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Inclusive Education in Central Asia

Link to event recording British Educational Research Association Comparative and International Education Special Interest Group (CIE SIG) in collaboration with the Kazakhstan PhD Association in...

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...

Should we really call this home schooling? Reflections from the research field

Covid-19, education and educational research

Within this current context, the term ‘home schooling’ is often deployed in a blanket way to describe what is likely to be a plethora of activities and methods of teaching and learning largely...

Liz Chamberlain

Teacher identity in a performative age: Coming to research through autoethnography

What is it to be a teacher? In 2014, five years into my career as a primary school teacher, I would have answered that question with a story of early promise as a trainee and professional success...

Sian Davies-Barnes

Vivienne John

Vivienne John is the programme director for PGCE secondary at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is currently in the final stages of her professional doctorate which focusses on the role of...

Judith Kneen

Judith Kneen is programme leader for PGCE English at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Her research interests include the use of technology within English teaching, teaching literature and...

Emma Thayer

Emma Thayer is programme leader for PGCE secondary drama at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Emma’s research interests include drama pedagogy, cross-curricular pedagogy in the expressive arts,...

Stefan Kucharczyk

Stefan Kucharczyk is a primary school teacher and consultant with 10 years’ experience. In 2014, he founded an independent teaching consultancy, ARTiculate Education. He specialises in improving...

Teachers should pay more attention to the essence of materiality

I love the fact that there is a wide range of technological media and various material to choose from for learning arts creation and for supporting creative learning. The rise of technology in...

Lucy Jenkins

Lucy Jenkins is the Project Director of the MFL Mentoring Project funded by the Welsh Government. Lucy has led on the development of the project since 2017, expanding the scope and size of the...