In his seminal 1992 publication Faces at the bottom of the Well, the eminent scholar and founder of Critical Race Theory (CRT) Derrick Bell proffers what some might consider a harrowing and...
The past two decades have witnessed a remarkable rise of the language of learning in education and in our lives more generally. Not only is it claimed that we live in an age of learning; we are...
Welcome to the BERA Annual Conference 2017 which will be held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, Tuesday 5th September 2017 – Thursday 7th September 2017. Abstract deadline: 31st January...
The 42st BERA AGM will take place at 5:00pm on Monday 4th September 2017. It will be held in the Noblese Room, Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront. All members are invited to attend, please ensure...
Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite. This event is sponsored by: The Invisible College...
The BERA Conference 2017 was held on the 4th-7th September 2017 at the University of Sussex. Keynote speakers included: Professor Gerry Czerniawski, Professor Gary McCulloch, Dr Nicola Rollock,...
For educational researchers the BERA Annual Conference is an important date in their professional year. It provides the opportunity to: network with existing colleagues support new...
What does BERA owe to Margaret Thatcher? It sounds like a weird pub quiz question, and may have an even weirder answer. When BERA’s inaugural conference met in Birmingham in April 1974,...
JOIN BERA now for 2018 and receive three months of 2017 Free! BERA is delighted to offer new BERA members an exciting opportunity - join BERA now for 2018 and take advantage of BERA's fantastic...
Over the last thirty years in English and Welsh State primary education, successive governments have placed increasing emphasis on ‘raising standards’ in literacy. Children’s attainment or...
The twelve-month research project Literature’s Lasting Impression⃰ investigates a defining convention of classroom literary study, shared novel reading. Most people remember ‘reading round...
In the latest issue of the British Educational Research Journal, Allen and Allnutt (2017) assess, using longitudinal data, the impact of Teach First teachers on secondary pupils’ outcomes. ...