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Review of Education: Call for ‘State-of-Play’ special issues (2024)

The editors of the Review of Education (RoE) intend to publish a number of ‘State-of-Play' (SoP) special issues during their tenure, which commenced in January 2024. They are therefore seeking...

From tiny acorns: Co-produced research between Chinese and UK practitioners

Those of us involved in initial teacher education (ITE) inhabit two worlds: one is the world of the school, where teachers and pupils are focused on outcomes that enhance pupils’ lives. ITE...

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Short, research-informed yet accessible introductions to key, interdisciplinary topics impacting education research and practice

Summer 2024

Research Intelligence issue 159: Partnering with generative artificial intelligence to write: The future of academic publishing

The future of AI in English language teaching and learning

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) can bring immediate and long-term benefits, but also challenges and risks to education systems (UNESCO, 2023). This is a hotly contested topic in English language...

Human superpowers: Talking in class

The spoken word wields immense power. Everyday conversation is the basis of human relationships: communication underpins collaboration, the engine that facilitated the success of our species...

Initial teacher training for GCSE English resit teachers in the further education sector in England: A responsive reform

Following changes to government policy, the picture of English in the further education and skills (FES) sector has changed dramatically over the past decade. Not only are all students now...

Doing cynefin: Exploring ideas on belonging, connectedness and community in the Curriculum for Wales

Wales is a small country that is distinctive in its landscape, culture and language. This gives the notion of place a particular resonance in Wales and reinforces the significance of local...

Cynefin and Wales: The key to the future of language and culture / Cynefin a Chymru: Yr allwedd i ddyfodol iaith a diwylliant

Cynefin can be interpreted in many ways. This blog post explores our understanding of cynefin as permeating across government policy, national institutions and local communities, filtering through...

Cynefin and the discourse of inspection

Cynefin is a Welsh term that connotes a sense of belonging, of being rooted in a time and space that is nurturing and authentic. As a concept, it has a resonance in any educative endeavour, for we...

Editorial: Doing cynefin: Exploring ideas on belonging, connectedness and community in the Curriculum for Wales

Wales is a small country that is distinctive in its landscape, culture and language. This gives the notion of place a particular resonance in Wales and reinforces the significance of local...

Cynefin: A special place within every learner’s heart / Cynefin  – lle arbennig tu fewn i galon pob dysgwr yng Nghymru

In this blog post I explain the struggle to have one word – cynefin – accepted into the Curriculum for Wales. I was lucky enough to be involved in writing the new curriculum and, as a former...