New BERA Conference Abstract Submission Criteria Video
To assist members with their abstract submission for the BERA 2019 Annual Conference, Vice-President Dominic Wyse has recorded the below video. Click below to find out more! DEADLINE FOR...
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Drawing a line in the sand: Reflective practice using ‘sandboxing’ with HE students
The ability to reflect in and on practice (Schön, 1983; 1991) is an integral professional skill within the field of education. This metacognitive process develops effective practitioners and...
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Research Intelligence issue 137: Quality in close-to-practice research In this special issue, some of the leading figures in close-to-practice research address the relationship between research...
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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
