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Personal, social, health and economics education in initial teacher education : Why bother?

With the recent changes to legislation in relationship education and health education being announced as statutory within primary schools in England from September 2020 (Children and Social Work...

Bursaries

bursary applications now CLOSED! BERA currently runs a number of awards and bursaries in conjunction with the Annual Conference. BERA Student Bursaries BERA awards bursaries each year to students...

Bursaries

bursary applications now CLOSED! BERA currently runs a number of awards and bursaries in conjunction with the Annual Conference. BERA Student Bursaries BERA awards bursaries each year to...

Should arts learning be ‘left to the community’? How the experiences of homeschoolers are shining a light on classroom arts learning

Although there exists a significant body of empirical evidence that demonstrates the value of the arts in education (Bamford, 2006; Ewing, 2010; Unesco, 2010), they nevertheless continue to be...

Ruth Trundley

Dr Ruth Trundley has developed and led action-research projects, most recently ‘Supporting children to be active and influential participants in maths lesson through the use of pre-teaching and...

Helen Williams

Dr Helen Williams specialises in the teaching and learning of Early Years and KS1 mathematics. Currently she is running the Early Years work groups for the CODE Maths Hub. She was a member of the...

Katie Burke

Dr Katie Burke is a senior lecturer in Arts Curriculum and Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education at the University of Southern Queensland. Katie is known for her research and practice in enhancing...

Practical and useful research? First, sort out the theory

Researchers need to begin by examining their theories to enable them to control their research, and avoid the risk of being misled by unexamined beliefs.

Mental health and wellbeing among trainee teachers

There is growing concern regarding the mental health and wellbeing of teachers in the UK. The charity Education Support Partnership recently published the Teacher Wellbeing Index 2018, which found...

Priscilla Alderson

Priscilla Alderson is professor emerita of childhood studies at the Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education (IOE). After teaching in London schools, she began researching...

Lani Florian

Higher Education Lecturer

Professor Lani Florian is Bell Chair of Education Emerita at the University of Edinburgh. She is best known for her research on inclusive pedagogy and teacher education for inclusive education....

Jennifer Kitchen

Jennifer Kitchen holds a research fellowship in the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick, where she completed her PhD on the social justice implications of playful and...