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Since 2013, the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research Data & Methods (WISERD) has conducted research with pupils, teachers and parents in 29 primary and secondary schools throughout Wales....
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Politicians and teachers find access to educational research problematic. Teachers call for open access to research journals and some national teachers’ councils provide this (Scotland and the...
Continue reading blog postMembers of the Early Childhood SIG are presenting the BERA/TACTYC Academic Review of Early Childhood Education, bringing together specialists in BERA and TACTYC (Association for Professional...
Continue reading blog postLearning about abstract concepts can be difficult due to the hidden nature of the phenomena of interest. Developing understanding about abstract concepts is therefore challenging because...
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Globalisation, cyborg identities, potentially powerful social media oblige educators to deploy educational tools, toys, texts and technologies for oecumene, global bioethics, political justice for...
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Conducting research in naturalistic settings is not as straightforward and orderly as described in research books and journal articles. In this blog post, I will briefly reflect on the challenges...
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I remember with crystal clarity the moment my research mentor Dr Elaine Hall uttered the words that have come to change my life. We were stood in the corridor outside our offices - where all the...
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So the country has voted to leave the EU. The results show we are split on the issue, by region, by age and by economic prosperity. If early reporting is right, and 70% of the young voted to stay...
Continue reading blog postThere are at least two compelling reasons why educational researchers should be centrally involved in challenging racism. First, as a University and College Union (UCU) survey[i] of ‘black’...
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GCSE results published by the Department for Education (DfE) show enormous variations between the performance of English secondary schools. If we are serious about school improvement then it is...
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Recently research sponsored by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) was released that “attending an Independent school in England is associated with the equivalent of two additional years of...
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