieve, thrive and survive their educational journeys: Using creative ways to support learning and resilience

The context for this work is complex – all students are faced with academic stressors, which can be further compounded by factors including separation from their support networks and...

Teacher wellbeing: A systemic perspective

Education Support is the mental health and wellbeing charity of the education sector. We provide accredited counselling and welfare support to individuals, wellbeing services that enable schools...

Continuities in mental wellbeing from adolescence into early adulthood

We are concerned here with the extent of mental wellbeing and, in particular, distress and other difficulties with wellbeing, and whether such difficulties continue as young people move from...