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The role of sustainability-focused degrees: Embodying interdisciplinarity & the development of generalism as specialism?

It feels like I’m about to be controversial: I’m going to make the case for educating generalists. At least this seems controversial in a world where traditional disciplines and specialism are...

A case study of blended pedagogies used in an early years undergraduate degree

This case study explored the tensions of using digital technology alongside an outdoor, sensory approach to learning (Sakr, 2020; Hughes, 2011); the effects on student learning; and the...

Integrating sustainable food in school systems

Food. It’s on the curriculum (in science, geography and design technology). It’s in our dinner halls. It’s in our playgrounds. It’s in our staffrooms. Food is everywhere. Delicious,...

Developing a sustainable Wales & beyond

With ink barely dry on the Curriculum for Wales, which was universally accepted in Wales on 10 March 2021, the purpose-driven curriculum that Graham Donaldson (2015) outlined has set out a clear...

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Framing Research: Theories, Concepts and Reflexivity in Educational Research – May

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research

The theme for 2021 is ‘Overcoming challenges in educational research’ Discussant: Dr Melissa Jogie, University of Roehampton  Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted...

Building a curriculum for a sustainable future, democratically

Our planet is currently undergoing a climate crisis, exacerbated by pollution, exploitation and anthropogenic activity (WWT, 2019). Education is a fundamental tool in helping to reduce further...

Inspiring hope, igniting resilience: Pedagogies to build socio-ecological literacies & transform worldviews

My souvenir is two cups Full of creek water. I couldn’t take it with me So, I tipped it over my head, Re-baptised myself Because I’m going to be different From now on. (cited in Gray &...

Editorial: Embedding sustainability education in practice

The global issues of climate change, protecting the environment, and ensuring equity and fairness for all continue to gain increasing prominence in everyday consciousness. The role of education to...

Are the Sustainable Development Goals sustainable?

Agreed in 2015 by the member states of the United Nations, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the primary international instrument ‘to end poverty in all its forms everywhere’....

Nicole Mockler

Associate Professor of Education

Dr Nicole Mockler is Associate Professor of Education, based at the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. Her research and writing primarily focuses on education...

Geographies of elite higher education participation: An urban ‘escalator’ effect

There is increasing attention on geographic inequalities in access to higher education (HE). This blog summarises a recently published article (Davies, Donnelly, & Sandoval-Hernandez, 2021)...

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?:Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

In this Episode of the BERA Podcast Nick Johnson, BERA CEO interviews Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum about the updated version of her bestselling book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in...