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History education and language of instruction in divided societies: The case of Lebanon

Education has long been seen as a tool for identity formation (Idris et al., 2012). Specifically, certain aspects of the education system are seen as the primary foundation on which national...

BERA Conference 2023 – Call for Abstract Reviewers

Would you be willing to act as a reviewer for abstracts submitted to the BERA Annual Conference 2023? To be involved, you will need to: be a BERA Member be available to referee abstracts...

BERA Brian Simon Fund

In 2023, BERA invited applications for a special anniversary grants scheme, made possible by a gift from the family of Brian Simon – a leading educationalist and former BERA President. The fund...

An empirical evaluation of ‘big questions’ as an organisational framework for interdisciplinary social studies in a Scottish high school

BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant Research Reports

This research project assessed the impact on pupils and staff of a school-designed integrated social studies curriculum, aiming to apply insights from Big History and Big Questions to offer pupils...

Who is your teacher and why does it matter? The lived experiences of history and citizenship teachers in Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland, as in other divided and conflict-affected societies, the contribution of education and, particularly, the school curriculum in aiding social cohesion has long been recognised...

Miles Smith

I am Associate Dean of Education and Programme Lead for Primary Education BA (Hons) at Plymouth Marjon University. Having worked in the English Language Teaching sector and Primary sector, I have...

Mary Clare Martin

After my first degree in history at the University of York, I taught EFL in Italy, then after PGCE (primary) taught in the London Borough of Brent. My PhD (Goldsmiths' College, University of...

History SIG Convenor Vacancy 2022-2024

Call for SIG Convenor The History SIG, a relatively new SIG within the BERA family, is a broad church for researchers and practitioners situated within the fields of history of education and...

‘Learning for All’

BERA funded six small grants in 2022/23 under the title “Learning for all”. These grants supported projects which examine educational provision in its widest sense that seeks to provide or...

How much the price for inclusion in the English secondary history curriculum?

In response to written questions from Parliament’s Petition Committee on 9 March 2021, the then Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb MP, made it clear that there was no plan to make...

Strengthening teacher networks: Decolonising secondary school history curricula

Race & Education: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

The decolonising of curricula is a current issue in education, but the complexities and varying interpretations of what this actually means can present challenges and uncertainty. During a time...

How can we teach for transformative disciplinary learning in history and social studies in a high autonomy curriculum?

New Zealand’s 2007 curriculum reform has received international attention for its high level of curricular autonomy, learner-centred ideologies and adoption of 21st-century skills, competencies...