Joy Cranham
Joy Cranham is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. Her research interest lies in identifying effective approaches to educate families and children about...
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Fadoua Govaerts
Fadoua Govaerts is affiliated with the University of Bath in the Department of Education and is the founder of RE-KnoX (Research in Education – Knowledge Exchange), an initiative through which...
Being active in play environments: The key to children’s health and wellbeing
Playground closures due to the ongoing pandemic have led to urgent calls for city councils and authorities in the UK to keep play spaces open. Parents and experts reason that home isolation has...
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Great Mistakes in Education Policy: And how to avoid them in the future
Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk. #BERAEdPolicy @BERANews In their book, ‘Great Mistakes in Education Policy – And how to...
Wellbeing and being outdoors
There has recently been a surge of interest in the links between outdoor learning and wellbeing. The global education community has been sharing inspirational work that aims to support educators...
Giving back to nature
We have a fine tradition of volunteering in the UK, supported by a valuable network of volunteer centres in communities. Research suggests that two hours of giving a week improves health, and...
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Slowing down: A prescription for dawdling?
A few years ago, I come across the term ‘dawdling’ in the adventure education context. As a non-native English speaker, I googled the term while listening to a lecture on aesthetic processes...
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Editorial: Wellbeing and being outdoors
Over the past year, as we have been forced to slow down and restrict our activities because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is has become apparent just how important it is for our health and...
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Joan Walton
Dr Joan Walton is senior lecturer at York St John University in the School of Education, Languages and Psychology. She teaches on MA and EdD programmes, and supervises doctoral students. Her early...
Taking notice: Children’s observation skills in nature as a basis for the development of early science education
‘In that earliest childhood, we get those invisible glasses through which we look at the world all our lives, and these glasses color our views.’ Lainšček, 2020 This beautiful quote from...
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Janice Darkes-Sutcliffe
Janice Darkes Sutcliffe has a teaching background, working in both mainstream and SEND provision. She was a local authority early years advisory teacher working closely with early years...
Great Mistakes in Education Policy: And how to avoid them in the future
In their book, ‘Great Mistakes in Education Policy – And how to avoid them in the future’, Ruth Lupton (University of Manchester) and Debra Hayes (University of Sydney) argue that despite...
