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Hopes and fears: The development of a new curriculum in Wales

Since 2015, ‘pioneer’ schools across Wales have been contributing to the development of a new national curriculum based on Professor Graham Donaldson’s (2015) report, Successful Futures. As...

Action research in the classroom: Applying spacing and retrieval practice

I have been a classroom teacher for nearly two decades, but have only recently undertaken action research. In this post I describe my experiences with spacing (Bjork & Bjork, 2014; Cepeda et al,...

Aretaic pedagogy: How we can transform the aesthetics of good teaching?

Aretaic pedagogy is suggested as a refreshing paradigm of good teaching, putting at its centre, instead of a knowledge-based perspective, a virtue-based approach to education. Its origins are in...

Through adversity comes strength: Educational policy reform and developing research capacity in Wales

Introducing a special issue of the BERA Blog on education in Wales, to mark the conference, ‘The future of educational research in Wales’, held in Cardiff on 14 November 2018. Education...

How can cognitive load theory be applied to the teaching of history?

As a follower of a variety of educational blogs and their Twitter accounts, I became aware of a large number of people talking about the development of cognitive load theory and the impact it...

The future of educational research in Wales

If you would like to view this in Welsh, please click here. The education system in Wales is currently on an ambitious and innovative reform journey and research and evidence informed practices...

CCEAM 2018 – Professional Learning: a leadership opportunity and challenge

CCEAM 2018 will be held in Malta from 13 to 15 November 2018. The theme of the conference is "Professional Learning: a leadership opportunity and challenge", which focuses on the central role...

Struggles surrounding prison radicalisation research

Since the 9/11 attack, terrorism studies have received a great volume of attention from academics. Terrorism is not a field that is easily researched, at least at first glance, and as such it...

Methodological and Theoretical approaches to Ed Tech Research and Usage

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 planned mid-year Joint BERA Educational...

Transitions: Challenges, Threats & Opportunities across the Post-compulsory Sectors

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.     The UK Government continues to reorganise...

Using technology for teaching independent-living skills to children with cognitive disabilities

Independent-living skills training is a core service offered by almost every rehabilitation centre for children with cognitive disabilities. The ulti-mate goal is to help children reach a high...

Early Career Researcher Symposium Series: Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research (Portsmouth)

Early Career Researcher Symposium Series 2018: Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research

This event is now fully booked. Please email events@bera.ac.uk if you would like to receive notice of changes in availability or similar events.   Discussants: Dr Wendy Sims-Schouten and Dr...