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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...

Richard Pountney

Principal Lecturer for Curriculum Studies

Richard leads the knowledge in education research group in the Sheffield Institute of Education at Sheffield Hallam University. He is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Richard...

Ann Childs

Ann Childs is an associate professor in science education at the University of Oxford. She teaches on the postgraduate certificate in education, and is director of the master’s in teacher...

Sibel Erduran

Sibel Erduran is professor of science education at the University of Oxford. She is the editor-in-chief of the journal Science & Education and president of the European Science Education Research...