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Going beyond the evidence: Research and the media

Covid-19, education and educational research

In a previous blog (published yesterday) I reflected on the danger of researchers going beyond the evidence in presenting policy-relevant findings: putting forward empirical conclusions as cogent...

Niall Winters

Niall Winters is professor of education and technology and a Fellow of Kellogg College at the University of Oxford. He researches technology-enhanced training programmes for healthcare workers...

Paul Kirschner

Paul A. Kirschner is emeritus professor of educational psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands, honorary doctor (doctor honoris causa) at the University of Oulu, Finland, and guest...

Is educational research evidence-based?

One issue raised in the debate over evidence-based policymaking and practice has been what should count as evidence. I was prompted to think further about this by a recent paper in the British...

John Gordon

Reader in English Education

I am Reader in English Education at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. I am an experienced English teacher educator, and came into teaching as a secondary-phase specialist in English and...

Education, children’s futures and Covid-19

Covid-19, education and educational research

Last year I conducted a research project with 12 early-career primary teachers. While exploring their sense of purpose, I found that many teachers were driven by a commitment to preparing their...

Martyn Hammersley

Martyn Hammersley is emeritus professor of educational and social research at the Open University. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media, but...

Kathryn Spicksley

Dr Kathryn Spicksley is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on teacher professional identity, with a specific interest in its relationship...

Placing the subject at the heart of initial teacher education: How do mentors focus on subject specifics within lesson observation feedback?

Despite written lesson observation feedback being valued by beginning teachers (Hobson, Ashby, Malderez, & Tomlinson, 2009) and perceived as a mechanism to link theory and practice (Puttick,...

Nicola Walshe

Nicola Walshe is Pro-Director Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, and Executive Director of the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCCSE), the...

Lorna Hamilton

Senior Lecturer

Having worked as an English teacher and as a primary teacher, I draw on substantial experience in schools to inform my teaching. I am also passionate about educational research and the ways in...

Practical science and pandemics

Covid-19, education and educational research

As the whole planet finds itself engulfed in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly clear that the public needs to be well equipped with the skills to deal with scientific...