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Encouraging Intercultural Sharing and Community Building through Embodied Learning in an Alternative Education Space

Emily Dobrich was awarded best presentation for Alternative Education at the 2024 BERA/WERA conference for her presentation: An Embodied Educational Research Project to Build Solidarity and...

BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award

The BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award recognises and celebrates the impact of research and practice in the education community and how both have demonstrably engaged the public.

Why shouldn’t I Google it? A case for the use of enhanced internet tools within the primary classroom

It has become second nature: when a question arises, the first thing we do is reach for our phones and access one of the plethora of internet platforms, where we may reliably assume that we will...

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Education and Psychology

Championing interdisciplinary research excellence Psychology plays a foundational role in education. Over recent decades, the interrelationship between the two disciplines has become increasingly...

Beyond the checklist: Building a primary curriculum that sparks joy and includes every child

With the UK Labour government commissioning Professor Becky Francis to review England’s national curriculum, we have an opportunity to reconsider not just what children should learn but how. As...

Writing retreat for Education for Environmental Sustainability (EfES) SIG: BERA Blog focus

The writing retreat is aimed at providing a friendly space for writing and networking between the BERA SIG members.  We would like to encourage members from all parts of the UK and beyond to...

The need for clearer parental engagement policies: Evidence from England

Parental engagement significantly boosts children’s academic success, with evidence from around the world demonstrating an average of four months of additional progress over a single academic...

Riikka Hofmann

Riikka Hofmann is Professor of the Learning Sciences at Cambridge University and Fellow of Hughes Hall. She also holds the Title of Docent in Psychology of Education at Helsinki University. As...

ECR Coffee Hour – Autumn

This BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities, as well as getting to know a little more about the team behind it...

Making case-based learning relevant for educators

Case-based learning: A research-informed pedagogy Case-based learning (CBL) bridges the gap between theory and practice by immersing students in real-world scenarios that are grounded in...

Tom Perry