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Rescuing educational inclusion for autistic children

There’s a distinct sense of weariness surrounding the issue of educational inclusion generally, with discussions dominated by metaphors of moribundity and decomposition. While some have stated,...

BERA Blog highlights from 2019

BERA Blog end of year highlights

A seasonal ‘yo-ho-ho’ to all our BERA Blog readers here in the UK and around the world in this, our fourth end-of-year-highlights special edition. The BB continues to grow, with more special...

Rebecca Wood

Dr Rebecca Wood is a senior lecturer in special education at the University of East London. She is a former teacher and autism education practitioner who has worked in both the mainstream and...

Aesthetic education: Recent thoughts on old problems

Aesthetic education is usually concerned with the role of arts appreciation in students’ personal development. Its advocates often pitch it in opposition to instrumentalism, but in doing so,...

Jonathan Doney

Jonathan Doney is a lecturer in education policy and history of education at the University of Exeter. His post-doctoral work, funded by a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, focuses on...

Oliver Belas

Dr Oli Belas is senior lecturer in the School of Education and English, University of Bedfordshire. His has teaching and research inerests in various areas of English, creative writing, education,...

2020 BERA Vice-President Election

Could you be the next BERA President ? We are currently looking for expressions of interest for the next BERA President between 2021-2022 succeeding Dominic Wyse when his term finishes. You would...

Pauline Taylor-Guy

Director

Professor Pauline Taylor-Guy is currently the Director of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Institute and Centre for School and System Improvement (CSSI). The Centre provides...

2020 BERA Publications Chair Election

We are pleased invite our members to apply to become BERA's Publications Committee Chair, succeeding Vivienne Baumfield whose term will shortly come to an end. The role will commence in September...

The mental health of LGBTQ+ students in higher education

In a previous BERA Blog we highlighted evidence of an anti-LGBTQ+ discourse in England and within schools internationally. In other research we have highlighted the link between LGBTQ+ identities...

Philosophy of Education – SIG Convenor vacancy

Call for SIG Convenor The Philosophy of Education SIG seek to foster debate on philosophically interesting issues pertaining to education, and to bring philosophical methods and sensibilities to...

What I meant and the respondent assumed: Improving survey questions with cognitive interviews

When we gather survey data about human perceptions and attitudes, do we elicit answers to what we really ask? How far can self-administered questionnaires (Schwarz, 1999), with no interviewer...